Career
She is particularly known for her reggae songs "Trop de bla-bla" ou "Faut qu"j"travaille". She released the single "Tendresse" and her first album in 1992. She opened the concerts for Les Négresses Vertes.
In 1995, she released her second studio album, Doctorate"origine, and the lead single, "Faut qu"j"travaille", hit #15 in France.
Two years later, she recorded a duet with Marc Lavoine, "Les Hommes sont des Femmes comme les autres". She participated in Les Enfoirés and wrote several songs for various artists such as "Embrasse-moi" for the Nubians.
In 2004, she also participated in the compilation Agir Réagir intended to raise funds to help the Moroccans who lived an earthquake on 24 February 2002. In 2005, she was a contestant on Louisiana Ferme Célébritéson
She organized the four editions of the concerts Les Voix de l"espoir, performed with many other artists in a charity goal.
She was an occasional actress in films and theatre, and appeared in Le Petit Trésor. Erika has two children: Julien (born in 1982) and Oudima (2003).