Do Only Crocheted Pants-Wearing Rappers Date Erykah Badu?

Erykah Badu doesn't want you to believe the gossip rags when it comes to her friends — but when it comes to the singer herself, that's another story.

"Don't believe the tabloids," Badu told an audience as she performed Tuesday night for VH1 Soul.

But she said: "It is true what they say about me and men — (I) make them wear crocheted pants and chin guards!" She broke out into laughter, then added: "But they souljas, though."

Badu has a child with eccentric dresser Andre 3000 from OutKast, and had a long relationship with another rapper, Common, who is still laughed at for wearing crocheted pants when they were dating.