16 years after reaching Number One in the US and Number Two in the UK, Erykah Badu has talked openly about her and her mother’s reaction to Outkast’s iconic track ‘Ms. Jackson’. The song was written by Andre 3000 as an open letter to both Badu and her mother, following his and Badu’s break up.

Appearing on the Rap Radar podcast, Badu talked openly about how the song initially hit a “sore spot” for her, elaborating ““I didn’t wanna hear that, especially when I heard Big Boi’s verse. When I heard Andre’s verse, I felt very good because his verse was really, really inspiring.” Badu further alluded to the pair being on good terms by adding“He just said how he felt and it was his honest feelings and I always respected that and listened to what he felt and appreciated it.” The full segment can be seen below.

The conversation then turned to what Badu’s mother- the titular Ms Jackson- made of the track. Surprisingly, Badu revealed that her mother’s reaction to the song had been a very positive one. “How did my mama feel? Baby, she bought herself a ‘Ms. Jackson’ licence plate,” Badu said. She had the mug, she had the ink pen, she had the headband, everything. That’s who loved it.”

Badu has also appeared on Outkast classics like ‘Liberation’ and ‘Humble Mumble’, and herself guested onstage with the duo during their 2014 reunion. Outkast performed together in September for the first time since the aforementioned reunion, at the Dungeon Family Festival, despite not being specifically listed on the bill.

Big Boi acted as hype man for large parts of the show, before being joined by Andre 3000 after about 15 minutes. The two then performed multiple classic tracks, including ‘So Fresh, So Clean’, ‘Hootie Hoo’ and ‘SpottieOttieDopalicious’, before being joined by fellow Atlanta icon Killer Mike for a rendition of the Grammy-winning ‘The Whole World’.