Outkast

OutKast
Big Boi (left), Andre 3000 (right)
Background information
Origin	East Point, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Genre(s)	Southern hip hop, Alternative hip hop, funk, R&B
Years active	1991 – present
Label(s)	SonyBMG/LaFace
Website	outkast.com
Members
Antwan "Big Boi" Patton André "André 3000" Benjamin

OutKast is an American hip hop duo based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Its original musical style was a mixture of Dirty South and G-Funk; since then, funk, soul, electronica, rock, spoken word poetry, crunk, chopped and screwed music, jazz, and blues elements have been added to the mix. The duo consists of André "André 3000" Benjamin (formerly known as "Dre") and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, both from the Atlanta area.

OutKast is one of the most successful hip-hop groups of all time, having sold over 20 million copies of its eight releases: six studio albums, a greatest hits release, and Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, a double album containing a solo album from each member of the duo. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is one of only four hip-hop albums to be certified diamond in the US for shipping over 10 million units. Despite the group's commercial success, it has maintained an experimental approach in its music and is widely praised for its originality and artistic content.