Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Andre 3000 of Outkast points to the crowd, mic in hand. (Credit: Kenny Mcleish/PYMCA/Avalon ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. LOS ANGELES - FEBRUARY 8: Musical Artists Big Boi (left) and Andre ...

Twenty-five years ago, on October 31, 2000, two young visionaries from Atlanta reshaped the boundaries of hip hop forever. When Outkast dropped Stankonia, they didn’t just release an album, they ...

Outkast won two Grammy Awards for “Stankonia:” Best Rap Album and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for “Ms. Jackson.” Outkast remains one of the most commercially successful and influential ...

Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday ...

Twenty-seven years ago, Outkast released “Rosa Parks,” a groundbreaking single from their classic 1998 album Aquemini. The track, blending funk-infused production with socially conscious lyricism, ...

André Lauren Benjamin and Antwan André Patton, better known to the world as André 3000 and Big Boi, were both born in Atlanta in 1975. After meeting at Lenox Square mall as teenagers, the two aspiring ...