Tag: Big Boi
Big Boi, Jermaine Dupri, Kenny Leon and other Atlanta artists reflect on Prince’s passing
We reached out to Atlanta’s artistic community and asked them to take the measure of Prince’s death today at 57, and what his music meant to them.
Snapshots from Music Midtown 2015
We captured last weekend's two-day music event with a Fuji Instax camera, just as concert-goers might have done at Music Midtown's 1994 inaugural festival.
ATLast, Outkast to perform for home crowd
Outkast’s beats and lyrics embodied everything associated with the South. It felt good, and like your grandmama, it could charm you one minute and cuss you out the next. And unlike East Coast or West Coast hip-hop, it seldom picked a fight, but instead welcomed everybody to sit on the porch and listen.
Why Outkast just can’t quit each other
With the announcement that Outkast will share the stage for the first time in eight years at next month’s Coachella Festival, Antwan “Big Boi” Patton and André “3000” Benjamin are merely acknowledging what the rest of us have long known—that the East Point emcees are as inseparable as hip and hop.
Hear: The surprising Big Boi, Game of Thrones mashup
Big Boi just released "Mother of Dragons," a track inspired by The Game of Thrones character Khaleesi. It is the first song released from Catch the Throne, a Thrones-themed hip-hop mixtape. We've listened to the track multiple times and have concluded that the experience is only complete if you watch these GIFs while listening. #teamKhaleesi
Video of the Day: Big Boi mini-documentary trailer
The liquor company Crown Royal has made a short film documenting the rapper at the Grammys and his recording studio. It comes out next week, and I predict it has a better chance of nabbing an Oscar nom than Tyler Perry's take on For Colored Girls.
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