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When OutKast dropped “Ms. Jackson” in the fall of 2000, the world was stunned. Nobody had ever heard a hip-hop song that sounded anything like this. But there’s never been anybody like OutKast before. The Atlanta duo, made up of Andre 3000 and Big Boi, brought their innovative hip-hop style …

When UGK‘s Pimp C first heard Project Pat’s 2002 song “Choose U,” he was immediately taken by the beat. The track samples Willie Hutch’s soulful “I Choose You,” and Pimp C couldn’t believe it wasn’t a hit. When UGK got back into the studio to work on their 2007 album …

Organized Noize’s Rico Wade was laid to rest at an Atlanta funeral Friday — a day that coincided with the 30th anniversary of the release of Outkast’s debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik — and after the private service, Big Boi and Andre 3000 turned to social media to pay tribute to the …

Organized Noize producer Rico Wade will be laid to rest at a private funeral in his native Atlanta on Friday, nearly two weeks after the Southern hip-hop innovator died at the age of 52. The friends and family-only service will take place April 26 at an Atlanta church; according to …

Rico Wade, a member of the pioneering Atlanta production team Organized Noize that served as the auditory architects for the Dungeon Family collective — artists like OutKast, Goodie Mob, Killer Mike and many more — and helped craft Southern hip-hop’s sound, has died at the age of 52. Organized Noize …

André 3000 announced his tour in support of his praised solo album, New Blue Sun, on Tuesday. Formerly one-half of Atlanta rap duo Outkast, André 3000 will be joined by Carlos Niño, Nate Mercereau, Surya Botofasina, and Deantoni Parks, who helped craft the flute-fused album. The tour runs from January …

A tlanta’s storied Stankonia Studios feel like the site of a family reunion as J.I.D walks in with a grin and daps up Big Boi with Stevie Wonder’s “As” spilling from the speakers. Both are soft-spoken, and you can barely hear what they say to each other as they exchange …

Growing up in Georgia, Big Boi knew what it meant to grapple with a loved one’s personal struggles. “My father, he was in the military, and then he battled with alcohol for a long time too,” says the co-founder of the foundational Atlanta rap duo Outkast. “Mentally he was a …

The year was 1998. Google was incorporated. Mark McGwire broke the single-season home run record. Viagra was approved by the FDA. And Outkast — two rappers named André 3000 and Big Boi from Atlanta, Georgia — dropped their incredible album Aquemini,featuring the iconically laid-back track, “SpottieOttieDopaliscious.” “It’s about that fly …