OutKast lovers will have to adjust their expectations for a reunion from the legendary hip-hop duo. The rap star revealed in an honest interview with Rolling Stone published on December 12 that the possibility of any new OutKast album or tour could be more distant than ever before. “I’ll say maybe 10, 15 years ago,

OutKast has now set another milepost in their celebrated career as their smash hit “Hey Ya!” from 2003 has officially received Diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after earning more than ten million units. The above announcement, made on Friday, December 13, 2013, is the first-ever Diamond record by Outkast for

Set says Migos are only second to OutKast Offset shares his thoughts on Migos’ place among hip hop groups of all time. During a sit-down on Club Shay Shay podcast this week, Set explained why Migos is the second best rap group in history. “I’ll give us [number] two because I’m respectful,” he told host

Moneybagg sampled OutKast on his new song Moneybag Yo returned with a brand new single, “Quickie,’ which he unleashed on Friday (December 9). The Memphis native shortly hopped on Instagram stories to thank Atlanta group OutKast for clearing the record. On the track produced by Skywalker OG, Bagg samples OutKast’s 1996 hit, “Jazzy Belle,” lifted

André 3000 and Big Boi met in High School Back in the early ’90s, André 3000 & Big Boi both attended the same high school; Tri-Cities High School in the Atlanta borough of East Point, Georgia. With the mutual love for Hip-Hop and funk music that we hear in their music, they would both join forces to

OutKast originally went by the moniker 2 Shades Deep, then Misfits. Before Atlanta duo OutKast (Andre 3000 (André Benjamin) and Big Boy (Antwan Patton)) was famously known as Outkast, they were originally known as 2 Shades Deep, then Misfits, eventually they settled on “OutKast”. Outkast (sometimes written as OutKast) met in high school in East Point and the group was

Outkast‘s 1998 single ‘Rosa Parks’, released via LaFace Records, from their third studio album Aquemini features a harmonica solo from Andre 3000‘s late stepfather, Pastor Robert Hodo. The late Pastor Robert Hodo is listed in the song and album credits. “After doing the track and hearing where we were going with it, it sounded like

“International Players Anthem” by UGK and OutKast had a few twists and turns On June 6, 2007, UGK released “International Players Anthem” featuring OutKast. The song was produced by DJ Paul and Juicy J. Jeff Sledge, A&R of Jive Records in the 2000s said that Pimp C wasn’t fond of Andre 3000’s verse on the

In 1995 during the Source Awards, OutKast, which consisted of duo Andre 3000 and Big Boi were booed after Winning Best New Rap Group at the 1995 Source Awards. The West Coast and East Coast were beefing at the time, people were surprised when OutKast won Best New Artist because they were from the south

At a point in the early stages of her career, Queen Latifah managed the careers of OutKast, LL Cool J, Naughty By Nature, FU-Schnickens, Monica, SWV, Faith, and many more under her company Flavor Unit Management. Queen Latifah began as a member of New Jersey’s Flavor Unit, a crew of emcees and DJs which was led by Mark

Steve Jobs and Apple launched iTunes on January 9, 2001, A couple years after that, OutKast released their Grammy winning No. 1 single Hey Ya! off their double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below on September 9, 2003. Hey Ya! became the first song in iTunes’ history to reach one million downloads, making it the first song