Erykah Badu has been bestowed the fashion icon award by the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
Ms Badu playfully said that it was an honour she’d hoped to get most of her life during her acceptance speech.
Wearing a headdress of jewels and a Thom Browne jacket, Badu accepted the award on Monday night in Manhattan.
According to AP Entertainment, musician and rapper Andre 3000 brought out an orange caution cone to the stage as he introduced Badu, who is the mother of his son.
“The world is a private joke between me and my things,” she said of the joke as Andrew 3000 took the cone and walked off with Badu.
The Grammy Award winner has become one of the great fashion disruptors of red carpets over the years, shaking up black tie conformity with her own Afro-centric style of tall hats and headwraps, oversized jewellery and talismans and layers of patchwork fabric adorned with accents that move and make music.
The CFDA Fashion Awards were held at the American Museum of Natural History at a ceremony that attracted celebrities like Katie Holmes and Kylie Jenner, designers and fashion industry giants to honour the best in design.
Star of the movie “Wicked” Cynthia Erivo hosted the evening in a Zac Posen hooded gown.
Ms Badu now joins the ranks of celebrities like Serena Williams, Kim Kardashian and Zendaya who have previously taken home the “fashion icon” title.
