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Andre 3000 Lost His Desire To Rap But Hopes To Get It Back

Andre 3000 hasn't released any rap music because he hasn't found anything "inspiring enough" to rap to.The Outkast star – whose real name is Andre Benjamin - returned with his debut solo album, the instrumental...

Andre 3000’S Life Is Dominated By ‘Music And More Music’

Andre 3000’s daily routine consists of “music and more music”.The Outkast musician – whose real name is Andre Benjamin - is back with his debut solo album 'New Blue Sun'.Shining an insight into his working...

Andre 3000 'Turned Into A Panther' On Ayahuasca Trip

Andre 3000 got so high he "turned into a panther" after taking ayahuasca.The Outkast musician had a three-day trip on the plant-based psychedelic during a visit to Hawaii and his experiences left him a "changed...

Andre 3000 Had To Ask Beyonce Permission To Use Her Name In His Song Title

Andre 3000 had to seek clearance from Beyoncé and Jay-Z to use her name on his new track, 'Ninety Three ‘Til Infinity And Beyoncé'.The OutKast star has just unveiled his first new music in 17...

Kanye West Drops Donda Deluxe With Five New Tracks

Kanye West has released the deluxe edition of 'Donda', featuring five new songs.The 44-year-old hip-hop legend - who legally changed his name to Ye - has dropped an extended cut of his latest LP and...

Big Boi Teases Kate Bush Collaboration

Big Boi has hinted at a collaboration with Kate Bush on his new album.The 45-year-old rapper - who is best known for starring alongside Andre 3000 in Outkast - is a long-time fan of the...

Andre 3000 Wants To Quit The Music Industry

Andre 3000 has hinted he wants to quit the music industry. The 'Hey Ya!' hitmaker - whose full name is André Lauren Benjamin - has admitted he never thought he would still be in the...

Has Gucci Mane Revealed The First Outkast Music In A Decade?

Fans of Atlanta-based hip-hop legends Outkast were sent into a frenzy today after rapper Gucci Mane mentioned that he had recorded music with the duo, teasing the possibility of the first new music from the...

Big Boi Hints At Outkast Biopic

During a chat with fans on Reddit.com, the rapper was asked if there will ever be a film made about Big Boi and Andre 3000, after the huge success of the N.w.a. biopic....

Andre 3000 Reuniting With John Ridley For American Crime

The OutKast star, real name Andre Benjamin, will play architect Michael Lacroix, opposite Regina King as his wife, Terri, in the upcoming second season of the anthology series, which will focus on a...

Paloma Faith: 'I'm Probably The Most Punk Person In Music'

Paloma Faith thinks she's ''the most punk person in music''.The 'Only Love Can Hurt Like This' hitmaker feels dismayed with the majority of current musicians because she believes they are all too well-behaved.She said: ''Everyone's...

Andre 3000 Reveals Why He Was Against Outkast Reunion Tour

Andre 3000, real name Andre Benjamin, and his hip-hop partner, Big Boi, celebrated the 20th anniversary of their successful hip-hop duo Outkast last summer by playing a string of summer music festivals across the U.S.,...

Andre 3000 Was Scared To Play Jimi Hendrix

Andre 3000 found it ''scary'' playing Jimi Hendrix.The 'Hey Ya!' hitmaker - who is part of chart-topping duo Outkast - admitted he was nervous portraying the legendary musician in the biopic 'Jimi: All Is By...

Andre 3000 Wants Leonardo Dicaprio To Play Him. Which Could Be Problematic.

Andre 3000 may have just played Jimi Hendrix in Jimi: All Is By My Side, but the Outkast man has some ambitious plans for a biopic of himself. Speaking at a screening of the movie...

Andre 3000 Has Some Interesting Casting Ideas For An Outkast Movie

Andre 3000 has some interesting ideas about who he might cast if there were to be a movie about Outkast, and you probably won't have thought of them before now!Who would you pick to play...

Andre 3000'S Heart Isn't In Performing

Andre 3000 doesn't ''get anything from performing''.While the 39-year-old star has reunited with Big Boi for an Outkast tour to mark the group's 20th anniversary, he admits he would quite happily never tour because he...

From Stages To Film Sets: Singers Who Have Traded Microphones For Acting Careers

It seems if you can sing, you should be able to act with a whole host of super singers putting down their microphones and picking up a script instead. Justin Timberlake has made one of...

See Andre 3000 As Jimi Hendrix In 'All Is By My Side' [Trailer]

The movie trailer for the upcoming biopic of Jimi Hendrix has been released. The film, entitled Jimi: All Is By My Side, stars Outkast's Andre 3000 AKA Andre Benjamin as the late rock icon.Jimi Hendrix...

Outkast Are Still Outkast And Rocked Governors Ball New York This Weekend

Governors Ball is a notoriously difficult music fest for logistical reasons – remote location, frequently awful weather, etc. Still, crowds flock to the festival year after year – and looking at this year’s lineup, it...

Big Boi Lands Solo Deal: Bad News For Outkast?

Big Boi has landed his very own record deal with Epic Records, where he'll have the chance to work with his mentor L.A. Reid once again. The rapper, better known as one half of the...

Outkast Were Back In Georgia For Counterpoint Festival 2014, With A Few Special Guests

Outkast returned home to Georgia for their stint at CounterPoint Festival 2014 - and fans were a lot more pleased this time round than they were at their comeback gig at Coachella.Nothing was going to...

Did Technical Difficulties Fail Outkast During Reunion Gig At Coachella 2014?

Outkast – aka Big Boi and Andre 3000 – reunited for the first time in 10 years at Coachella Saturday night. It was a pretty big deal. The set was broadcast live, so even those...

Aretha Franklin Celebrates 72nd Birthday With Star-studded Bash

Aretha Franklin celebrated her 72nd birthday with Denzel Washington.The soul legend threw a private party in New York City on Saturday night (22.03.14) ahead of her birthday this coming Tuesday, and was joined by some...

Andre 3000 Dedicated To Hendrix Role

Andre 3000 played guitar for six hours a day to prepare for his role as Jimi Hendrix in a new biopic. The Outkast singer, who takes on the lead role of the 'Purple Haze' musician...

Andre 3000 Is Jimi Hendrix In New Biopic Premiering At Sxsw Next Week

Outkast’s Andre 3000 got the chance of a lifetime – to play one of his idols, Jimi Hendrix, in an upcoming biopic. The first promotional images for All By My Side have been released, and...

First Jimi Hendrix Biopic Clip Released, See Andre 3000 In His New Role [Video]

The first clip has been released from the upcoming Jimi Hendrix biopic, All Is By My Side, in which Outkast's Andre 3000 plays the legendary guitarist. Having premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last...

Outkast Recording Solo Records

OutKast stars Big Boi and Andre 3000 are working on solo albums.The group's producer Mr. DJ has revealed the pair are at Stankonia Studios in Atlanta recording material for their own projects and not an...

Coachella Line-up Sees Outkast Return Alongside Muse And Arcade Fire

It doesn’t seem right to be talking about the international headliners set to grace sun-drenched climes of Coachella 2014, not when January still plagues us so. But with Andre 3000 and Big Boi set to...

Outkast Set To Reunite At Coachella

OutKast are set to reunite at Coachella 2014.Producer Rico Wade has confirmed André 3000 and Big Boi will be gracing the stage at this year's festival after a seven-year hiatus.Rico told music website Stereogum that...

90s Popstars Eternal Re-group: 5 Reunions To Look Out For In 2014

Calling all fans of cheesy, sing-along 1990s pop: girlband Eternal have been confirmed as part of the line-up for ITV2's The Big Reunion alongside Gareth Gates, A1 and Damage. The news that Louise Redknapp's chart-dominating,...

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