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Hip-hop and R&B artists are all too familiar with playing roles, as many of them take on acting gigs outside of their respective music careers and even dress up as different characters in their own music videos. While not every rapper or songstress dons a costume when Halloween rolls around, some are more than enthusiastic about getting in the holiday spirit. O...

The hip-hop community flooded social networking sites like Twitter with reactions to Troy Davis' execution Wednesday (Sept. 21), tweeting up-to-the-minute news of the protest along with their mixed condolences, prayers, sorrow and disgust...

Despite his recent arrest, OutKast rapper Big Boi has promised fans in New Zealand and Australia that he will still be making the trek to perform down under at the end of the month, as planned. The Atlanta rhymer, who was arrested on Aug...

Outkast's Big Boi was taken into custody on drug charges after exiting a cruise ship Sunday (August 7). The Atlanta native was arrested by Miami police and charged with three counts of possession with a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, according to TMZ...

In celebration of his current Crown Royal partnership, Big Boi will host a "secret" event in Chicago in June, as part of the 'The Crown Life' soiree series. At the private event, Big Boi will screen 'The Crown Life' and treat guests to goodies from his Crown Royal Black bag...

For celebrity children, exorbitant birthday gifts are nothing out of the ordinary, but Big Boi believes in much more practical gift-giving for teenagers. The OutKast rapper has announced plans to start a new record label with his 16-year-old daughter Jordan in order to commemorate her birthday...

In basketball terms, Killer Mike is a tough cover. The stout Atlanta MC, who first came on the scene under the wing of OutKast spitter Big Boi on the 2000 'Stankonia' rhyme assault 'Snappin' and Trappin,' can go menacingly hard in the paint with the type of seething 'hood nastiness that would make an in-his-prime Scarface shake his head...

Big Boi admits he's only been a fan of Modest Mouse "for a minute" in a new interview with MTV, who caught up with the 'Shutterbug' rapper after he blasted Twitter last week with the news he was in the studio with the indie rockers. "We're all musicians and producers and artists, and it's just like a big-ass brainstorm, a brain-stormin', tsunami, typhoon, tectonic-plates-movin' kind

Big Boi released his first solo album last summer and now the OutKast rapper is focusing his energies on musical collaborations with unlikely artists, such as indie rock band Modest Mouse. In a series of tweets this week, Big Boi announced that he has been recording new music with the Oregon-based group...

Erykah Badu, the Roots and Big Boi will rep hip-hop and R&B at Outside Lands this summer. The music festival, now in its fourth year, takes place at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park from August 12 through 14. Headliners for the fest include Muse, Phish and Arcade Fire, while rock acts like MGMT, the Black Keys, the Decemberists and John Fogerty will also take the stage. Mo...