André 3000 names his favorite rapper of all time

Outkast has been round for a very long time. Because the Nineties, the collective has repeatedly launched compelling different hip-hop music that has remained unmatched. With origins in Atlanta, the duo comprised of André 3000 and Large Boi have at all times been forward of their time regarding music.

André 3000’s distinctive type makes it inconceivable to pigeonhole him, which has been essential to his legacy as a hip-hop act. The rapper, singer and producer had a wierd but thrilling rise to fame. Together with his origins firmly rooted in the early 1990s, 

Comprised of André 3000 and Large Boi, the duo met as youngsters in East Atlanta and thru a mutual pal the 2 had, they have been granted entry to an underground hip-hop studio often known as ‘The Dungeon’. They labored as producers and songwriters for a longtime Atlanta collective, Organised Noize, however would additionally work on music as a duo on the facet.

Releasing music regionally, they slowly however certainly rose to develop into distinguished figureheads with their Southern soul-infused music, and by the duo launched Stankonia 2000, they have been charting on the Billboard 200, managing to debut at quantity two and their 2003 project, Speakerboxx/The Love Below has develop into the highest-selling rap album ever.

André 3000 grew up in Atlanta round an array of music and has confirmed through the years that he has an eclectic style. That stated, regardless of his absence from hip-hop since 2006’s Idlewild album, the emcee (actual title André Benjamin) nonetheless retains a eager eye on the tradition.

That stated, in an interview with on-line music publication HipHopDX, South Carolina emcee Nick Grant unveiled that when he first met Benjamin, the Outkast icon advised him he was his favorite artist.

Talking in regards to the expertise of assembly Benjamin, Grant detailed, “When I pull up to the studio, André is in there, and when I walk in, he’s like, ‘You my favourite rapper if we do a song together, I’ll have to be on my sh*t’”

He continued, “I was like ‘This is [An]dré’. Without him, there’s no me. Rapping, there’s no me without André 3000. I don’t have my confidence, I don’t have the way I approach verses. None of that! He’s one of the coolest people not just in the business but in life.”

You may watch Nick Grant’s interview about André 3000 within the video beneath.