In an interview with Billboard, fans were generally overjoyed to hear Chief Sosa admit he “don’t sip the lean no more,” considering the sloppiness of his last two mixtapes. Plus, Rocky answers questions from Raf Simons, André 3000, Mahershala Ali, and more for the cover of GQ Style’s holiday issue. Yeah, when I was around 35, my mom pulled me to the side in the kitchen. Out of nowhere, she was like, “You know, when you were 5, I used to go and do crack.” She was like, “It was new during that time. And the person that she ended up marrying was the guy that used to keep me when she would go do crack. What was your relationship with your mom like through the years?
What happened to André 3000?
Below, he details his Super Bowl moment, conversations with André 3000 about showing a different side (and a potential collaboration), alcohol culture in entertainment, rap on trial in Atlanta, and how he’s fallen in love with amapiano. It doesn’t seem like Seven is interested in following his parents’ steps into the music industry, but his sister Puma has that covered. Still, whenever Badu shares a pic or video with the handsome young man, fans can’t stop pointing out the uncanny resemblance he shares with André Benjamin.
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Rap music soundtracked our drug usage. I don’t blame the culture at all—as Erykah Badu sang, hip-hop is truly “the healer,” and we were thrill-seeking kids devoted to our self-destruction. But when Kid Cudi, Gucci Mane, and Lil Wayne all seemed to smoke weed and do other drugs regularly, yet were the picture of talent, work ethic, and success, being an addict not only seemed okay, but cool. My attorney connected me and Kabir together, and I kind of told him what was going on in my life and we put together this guided meditation project. Actually, we got six, seven albums worth of stuff.
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Specifically, it’s been 30 years since 1994, when a new generation entered the music industry and set the genre on a course that in many ways continues until today. Wade was a force that helped launch the careers of OutKast, Goodie Mob, Ludacris, and Future, and produced and co-wrote hits for artists including TLC’s “Waterfalls,” as part of a mid-’90s Southern hip-hop renaissance. The epicenter of this revolution was the Dungeon, his mother’s basement in East Point, Georgia. The location built a reputation as a haven for Dungeon Family artists like André “André 3000” Benjamin and Antwan “Big Boi” Patton among a generation of ATL creatives formulating their own flavor of Southern rap.
In an interview with Fox News, Budden spoke about the dangers he’s experienced with the party-popular drug. If there’s one city that can safely be said to be the center of rap music for the past decade or so, it’s Atlanta. While the ATL has had rappers of note since Shy-D and Raheem the Dream, it was a group that debuted in 1994 that really set the stage for the city’s takeover. The song was written in the aftermath of Benjamin’s breakup with Badu and was a fictionalized account of the disintegration of their relationship.
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In hip-hop, either you have the wave or you don’t.That’s what hip-hop is all about. Once it was on with Tretorn, andre 3000 sober what did you want to do? I wanted to work with the Nylites, because those were the ones that I wore.
- As of November 2006, Benjamin voiced Sunny Bridges, a prize-winning musician who gives up touring to teach at his alma mater, in Class of 3000, an animated series on Cartoon Network which he also produced.
- I think he would have told me something.
- Outkast’s Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik was the work of two young, ambitious teenagers, along with the production collective Organized Noize.
- 20 years after the release of The Love Below, André 3000 released the album New Blue Sun on November 17, 2023, but it contains no bars as it as an 8-track instrumental project.
- I was traveling to the fabric shows in Paris, I’m flying to Hong Kong, flying to Italy.
Then came the “snap” movement of the 2000s, and of course trap music, which had its roots in aughts-era Atlanta artists like T.I. And producers like Shawty Redd and DJ Toomp. “It was Rico, Ray, and Sleepy’s vision to make sure [OutKast would put] Southern lifestyle first. I was just playing my part the best I could.” Weed is medicinal for so many people so it’s hard to acknowledge it can be a problem. But the effect marijuana had on my life was that of severe and powerful addiction. It crippled my productivity, evaporated my ambition, stunted my spiritual growth, gnawed at my mental health, and actively made me avoidant and selfish.
- I smoked weed until my once-abundant job opportunities disappeared.
- Wade was nominated for two GRAMMYs during his lifetime including Record Of The Year for TLC’s “Waterfalls” and Album Of The Year for OutKast’s Stankonia.
“I was like, ‘Man, we’re doing too much—way too much.” He is also a vegetarian. A former drug dealer, 50 Cent is sufficiently knowledgeable about the adverse effects of drug abuse. “I had an experience with alcohol that made me paranoid because of it and I stayed away from it,” 50 told Piers Morgan. In an interview with G-Unit, Tony Yayo confirmed that 50 Cent abstains from drugs and alcohol. It’s going on 13 years and counting since fans last heard a proper release from André 3000 as a solo artist or as part of the hip-hop pioneering group, Outkast. It’s tough, too, to deal with being sick without a partner.Growing up, I would always see these great women, like, Oh, man, she’s cool.
Musical career
“…I actually looked in the mirror and saw myself deteriorating. I was like man we’re doing too much. Way too much.” Along with being sober, Andre 3000 has also been a vegetarian for nearly two decades. Having grown up in Compton, Kendrick Lamar smoked and drank a bit as a teenager. Dot’s dad gave him advice that would change his lifestyle. Lamar recalled the conversation he had with his father in an interview with SPIN’s Jessica Hopper. “I don’t smoke, period.” Lamar told Complex magazine.