Erykah Badu Concert To Benefit Effort To Test Rape Kits

The Detroit Free Press reports the singer partnered with The Right Productions to donate money from her Aug. 12 Detroit concert to the African American 490 Challenge.

The effort last year started urging black women to raise multiples of $490 – the cost of processing a single rape kit. The 490 Challenge is working with Enough SAID (Enough Sexual Assault In Detroit).

Shahida Mausi, president and CEO of The Right Productions, said the 490 Challenge would get $5 from each ticket and proceeds from two receptions with Badu.

With state funding, Michigan and the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office tested more than 10,000 kits dating back decades that were found in Detroit in 2009.