Raphael Saadiq

Raphael Saadiq, who once worked alongside former En Vogue singer Dawn Robinson in Lucy Pearl, had choice words for his former bandmate. During a performance in his hometown of Oakland, Raphael Saadiq shot down claims that Robinson made about living inside her car and made other jabs as well.

As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, Raphael Saadiq closed out his “No Bandwidth: One Man, One Night, Three Decades of Hits” tour at the Fox Theater. Employing a no-phones policy, Saadiq used this as a means to let off some inner thoughts regarding Robinson.

Saadiq compared Robinson to Lauryn Hill, addressing the singer’s widely reported issues with her Fugees bandmates before bluntly stating, “Actually, I’d rather have Lauryn,” and he wasn’t done there.

Singing the hook for Lucy Pearl’s hit single “Dance Tonight,” Saadiq took a larger swipe by singing the song’s familiar hook and saying, “See! I didn’t need her. I could’ve sang it myself,” and right before he stopped monologuing and ended this chat with the crowd adding, “That sh*T about her living in her car is not real.”

The outlet reports that Saadiq frequently had to quiet the raucous crowd, and was even flashed by a woman in attendance while another kept showering her affections towards the singer. He also took some time to share stories about his other past collaborators, but slickly used the storytelling moment to hush a loud patron.

“What makes me a great collaborator is that I’m a great listener,” Saadiq said, while addressing the patron, “Not like you. I. Am. A. Listener.”

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