The College Football Hall of Fame is marking its 10th anniversary in Atlanta with its Anniversary Celebration and Kickoff Game Football Fest on Saturday, Aug. 24, headlined by a free concert from Grammy-winning artist Antwan “Big Boi” Patton of Outkast.
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.
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.
This week, the rap community is mourning the loss of Cutty Cartel, who made up one-third of the Atlanta hip-hop group Jim Crow. Cartel, born Ricardo...
!["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."](/sites/default/files/styles/three_two_702x468/public/2024-03/png_image_8.jpeg?h=e8b21281&itok=6ff3jZ6g)
