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Andre 3000: 'There Are No Plans For Another Outkast Album'

Outkast

Funk and hip-hop duo Outkast appear to have disbanded - frontman Andre 3000 has revealed he has no plans to make any more music with bandmate Big Boi. The hitmakers haven't released anything toge...


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Celebrity Birthdays - February 1, 2012

Heather Morris

Happy Birthday to: Glee star Heather Morris (1987) The Hills star Lauren Conrad (1986) Outkast half Big Boi (1975) Dexter star Michael C. Hall (1971) Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman (1969) Roc...


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Big Boi Laughs Off Arrest After Posting Bail

Big Boi

Rapper Big Boi has laughed off his weekend drug possession arrest after posting $16,000 bail.


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Big Boi Arrested For Possessing Ecstasy & Viagra

Big Boi

Outkast star Big Boi has been arrested for alleged drug possession in Miami, Florida.


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Review: 'The Greatest Movie Ever Sold' 'Two Jews On Film' Don't Buy Into This One (Video)

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

In 'The Greatest Movie Ever Sold', Morgan Spurlock, ('Super Size Me') takes us into the world of product placement, marketing and advertising. The full title of this documentary is actually 'POM W...


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Review: 'Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold' Is Hilarious, Thought Provoking

Movie Hype

"POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" is the new feature length documentary from “Super-Size Me” glutton Morgan Spurlock, this time tackling the fairly tight-lipped world of produc...


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15 Essential Albums Of 2010

Essential Albums of 2010

I’ve been picking “Best Of” albums for ten years now, and while I’m keenly aware of how subjective the process is, there are a couple of essential rules that must be followed—rules like: Do I think...


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Cee Lo Green's R-Rated Hit Tops Spin Magazine's 2010 Pop Poll

Cee-Lo Green

Cee-Lo Green's naughty hit "F--- You" has topped music magazine Spin's poll of 2010 hits. The quirky tune beat out Arcade Fire's Ready To Start and Power by Kanye West in the first definitive end-...


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Music Executives Try To Block Outkast Reunion

Outkast

Jive Records bosses are blocking an Outkast reunion on Big Boi's new album - because they won't free up Andre Benjamin to record with his old pal. Big Boi jumped labels to Def Jam after Jive exec...


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Outkast Recording Again After Four Year Hiatus

Outkast

Superstar rap duo Outkast is planning to record its first album in four years. Big Boi and Andre 3000 released their last record, Idlewild, in 2006 - which shot to number two in the Billboard 200...


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Celebrity Birthdays, February 1

Lisa Marie Presley

Happy Birthday to: Rock royalty Lisa Marie Presley (1968) Outkast half Big Boi (1975) Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman (1969) Comedian Pauly Shore (1968) Martial arts actor Brandon Le...


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Big Boi Hit With $55,000 Tax Bill

Big Boi Hit With $55,000 Tax Bill

Outkast rapper Big Boi has reportedly been hit with a $55,727 demand from U.S. tax officials. The hip-hop star, real name Antwan Andre Patton, allegedly owes the unpaid taxes to the state of G...


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Mos Def Replaces Common At Hip-Hop Festival

Mos Def Replaces Common

Hip-hop star Mos Def saved the day at the Rock The Bells festival in Toronto, Canada on Sunday when he stepped in at the last minute to replace absent rapper Common. Go hit-maker Common was for...


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Big Boi: OutKast Hasn't Split, New Album On The Way

OutKast

Rapper Big Boi has blasted rumors of a rift with his OutKast bandmate Andre 3000, revealing the pair is preparing to return to the studio to record the group's first album in six years. Both a...


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Celebrity Birthdays, February 1

Lisa Marie Presley

Happy Birthday to Outkast half Big Boi (1975), Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman (1969), comedian Pauly Shore (1968), rock royalty Lisa Marie Presley (1968), martial arts actor Brandon Lee (1965; d. 1...


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Big Boi Makes A Special Appearance On 'Law And Order: SVU'

Big Boi

Big Boi, from Grammy award-winning Rap Duo Outkast will appear on NBC'S Law and Order: SVU as "Gots Money," a Hip Hop artist involved in an exotic animal smuggling ring under investigation by Detec...


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Bye-Bye, Bling: A Recessionary Note To Rappers Everywhere

Lil Jon

Yo, my hip-hop brothers, some words of wisdom: these are hard times. Don’t know if you heard, but we’re in a recession. People are losing their homes. Folks’ retirement funds are tanking. People ar...


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Fight Erupts Backstage At Ozone Awards; See Winner's List

Mike Jones

Houston, Texas rappers Trae and Mike Jones stole the show at Monday's Ozone Awards by fighting backstage before the ceremony began. Jones was punched in the fracas, and Trae was escorted from the H...


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SMC Pledges Allegiance To Killer Mike

Killer Mike

Killer Mike and his Atlanta based label, Grind Time Official, have joined forces with Bay Area based record label, SMC Recordings. The first release from this dynamic partnership will be the contin...


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Outkast: In a Class of Their Own

Outkast

As one of the hottest rap groups out today, Outkast has etched a mark in hip-hop history as perhaps the best rap group ever. They're in fair competition, however, with groups like A Tribe Called Qu...


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Celebrity Birthdays, February 1

Lisa Marie Presley

Happy Birthday to Outkast half Big Boi (1975), Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman (1969), comedian Pauly Shore (1968), rock royalty Lisa Marie Presley (1968), martial arts actor Brandon Lee (1965; d. 1...


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Raheem Devaughn's Sophomore Disc Debuts On Charts; Will Tour With Jill Scott

Raheem DeVaughn

Jive recording artist, Raheem DeVaughn, who recently received a Grammy Award nomination for his current single "Woman," debuts at #5 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart and #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Ho...


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Fish-Out-Of-Water Comedy 'Who's Your Caddy?' Comes To DVD Nov. 27

Who

Who's Your Caddy? stars Antwan "Big Boi" Patton (rap group Outkast, ATL) as music mogul C-Note who will do whatever in takes, no matter how outrageous, to become a member of an elite country club –...


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MTV Crowns The 'Celebrity Rap Superstar' During Season Finale, Tonight At 10

Kendra Wilkinson

Live on Thursday, October 18th at 10pm ET/PT from the Culver Studio in Los Angeles, California, MTV will reveal the champion of Celebrity Rap Superstar…will it be Shar Jackson or Kendra Wilkinson? ...


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Kanye West, Common & T.I. Lead Hip-Hop Awards

Kanye West

Rappers Kanye West, Common and T.I. were the main winners at the 2007 B.E.T. Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, with the artists taking home two awards each. The second annual ...


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Big Boi's Golf Fundraiser

Big Boi

Outkast star Big Boi is teaming up with golfer Calvin Peete to host a charity sporting event for American's disadvantaged youngsters. The rapper - real name Antwan André Patton - will host a golf t...


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Outkast Star Turns Detective

Big Boi

Outkast star Big Boi is offering a $50,000 reward after thieves stole an entire collection of jeans from his wife's clothes store. The rapper - real name Antwan André Patton - was angered after th...


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50 Cent, T.I., Ne-Yo, Ciara & More Throw Down At BET Awards, June 26

Ciara

With the galaxy of stars that BET has booked for the "BET '07 Awards" there's no doubt that the fire marshal will be working overtime at the Shrine Auditorium on Tuesday, June 26. Sparks will...


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Taking Back Sunday To Headline Live Tour Dates For Boost Mobile Rockcorps

Taking Back Sunday

Taking Back Sunday announced today that the band will perform a string of headlining dates for Boost Mobile RockCorps (BMRC), a national youth volunteerism movement that harnesses the power of musi...


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Memorable Celebrity Quotes

Big Boi

"This is my own thing, so I can do whatever I want. It's going to be the nastiest, stankiest, smelliest, dirtiest funky-ass s*$# you've heard in your whole life." Outkast star Big Boi describes his...


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