“This one goes to every great daughter out there, shoutout to all the great mothers.” As for the great lowkey mother of Neo-Soul artist Erykah Badu, her name is Kolleen Maria Gipson.
Besides, she is family-oriented, wanted personal space in her life, so Kolleen Maria Gipson is not incredibly active in public life. Still, Cookness was able to regain herself on the splendid creative genes referred to as Erykah on her daughter.
Who is Kolleen Maria Gipson
It is known that Kolleen Maria Gipson is the wife of the perpetrator of the wrongful death, Ron Gipson. Kolleen Maria Gipson is not a person who tends to be in the spot light looking and lusting for attention, but it is this woman who has helped to raise one of music’s more enigmatic characters.
Something that Erykah Badu often states is that her mother taught her smothering old school values and modern permissiveness that enabled Erykah to remain loyal to her dream. She may have stayed away from the lime light most of the time but her influence can arguably reverberate through her daughter’s melodious tones.
Early Life
Born on July 17, 1950 to L.A. Gipson and N.M Gipson in Grimes County in Texas, Kolleen Maria Gipson was raised in a very simple background with her parents. Education during her childhood was centered on religious basis and so she had faith and perseverance as her backbone since she was a southern family’s daughter. This laid a basis for the early strong maternal feelings that she shown while she was bringing three children mostly on her own.
Subsequently, in her late teenage years, she got associated with William Wright Jr. and this coupling led to the birth of the American soul sensation Erykah Badu in 1971 Kolleen Maria Gipson must have been around 21-year-old when she got her first taste of motherhood. The arrival of Nayrok Wright was later joined by birth of Eevin Wright in the next couple of years.
Motherhood turned out to be what this woman was destined for. Over the course of many years, Erykah, and her siblings were raised with plenty of warmth, knowledge, and love in their home, most of which is credited to the loving figure of Kolleen Maria Gipson. Other domains like music was also open as she patronized their talents in that area. Perhaps she did not know what great potential she was developing in those children.
Conclusion
Though perfectly content avoiding the limelight and the glow quite as bright on daughter Erykah, Kolleen Maria Gipson most certainly cannot be overlooked. This elegant woman had several challenges to face in order to take care of Erykah as well as her siblings in the best way possible teaching them perfect doses of imagination and self-esteem.
Thus, while she remains purposefully small in publicity, she is leaving a large visible impact through the fruits of her maternity. This mega singer also means a micro family which has an equally great mother named Kolleen Maria Gipson.