Outkast's Big Boi Takes Pizza Fans on a Wild Ride for Papa Johns
Video: ESCALADE IQ ft. Big Boi
Video: ESCALADE IQ ft. Big Boi
Video: Brooklyn Brown
Video: Brooklyn Brown
Video: Twan Wick
Video: Twan Wick
Video: Everything Big
Video: Everything Big
Video: Yeahhhh Boiiiiiii
Video: Yeahhhh Boiiiiiii
Video: "Do Ya Best" Big Boi & Sleepy Brown (ft. Scotty ATL)
Video: "Do Ya Best" Big Boi & Sleepy Brown (ft. Scotty ATL)
Big Boi honored during 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop
Video: Search for your Big Boi house
Video: Search for your Big Boi house
Video: "The Big Sleep is Over" - Big Boi & Sleepy Brown (feat. Kay-I)
Video: "The Big Sleep is Over" - Big Boi & Sleepy Brown (feat. Kay-I)
Video: "lowercase (no cap)" (Lyric Video) Big Boi, Sleepy Brown (ft. Killer Mike)
Video: "lowercase (no cap)" (Lyric Video) Big Boi, Sleepy Brown (ft. Killer Mike)
OutKast’s Big Boi Developing Music Mentorship & DIY Studio Makeover Series With Trailblazer Studios
Video: Watch Video: Can't Sleep
Video: Watch Video: Can't Sleep
Can't Sleep by Big Boi & Sleepy Brown
Outkast's Big Boi honored by City of East Point with key to the city, proclamation
Big Boi Releases New Single With Sleepy Brown, Says Big Sleepover Is ‘Coming Soon’
Video: "Intentions" Big Sleepover ft. CeeLo Green - Jimmy Kimmel Live
Video: "Intentions" Big Sleepover ft. CeeLo Green - Jimmy Kimmel Live
Video: NBA: Dawn of the Duos
Video: NBA: Dawn of the Duos
Big Boi says it was "a dream come true" to play funk legend George Clinton on BET's 'American Soul'
Big Boi has his own Budweiser tall boy
The limited-edition can is only available in Georgia
Video: Intentions – BB & Sleepy Brown Ft. Ceelo Green
Video: Intentions – BB & Sleepy Brown Ft. Ceelo Green
Examining Big Boi’s Incredible Catalog Post-OutKast
Unbelievable Frenchies — Atlanta's Best Bulldog Breeder
Magic City: An oral history of Atlanta's legendary strip club
Doin' It ft. Sleepy Brown
Video: All Night
Video: All Night
Return of the Dope Boi ft. Killer Mike & Back Bone
NFL, Big Boi contribute $100,000 to King Center
Big Boi To Portray Berry Gordy In Upcoming Bobby DeBarge Biopic
“Team Up for Change”
A New Partnership between the Sacramento Kings and Milwaukee Bucks to Bring Two Cities Together to Address Social Injustice Featuring Hip Hop Icon Big Boi
Big Boi Added to Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show
Video: Welcome to Atlanta, Super Bowl LIII
Video: Welcome to Atlanta, Super Bowl LIII
Video: NPR Tiny Desk Concert
Video: NPR Tiny Desk Concert
Video: The Daily Show w/ Trevor Noah
Video: The Daily Show w/ Trevor Noah
Big Boi purchases historic Outkast landmark in Atlanta
Big Boi bowls with STEM students
See Big Boi in concert for $15
Big Boi Talks Atlanta, Accomplishments & Breeding Owls on 'Daily Show'
Watch Big Boi, Killer Mike Rage in Tom Morello's New "Rabbit's Revenge" Video
BlocBoy JB and Big Boi Hit the Studio to Talk Music, Style, and Sneakers
Atlanta’s got Tiger’s back: Rapper Big Boi shows up to support Woods at East Lake
How Big Boi’s ‘All Night’ Became 2018’s Most Improbable Hit
Christina Aguilera: The Liberation Tour
Big Boi: Hip-Hop's Evolution, Acting In 'Superfly' & Working With L.A. Reid
Atlanta indisputably set the pace for modern hip-hop. However, Big Boi set the pace for Atlanta, and by proxy, the culture at large.
If the genre of hip-hop ever gets its own "Rap Mount Rushmore," a legacy as the region's foremost wordsmith, funkiest gentleman, and resident ATLien certainly guarantees a place for the rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor, and philanthropist born Antwan André Patton. You can often find him in your favorite rapper's "Top Five" and with good reason. Over two decades since he first crash landed, it's nearly impossible to escape his influence.
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Atlanta indisputably set the pace for modern hip-hop. However, Big Boi set the pace for Atlanta, and by proxy, the culture at large. If the genre of hip-hop ever gets its own "Rap Mount Rushmore," a legacy as the region's foremost wordsmith, funkiest gentleman, and resident ATLien certainly guarantees a place for the rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor, and philanthropist born Antwan André Patton. You can often find him in your favorite rapper's "Top Five" and with good reason. Over two decades since he first crash landed, it's nearly impossible to escape his influence. Of course, he made history as the preeminent spitter of the Dungeon Family and one-half of OutKast. The legendary duo sold 25 million albums and garnered seven GRAMMY® Awards, becoming the first and only hip-hop artist in history to win the GRAMMY® for “Album of the Year” upon release of the 2003 RIAA Diamond-certified Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
His half, Speakerboxxx, set the stage for what has become an equally impressive solo run. He made his proper introduction as a solo artist in 2010 with Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. A modern classic, it captured #3 on the Billboard Top 200, graced year-end lists from Time, Paste, and Vibe, and landed on Pitchfork’s "100 Best Albums of the Decade 'So Far'." 2012’s Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors maintained his momentum fueled further by the 2015 Phantogram collaboration, Big Grams. However, he reached a new level on Boomiverse in 2017. Beyond verbally acrobatic bangers such as “In The South” [feat. Gucci Mane & Pimp C], “Mic Jack” [feat. Adam Levine, Scar, & Sleepy Brown], and “Kill Jill” [feat. Killer Mike & Jeezy], the MC landed “the biggest hit of his solo career”—according to Rolling Stone—in the form of “All Night.” The smash single soundtracked a high-profile Apple Animoji commercial, blew up radio, and clocked 40 million streams within a year. Additionally, he performed it on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!, and more. This set the stage for a pair of 2018 anthems and knockout collaborations, namely “Out at Night” [feat. Clean Bandit] and “Big Bills” [feat. The Knocks], in addition to more music.
Beyond his countless contributions on wax, he personally signed, supported, and shepherded superstars a la Janelle Monáe and Killer Mike. He also co-owns and operates Stankonia Studios in Atlanta.
On the big and small screens, he reprised regular roles on BET’s The Quad and MTV’s Scream as well as appearing in Academy® Award winner Lee Daniels’ FOX series Star and joining the cast of 2018’s Superfly.
An active member of his community and devoted humanitarian, he launched the Big Kidz Foundation, a nonprofit which enriches the lives of youth in Atlanta. Not to mention, he’s an avowed animal lover, providing a home to owls and his latest puppy.
In the end, Boomiverse represents what Big Boi aptly describes as “another dimension of music” and continues a tradition of “doing things that have never been done before.”
Big Boi kicked off 2019 by taking the stage alongside Maroon 5 and Travis Scott at the Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show on February 3, 2019. Followed by the release of two new tracks “Doin’ It” [feat. Sleepy Brown] and “Return of the Dope Boi [feat. Killer Mike and Backbone].
Big Boi to embark on the Dungeon Family Tour in April with Atlanta luminaries and members of the Dungeon Family, including Goodie Mob, Sleepy Brown, Organized Noize and KP The Great. For latest tour and ticket sales information please visit BigBoi.com.
Recently, the seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning, RIAA diamond-certified musician released his celebrated third full-length solo album, BOOMIVERSE.
BOOMIVERSE
The project features lead singles “Mic Jack” featuring Adam Levine and “Kill Jill” featuring Killer Mike & Jeezy. This past week Big Boi unveiled the slick and sexy video for his latest single, “Chocolate” featuring Trozé, to wide fanfare from media outlets and fans worldwide. The video premiered to a full house during the intermission of Dave Chappelle’s recent Radio City Music Hall performance while the song was featured in this past week's episode of the HBO series, Ballers.
Big Boi's 2010 solo debut, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty, bowed at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 and received unanimous critical acclaim with Pitchfork proclaiming it one of the "100 Best Albums of the Decade 'So Far'" and topping year-end lists from Time, Paste, Vibe, and more. His 2012 follow-up Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors enamored tastemakers and fans alike and boasted collaborations with A$AP Rocky, Killer Mike, Kid Cudi, and more. In 2015, Big Boi collaborated with Phantogram to create supergroup Big Grams. Their debut self-titled album was released to critical and fan acclaim.
One of history's tightest and most clever rhyme mavericks, Big Boi's indelible influence courses throughout two generations of rap music As one-half of OutKast, Big Boi has achieved seven GRAMMY® Awards, sold over 25 million albums, and created a string of music's most influential work, including Aquemini, Stankonia, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, and Speakerboxxx/The Love Below—which went RIAA Diamond and made the duo the first and only hip-hop artist in history to win the GRAMMY® for “Album of the Year.”
Album: Mic Jack
Album: Mic Jack ft. Adam Levine
Album: Kill Jill
Album: Kill Jill ft. Killer Mike & Jeezy
Video: In the South
Video: In the South
OutKast’s Big Boi – the Renaissance man of rap
Big Boi Of Outkast Reveals Details In Near Death Experience, Including How He Escaped
Earlier this week during an exclusive interview with BET.com, Big Boi unearthed candid details about his almost near death experience, how he managed to get out alive and the actions he took moving forward to remain safe.
Big Boi Is Bringing 'Boomiverse' Nationwide for 14-City Daddy Fat Saxxx Tour
After the release of his genre-bending album Boomiverse in June -- his first since 2015's collaborative album with Phantogram Big Grams -- Big Boi is wasting no time getting back into his musical element. Taking his latest album nationwide, the rapper unveiled the dates for his upcoming Daddy Fat Saxxx: Sack 1 Tour on Tuesday (Aug. 8).
Big Boi talks 'Boomiverse,' police brutality and politics
Big Boi is back and booming with new music and a message to politicians, particularly Democrats, in America: You cannot continue to ignore the will of the people.
"I'm on the stump like the black Trump, but the people love me. You know what I'm saying?" the Atlanta rapper joked in an interview with CNN's #GetPolitical series.
How Big Boi Created His Timeless Classic “The Way You Move”
See Big Boi in Danger Mouse's Breakneck 'Chase Me' Video
Big Boi on 'Boomiverse,' Cosby Lyric, 10th Anniversary of 'Int'l Player's Anthem'
Rolling Stone caught up with Big Boi to talk his latest solo outing, the 10-year anniversary of UGK's "International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)," and how his son is his "secret A&R."
Big Boi's Guide to Atlanta—Strip Clubs, Restaurants and Bowling Alleys
The Dirty South wasn't always known for rap. When Outkast first emerged in 1994, the southern hip hop scene was largely discounted in the music world. The duo's Atlanta upbringing felt like a liability.
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Big Boi's Guide to Atlanta
The Dirty South wasn't always known for rap. When Outkast first emerged in 1994, the southern hip hop scene was largely discounted in the music world. The duo's Atlanta upbringing felt like a liability.
"We come from a time when it wasn’t cool to be from Atlanta," the rapper known as Big Boi tells me. They weren't cowed. The title of Outkast's debut album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, explicitly nodded to geography. The animosity boiled over at the 1995 Source Awards, when Outkast won for best new rap group and drew overt boos from denizens of the East Coast rap scene. In a tense acceptance speech, André 3000 declared, "The South got something to say."
The proclamation proved true when the group's intergalactic ATLiens record arrived a year later, packed with little morsels of Southern pride ("If you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit..." goes the title track refrain). "We had to make them respect us," says Big Boi. "When we won best new artist and we got booed, that fueled the fire. That just made us go harder, know what I mean? Since then, it's got to be elite street jedi rap shit. It’s got to be the cream of the crop."
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Georgia Tech Students Meet Big Boi
It’s not your typical class on a campus known for engineers and scientists.
“The name of the course is Engaging the Lyrics of Outkast and Trap Music to Explore Politics of Social Justice,” explains Dr. Joycelyn Wilson. “We turn Outkast’s lyrics into a text and we use the narratives to have a larger conversation about social justice.”
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Georgia Tech Students Meet Big Boi
It’s not your typical class on a campus known for engineers and scientists.
“The name of the course is Engaging the Lyrics of Outkast and Trap Music to Explore Politics of Social Justice,” explains Dr. Joycelyn Wilson. “We turn Outkast’s lyrics into a text and we use the narratives to have a larger conversation about social justice.”
Wilson studied the music and lyrics of Outkast as part of her dissertation.
“I felt like Outkast represents innovation,” she explains.
Originally, the students were not aware the class was about Outkast. It was just billed as a “race, science, and technology” course.
“When I found out it was about Outkast and social justice, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I have to take this class,’” says industrial engineering major Raianna Brown.>
Wilson says she introduces students to the lyrics first, and then the class listens to the music.
“Often we’re attracted to the sound first. Then we analyze the words.”
While much of the focus was on Outkast, Wilson and her students reviewed songs across the hip-hop spectrum from Lauryn Hill to Lil Yacthy.
Through a course like this about music, students are introduced to urban issues and that begins a conversation.
“Having a course where you have discussions about social and political issues, it’s nice to have that change,” says mechanical engineering student Ahmed Aly.
To wrap up the course, Wilson arranged for Antwan Patton, better known as Big Boi from Outkast, to visit the class and take questions from the students.
Watch Big Boi Unleash Funky New Song 'Mic Jack' on 'Tonight Show'
Big Boi gave a funky, propulsive performance of new single "Mic Jack" on Monday's Tonight Show. The Outkast rapper spit rhymes into a gold microphone, backed by DJ scratching, a trio of vocalists (including longtime collaborator Sleepy Brown) and the Roots' Questlove on drums.
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Watch Big Boi Unleash Funky New Song 'Mic Jack' on 'Tonight Show'
Big Boi gave a funky, propulsive performance of new single "Mic Jack" on Monday's Tonight Show. The Outkast rapper spit rhymes into a gold microphone, backed by DJ scratching, a trio of vocalists (including longtime collaborator Sleepy Brown) and the Roots' Questlove on drums.
"Boomiverse coming soon," Big Boi declared after the performance, hyping his upcoming solo LP – his first since 2012's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors. The rapper announced Boomiverse last week and released a pair of new tracks: "Mic Jack," which features Maroon 5's Adam Levine and "Kill Jill," assisted by fellow Atlanta stars Killer Mike and Jeezy.
Big Boi Readies All-Star New Album 'Boomiverse'
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Big Boi Readies All-Star New Album 'Boomiverse'
Big Boi has revealed plans to release a new album titled Boomiverse, the Outkast rapper's first solo LP since 2012's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors.
On Thursday, 4/20, Big Boi will drop a pair of Boomiverse tracks: "Mic Jack," featuring Maroon 5's Adam Levine, premieres on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show, while "Kill Jill," co-starring Big Boi's Atlanta brethren Killer Mike and Jeezy, arrives Thursday night.
Interview: How Big Boi Chooses His Singles
There are listening sessions, of course, but it's his children that really tell the rapper when he has a hit on his hands.
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How Big Boi Chooses His Singles
Big Boi is back in a big way—the Atlanta legend's next album, BOOMIVERSE, is due out in June. Two singles have dropped thus far, "Mic Jack" with Adam Levine and "Kill Jill," featuring longtime Dungeon Family affiliates Killer Mike and Jeezy.
Both songs confirmed what we already knew: Big Boi knows how to choose his singles. And while we enjoyed his more experimental turns, like 2015's Phantogram collaboration Big Grams, it sounds like BOOMIVERSE is a return to hip-hop and R&B.
The biggest change may be the artist's reunion with L.A. Reid, the Epic Records exec behind Outkast's early success and Big Boi's masterful first solo album, Sir Luscious Left Foot...The Son of Chico Dusty. After a seven year hiatus (Reid switched jobs), the two are back under the same label umbrella, and it sounds like they're making magic.
When Big Boi stopped by the studio, he laid out a list of surprising collaborators: DJ Dahi, Scott Storch, and lesser-known names like Eric Bellinger and Sean Douglas all contributed to the album, which the rapper recorded between Atlanta and L.A.
One thing that didn't change this time around was how Big Boi chose his singles. There are listening sessions, of course, but it's his children that really tell the rapper when he has a hit on his hands.
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Video: Mic Jack on The Voice
Video: Mic Jack on The Voice
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Album: Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors
Album: Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors
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- The Thickets ft. Sleep Brown
- Apple of My Eye
- Objectum Sexuality ft. Phantogram
- In the A ft. T.I. and Ludacris
- She Hates Me ft. Kid Cudi
- CPU ft. Phantogram
- Thom Pettie ft. Little Dragon and Killer Mike
- Mama Told Me ft. Kelly Rowland
- Lines ft. ASAP Rocky and Phantogram
- Shoes for Running ft. B.o.B. and Wavves
- Raspberries ft. Mouche and Scar
- Tremendous Damage ft. Bosko
- Descending ft. Little Dragon
Album: Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Watch Big Boi and Killer Mike Perform at Pop-Up Concert
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Watch Big Boi and Killer Mike Perform at Pop-Up Concert
Big Boi brought out Killer Mike at a pop-up concert hosted by Atlanta radio station V-103 on Saturday. The two performed a song from Big Boi's upcoming album which also featured Young Jeezy. The album was set to be finished in January and will also feature Gucci Mane, Big Boi said in an interview with Creative Loafing Tampa in December.
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Video: Tonight Show: Mic Jack
Video: Tonight Show: Mic Jack
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Video: Drum Machine ft. Skrillex
Video: Drum Machine ft. Skrillex
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