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News Articles: Andre 3000

After a 30-year career spent defying expectations, André 3000's latest sleight of hand finds him moving the keys like Bob James.

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On his surprise piano EP, André 3000 continues to play with our expectations

Few music icons have consistently pulled magic — or unpredictable pivots — out the hat like André 3000. 7 piano sketches, his newly released surprise EP, follows up the instrumental turn he took on 2023's New Blue Sun with another non-rap project.

May 07, 2025
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  • Rodney Carmichael
Southern rap duo OutKast, consisting of André 3000 and Big Boi, is among the 14 artists being considered for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2025 class.

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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2025 shortlist includes OutKast, Maná, Phish and Billy Idol

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the shortlist for its 2025 class of inductees on Wednesday. The shortlist includes groundbreaking Southern rap duo OutKast, Mexican rock band Maná and the recently reunited Britpop group Oasis.

February 12, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Sabrina Carpenter, seen here at Coachella earlier this year, is nominated in each of The Big Four categories at the 2025 Grammy Awards: album, song and record of the year, plus best new artist.

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The 2025 Grammy nominations are out. Here are the big takeaways

Stephen Thompson on the biggest surprises, trends and questions to be found in the Grammy nominations, plus the most interesting stories to be found beyond the major categories.

November 11, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Eminem performs at the event "Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central" on June 6, 2024.

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  • Music

Eminem and Common confront the same milestone — middle age — from opposite angles

The two veteran rappers read as comic inversions of one another on their new albums, by turns renewed and restrained by the instincts that defined them at the start of their careers.

July 18, 2024
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Outside the private, invitation-only "celebration of life" for Atlanta's beloved behind-the-scenes figure, 52-year-old Rico Wade.

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  • Music News

'Thank God for this urban genius': Inside late Atlanta music visionary Rico Wade's farewell

If it could be summed up in a sentence: Rico Wade's "celebration of life" April 26 at Ebenezer Baptist Church was something Rico Wade would understandably not stop talking about. A U.S. senator eulogized him, the current and a former mayor of Atlanta shared their passionate remarks, the 52-year old was given the city's honor and it was announced that a music industry executive training program will be launched in his name.

April 29, 2024
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  • Sonia Murray
"This city has birthed a lot of pioneers, people that are pushing things," Andre 3000 said. "It's cool to be kind of running [expletive] for like the last 30 years."

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  • Music Features

Inhale. Exhale. Now let these scenes from Andre 3000's Atlanta homecoming wash over you

It's been nearly 10 years since Andre and his partner in Atlanta rap act OutKast, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, headlined a sold-out, three-night stand at Centennial Olympic Park — and two decades since the duo released Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, now the best-selling rap album of all time. 

March 05, 2024
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  • Sonia Murray
André 3000's "New Blue Sun Live" tour spent three nights at the Blue Note jazz club in New York.

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  • Music Features

Is André 3000 in his jazz era?

During his residency of the famed Blue Note jazz club in New York, the OutKast-rapper-turned-flutist showed us why New Blue Sun is both less and more than that question.

February 06, 2024
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  • Hank Shteamer
Best Music of 2023

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The best music of 2023

Taking a cue from NPR's Best Music of 2023 lists, members of the GPB News staff have compiled their favorite Georgia gems, Southern sounds, musical moments and international hits from the past 12 months.

December 15, 2023
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Outkast's Andre 3000 with his flute

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Georgia in Play Preview: After a long hiatus, Andre 3000 returns with 'no bars'

After 17 years, one of Atlanta's most successful musicians still "got something to say." André 3000, one half of Outkast, is releasing his first album since 2006's Idlewild. 

November 15, 2023
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  • Leah Fleming and
  • Chase McGee
The result of the improvised sessions that led to <em>New Blue Sun</em> is subtle but daring. Mainly because it flies in the face of everything we've come to expect, and selfishly demand, as André 3000 fans.

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  • Music Interviews

Interview: André 3000 reveals why his new solo album has no bars — and no boundaries

Ahead of a daring return to music, the outrageous half of OutKast talks New Blue Sun, his wild ayahuasca trip and why he gets so many requests to play flute at funerals.

November 14, 2023
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  • Rodney Carmichael
In this Feb. 8, 2004 file photo, OutKast members Big Boi and Andre 3000 pose in front of the three awards they won at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. In 2004 OutKast's double album, “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," was the second rap album to win album of the year.

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  • Music Features

A history of hip-hop in Georgia: From Jack the Rapper to 'rap's epicenter'

Hip-hop may have originated in New York, but the genre now finds many of its current hitmakers in Georgia. And there are at least 50 important moments in hip-hop involving the state's artists, record labels or just events that happened here.

August 11, 2023
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  • Sonia Murray

Music Minute: Andre 3000 Remembers His Late Parents

Today’s music minute features Atlanta artist Andre 3000, who doesn’t produce much music anymore. But when he does, it’s still special. The song, titled ...

January 24, 2019
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt

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