Representatives of Jimi Hendrix's estate have condemned plans for Andre 3000's upcoming biopic of the guitar legend, accusing the filmmakers of moving forward with the project without gaining offic...

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...

Radiohead's "Paranoid Android" has topped a new list of the best songs of the past 15 years. The 1997 track beat out Arcade Fire's "Rebellion (Lies)" and "Hey Ya!" by Outkast in the NME.com count...

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

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

Gnarls Barkley's Crazy has been voted the best song of the first decade of the 21st century in a new expert poll. Rolling Stone magazine editors asked 100 performers and music aficionados to name...

Singer Norah Jones is releasing a star-studded duets album featuring collaborations with artists including the Foo Fighters, Dolly Parton and Outkast. The Come Away With Me hit-maker has recorded...

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...

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...

Beyonce has landed another major accolade - she has been named the most successful musician of the new century's first decade in America. Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) bosses...

What happens when Hip Hop & R&B stars lives are changed by fame and fortune? Now finding themselves in a different place most opt to crossover, which involves a marked change in artistic direction...

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...

Justin Timberlake's "Futuresex/Lovesounds" has been named the pop album of the decade and Outkast's "Hey Ya" the noughties' best pop song by a leading music website. Editors at PopEater.com hav...

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...

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...

Happy Birthday to British TV Chef Jamie Oliver (1975), Outkast half Andre 3000 (1975), late TLC singer Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (1971; d. 2002), "The Da Vinci Code" actor Paul Bettany (1971), "Shakesp...

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...

Soul singer Erykah Badu and hip-hop star Jay Electronica are the proud parents of a new daughter. The couple welcomed the child - their first together - into their family on February 1st. The...

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...

It takes a cataclysmic event to derail Overrated/Underrated from its usual Friday spot. Currently the Oscars have been serving as that disruptive force, but this week interruption comes from the m...

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...

Pregnant soul star Erykah Badu has lashed out at critics who slammed her decision to have a third child out of wedlock. The singer, who has kids by Outkast star Andre Benjamin and The D.O.C., ...

Rapper/actor Andre 3000 owns just one piece of jewelry because "bling" is "not his thing." Hip-hop stars are known for their love of gold and diamonds, but OutKast rapper Andre 3000 admits he's one...

Hip hop used to be feeling, not form—A boom-bap rush that could, and would, be interpreted and articulated differently by it's various creators. It was this loose constitution, open to infinite ame...