{"id":4204,"date":"2024-12-29T08:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T08:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/erykah-badu-coined-woke-in-2008-now-shes-weighing-in-on-magas-efforts-to-rebrand-the-term\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T08:25:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T08:25:02","slug":"erykah-badu-coined-woke-in-2008-now-shes-weighing-in-on-magas-efforts-to-rebrand-the-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/erykah-badu-coined-woke-in-2008-now-shes-weighing-in-on-magas-efforts-to-rebrand-the-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Erykah Badu coined &#8216;woke&#8217; in 2008. Now she&#8217;s weighing in on MAGA&#8217;s efforts to rebrand the term."},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"video-page\">\n<div>\n<div data-testid=\"video-page__player\"><picture class data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1240px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-760x428,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1735425234913_n_ari_brk_badu_woke_241228_1920x1080-vgokz0.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<section data-testid=\"playlist-drawer\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<p>Now Playing<\/p>\n<picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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