Outkast

OutKast rapper Big Boi will be headlining a free concert during the ESPN X Games 15, taking place later this month. The 'Shutterbug' rapper, who was just nominated for two Grammy Awards, will be performing at the Bud Light Hi-Gi concert at the base of Aspen Mountain on Saturday, Jan...

Once the holiday season rolls around, we can expect many things: eggnog, poinsettias, presents and the return of Christmas carols. Regardless of your religious denomination, or whether or not you even celebrate Christmas, holiday music can be the bane of anyone's existence...

Atlanta has definitely attained legendary status as a great hip-hop town and now its scene is getting the full-blown documentary treatment. Photographer Michael Schmelling is releasing a new book that documents two full years photographing the ATL rap world...

Outkast rapper Big Boi shed some light on the solo deal he signed with record label Def Jam recently. While fans of the revered Atlanta rap group await another Outkast album, which is said to see release after Andre 3000 drops his forthcoming solo record, Big Boi revealed that he has signed a 3-album deal with Def Jam, who recently released his critically acclaimed 'Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son

Big Boi credits a "music fairy" for leaking two collaborations with partner Andre 3000, that OutKast's label, Jive, tried to block from release. "They wouldn't let me put on the album. But somehow it ended up on the Internet. I was happy, the fans wanted some new music...

Earlier this summer, when Big Boi headlined Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival, Billboard.com went as far as calling it "a victory lap for the Outkast rapper's just-released solo debut 'Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty." Big Boi is taking another victory lap around the U...

Andre 3000 has been making surprise appearances throughout the summer. Apart from production credits on Big Boi's 'Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty' and the leaked collaboration 'Lookin for Ya' with Sleepy Brown, the other half of Outkast has dropped the new sentimental track 'I Do...

Drake's debut album 'Thank Me Later' is chock full of features from all-stars including Jay-Z, Alicia Keys and fellow Young Money rapper Nicki Minaj, but the Toronto emcee recently revealed that he was turned down for a collaboration with one of his favorite artists -- Andre 3000...

Big Boi ran into some red tape with getting his fellow Outkast member Andre 3000, featured on his album 'Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty,' but the two still managed to work together on the release. "What happened with that was Jive Records didn't want any songs coming out that was me and Dre together that wasn't Jive Records," he told The BoomBox of why the album doesn't

Garry Shider, Parliament-Funkadelic's guitarist and musical director, lost his battle with brain and lung cancer on Wednesday. He was 56. Known for donning a loincloth on stage, which earned him the nickname "Diaperman," Shider got his start playing in church before meeting George Clinton in the late '60s at the Plainfield, N...