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Big Boi (Born Antwan André Patton, February 1, 1975 in Savannah, GA)
André 3000 (Born André Lauren Benjamin, May 27, 1975 in Atlanta, GA)

See Also: Dungeon Family & Goodie Mob

Albums
OutKast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
OutKast - ATLiens
OutKast - Aquemini
OutKast - Stankonia
Big Boi & Dre Present OutKast
OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast - Idlewild
André 3000 - Whole Foods
Class Of 3000: Music Volume One
Dungeon Family - Even In Darkness

Singles
OutKast - Ms. Jackson (Single)
Big Boi - Royal Flush (Single)

Thug Radio Mixtape
OutKast - Player's Ball

Also Featured On...
Babyface - Fire (Thug Radio Mixtape)
Barbershop 2: Back In Business
Best Of Rap City
Big Gipp - Mutant Mindframe (André 3000)
Bizarre - Hannicap Circus (Big Boi)
Bones
Chris Brown - Exclusive: The Forever Edition (Big Boi)
Cool Breeze - East Point's Greatest Hits
Raheem DeVaughn - Love Behind The Melody (Big Boi)
Devin The Dude - On The Grind: Smoke One 4 Your Brother (Big Boi)
Devin The Dude - Waitin' To Inhale (André 3000)
DJ Smallz & T-Pain - Dirty RNB 11: Are You Sprung? (Big Boi)
E-40 - Slumpalation (Big Boi)
Gnarls Barkley - A Trip To St. Elsewhere
Goodie Mob - Soul Food (André 3000)
Hoodlum (Big Boi)
Jagged Edge - Hard (Big Boi)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint˛: The Gift & The Curse (Big Boi)
Jay-Z - The Black Mixtape (Special Limited Edition)
Kelis - Tasty (André 3000)
Lenny Kravitz - Again (Stankonia Remix) (Single)
A LaFace Family Christmas
Light It Up
Lloyd - Street Love (André 3000)
Merry Fucking Christmas 2: The Return Of The Poo (Thug Radio Mixtape)
Monica - The Boy Is Mine
MTV The First 1000 Years: Hip Hop
Mystikal - Let's Get Ready
Nothing To Lose
Shaft 2000
Sleepy Brown - Phunk-O-Naut
Sleepy Brown - Mr. Brown
Slick Rick - The Art Of Storytelling
Snoop Dogg - Tha Blue Carpet Treatment Mixtape
Soul Food
The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards 2001
The Source Presents Hip Hop Hits Volume 1
Tash - Rap Life
Think Differently Music Presents: Now That's What I Call Hip-Hop! 1
Thug Radio Mixtape 15: Hard As Steel
Thug Radio Mixtape 16: Bang On 'Em
TLC - CrazySexyCool (André 3000)
U.G.K. - Underground Kingz
The Wood

Bio From All Music Guide
OutKast's blend of gritty Southern soul, fluid raps, and the rolling G-funk of their Organized Noize production crew epitomized the Atlanta wing of hip-hop's rising force, the Dirty South, during the late '90s. Along with Goodie Mob, OutKast took Southern hip-hop in bold, innovative new directions: less reliance on aggression, more positivity and melody, thicker arrangements, and intricate lyrics. After Dre and Big Boi hit number one on the rap charts with their first single, "Player's Ball," the duo embarked on a run of platinum albums spiked with several hit singles, enjoying numerous critical accolades in addition to their commercial success.

André Benjamin (Dré) and Antwan Patton (Big Boi) attended the same high school in the Atlanta borough of East Point, and several lyrical battles made each gain respect for the other's skills. They formed OutKast, and were pursued by Organized Noize Productions, hitmakers for TLC and Xscape. Signed to the local LaFace label just after high school, OutKast recorded and released Player's Ball, then watched the single rise to number one on the rap charts. It slipped from the top spot only after six weeks, was certified gold, and created a buzz for a full-length release. That album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, hit the Top 20 in 1994 and was certified platinum by the end of the year. Dré and Big Boi also won Best New Rap Group of the Year at the 1995 Source Awards.

OutKast returned with a new album in 1996, releasing ATLiens that August; it hit number two and went platinum with help from the gold-selling single "Elevators (Me & You)" (number 12 pop, number one rap), as well as the Top 40 title track. Aquemini followed in 1998, also hitting number two and going double-platinum. There were no huge hit singles this time around, but critics lavishly praised the album's unified, progressive vision, hailing it as a great leap forward and including it on many year-end polls. Unfortunately, in a somewhat bizarre turn of events, OutKast was sued over the album's lead single "Rosa Parks" by none other than the civil rights pioneer herself, who claimed that the group had unlawfully appropriated her name to promote their music, also objecting to some of the song's language. The initial court decision dismissed the suit in late 1999.

Dré modified his name to André 3000 before the group issued its hotly anticipated fourth album, Stankonia, in late 2000. Riding the momentum of uniformly excellent reviews and the stellar singles "B.O.B." and "Ms. Jackson," Stankonia debuted at number two and went triple platinum in just a few months; meanwhile, "Ms. Jackson" became their first number one pop single the following February. 2003's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, a double album, debuted at number one and spawned a pair of number one singles: the Dré-fronted "Hey Ya" and the Big Boi-fronted "The Way You Move." Three years later, as breakup rumors continued to swirl, they returned with the feature film Idlewild and an accompanying soundtrack.— John Bush

Big Boi's Bio From Wikipedia
Antwan André Patton (born February 1, 1975 in Savannah, Georgia) better known by his stage name Big Boi, is an American hip hop artist and producer; part of the alternative hip-hop duo OutKast. He also goes by the aliases "Daddy Fat Sacks", "General Patton", "Sir Lucious L. Leftfoot", "Billy Ocean", "Hot Tub Tony" and "Francis the Savannah Chitlin' Pimp".

Patton was born and spent the first half of his childhood in Savannah, attending School before moving to Atlanta with his Aunt Renee to pursue his interest in music at Tri-Cities, a high school for the performing arts. He had a strong interest in hip hop music, and met André "3000" Benjamin while attending Tri Cities High School in the early-1990s. The two eventually joined forces as OutKast and signed with LaFace Records.

In contrast to his more sedate, philosophical partner, Patton's on-record persona enjoys partying. He can be identified by his rapid-fire delivery, a style which has become more distinct since the album ATLiens. Patton has often used his lyrics to criticize the problems that plague both the African American community and the world. One example is 2003's "War", a scathing attack on the Bush administration and the "war on terror."

André 3000's Bio From Wikipedia
André Lauren "André 3000" Benjamin (born May 27, 1975) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, hip hop producer, pop producer and actor. He is half of the successful hip hop duo OutKast and is also the creator of Cartoon Network's Emmy-winning show Class Of 3000.

Benjamin was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Sharon Benjamin Hodo, a single mother who sold real estate, and Lawrence Walker, a collections agent. Being an only child and growing up in East Point, Decatur and Bankhead, Benjamin saw many different lifestyles (clothing and music) that he combined throughout his career. He attended Sutton Middle School, where a renowned orchestral teacher named Mrs. Natalie Colbert taught him how to play a violin.

In high school, Benjamin met Antwan "Big Boi" Patton and after a few lyrical battles the two teamed up to form Outkast. Shortly after graduating high school the duo were signed to the Atlanta-based LaFace label and released their debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik in 1994. Buoyed by the success of the single "Playa's Ball", the album went platinum by the end of the year and Outkast was named Best New Rap Group of the Year at the 1995 Source Awards.

On their next two albums ATLiens and Aquemini, Outkast experimented with their sound by adding elements of trip-hop, soul, and jungle. Benjamin's lyrics in particular took on a more surreal, space-age tinge. At this time Benjamin took up the guitar and painting and became involved with neo-soul singer Erykah Badu.

Outkast's fourth album, Stankonia, saw Benjamin take on the new name of Andre 3000 and increased the group's crossover appeal with the single Ms. Jackson, which hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written in the aftermath of Benjamin's breakup with Badu and was a fictionalized account of the disintegration of their relationship.

In 2001, Outkast released a greatest hits album Big Boi & Dre Present... OutKast which contained three new tracks. One track, "The Whole World" won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. Later that year, Benjamin participated in the Dungeon Family group album, which saw a number of prominent Atlanta-based hip-hop groups combine into a supergroup.

In 2003, Outkast released Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, a double album which highlighted the differences in the musical styles of the group's two members. André's half of the album, The Love Below, garnered the most attention from mainstream audiences, with the popular singles "Hey Ya!" and "Roses". The album's fourth single and video (Andre's third), "Prototype", was released shortly after, where as Big Boi's Speakerboxxx has seen the release of the hit "The Way You Move" and most recent single "Ghetto Musick." The Love Below was, unlike Speakerboxxx, an exercise in funk, jazz, and alternative music, featuring mostly sung (instead of rapped) vocals from André.

André has moved into the film world and has made appearances in Families, The Shield, Be Cool, Revolver (2005), and a co-starring role in Four Brothers. Andre is also cast as Percival in Idlewild, released on August 26, 2006. He is currently shooting a movie with Big Boi for HBO. He is also currently working on an as-of-yet untitled project, filming on location in Louisiana and is being produced by Chesley Seals and Kat Hantas. He voiced a crow in Charlotte's Web, a movie adaptation of the 1952 children's book. As of November 2006, he voices "Sunny Bridges," a prize-winning musician who gives up touring to teach at his alma mater, in a new animated series he produced on Cartoon Network called Class Of 3000. He has also worked with Esthero on a promotional version of "Jungle Book" which was on a Wikked lil' grrrls sampler, but never made it to the actual album due to issues with Esthero's publisher, Warner. He launched the "Benjamin Bixby" clothing line in spring of 2008, inspired by college football, circa 1935. He has returned to hip-hop, appearing on many various remixes of including "Walk It Out," "Throw Some D's," "You," Jay-Z's "30 Something," UGK's "Players Anthem" and Devin the Dude's "What A Job."

Benjamin has recently stated that he is making a solo rap album, and that the response to his remixes is part of the motivation. In the same interview, he stated that he wanted to write a verse for a remix to "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston, but there is yet to be one.

Official Site: OutKast, MySpace, Big Boi's MySpace & Class Of 3000's MySpace