YOU’D be forgiven for jumping to the wrong conclusion about OutKast’s film debut. With both members of the Grammy-winning, multimillion-selling rap duo receiving top billing in the upcoming big-screen ...

You OutKast fans didn't really think it would last forever, did you? By this, I don't mean OutKast itself -- even if the Atlanta hip-hop duo has been dogged by breakup rumors for most of this ...

André ”3000” Benjamin (better known as Dré) arrives early, alone, and camera-ready for an OutKast photo shoot at an Atlanta studio on a Sunday afternoon in late April. Nearly an hour later, his rhyme ...

Chances are, you find at least one member of OutKast endlessly charismatic and cool. Chances are, OutKast has—at least at one point in your life—been your favorite rap group. And chances are, once ...

Given that the Atlanta duo Outkast is one of the most creative forces hip-hop has witnessed, it’s ironic that the biggest problem with its first feature film is that the music is so mediocre – a ...

The hip-hop duo OutKast go Hollywood in their new movie Idlewild, which opens today. Nothing remarkable about that, of course — lots of hip-hop stars have made the transition to film. But OutKast is ...

Over their 12 years as recording artists, OutKast has defied hip-hop’s conventions with brilliant ease. André 3000 and Big Boi debuted as two ingénues from the uncool recesses of the South, then ...

Ever since OutKast came out of Atlanta 12 years ago, hip-hop’s beloved duo has been riding one long wave of critical adulation and popular acclaim, each album outselling the last, each album taking a ...

André 3000 Talks André 1935 WIRED: What were some of the influences on your new album? BENJAMIN: Blues, jazz, and big band. Blues was heavy on my mind. I’m lovin’ Son House, and Howlin’ Wolf is one of ...

Back in 2006, as OutKast was coming off a dizzying run that saw five consecutive studio albums hit No. 2 or higher on the Billboard chart, André 3000 and Big Boi announced that each would put out solo ...

André 3000 is making his return to music, but with a new sound and no raps! Ahead of the release of his upcoming album, New Blue Sun, which has no vocals and all flute and woodwind tone instruments, ...