Big Boi

Big Boi named his shark Billy Ocean, and that is awesome. "I did , a long time ago," Big Boi explained. "He was real laid-back. Watching TV back when I was younger, I remember 'Caribbean Queen' coming on all the time. I thought it was really gangsta how he had a Jheri curl and a glitter suit and a bow tie...

Big Boi is getting ready to release his new album, 'Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty,' on July 6, but in the meantime the rapper and producer has been spending time at his home with his most prized possession: his sneaker collection...

The 15-song tracklist to Big Boi's solo debut, 'Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty,' has been released. The feature-heavy album will include appearances from ATL locals T.I., Gucci Mane and B.o.B. as well as newcomer Yelawolf and funk legend George Clinton...

Rick Ross wants to do some serious business deals with Donald Trump. "I would love to work with Donald Trump," Rawse said in a recent interview. "I'm pretty sure there are some ventures we could attack. There's some money out there for us to get...

Drake made a recent appearance on MTV's 'When I Was 17,' where he discussed his teenaged fashion faux pas. "When I was 17, I used to have this terrible afro," the Young Money MC began. "You know, an afro is supposed to be big. It's supposed to be a nice sphere and then it's supposed to end...

First Diddy, then Snoop, Q-Tip and Ludacris. Now, Outkast's Big Boi is building a bond with the Queen of Everything Domestic, Ms. Martha Stewart. Big Boi stopped by Stewart's show to chop it up with the domestic diva, whom he calls Lady Martha Macaroni, and awkwardly plug his debut solo project 'Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty,' due July 6...

VH1's Hip Hop Honors celebrated the South this year, featuring Jermaine Dupri, 2 Live Crew, J. Prince, Master P and longtime OutKast collaborators, Organized Noize. Yet, while some notable Southern rap pioneers like Uncle Luke and Tony Draper have complained that the Southern hip hop celebration is long overdue, OutKast's Big Boi weighed in on the event, explaining that the OutKast has been invite

Big Boi's solo debut album, 'Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty' has been a notorious victim to the album delay cycle, but on Thursday (April 9), the Outkast member issued yet another release date for his long-awaited LP. "BREAKING NEWS...

From Atlanta to New Orleans to Houston, the Dirty South is home to some of the most fertile scenes in hip-hop. Touré, host of Fuse's 'Hip-Hop Shop,' scoured through them all to come up with this eclectic list of the top five southern MCs. C... Read More ...