Andre Benjamin
Andre Benjamin
André Lauren Benjamin, better known by his stage name André 3000, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor, best known for being part of hip hop duo Outkast alongside fellow rapper Big Boi. As an actor, Benjamin has made appearances in a number of TV series and films, including Families, The Shield, Be Cool, Revolver, Semi-Pro, Four Brothers, and the leading role of Jimi Hendrix in All Is by My Side. In addition to music and acting,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth27 May 1975
CountryUnited States of America
I've learned that I'm most powerful when I'm doing my art.
I'm a fan of making things that I've seen but couldn't purchase, or things I bought that didn't fit the way I like.
Your white tee, well to me, looks like a nightgown; Make your mama proud, take that thing two sizes down.
It's harder to be a success, globally, and be artistic. Harder to have that balance than just to be artistic when nobody understands you.
If you look at old football pictures, the jerseys were hanging, the sleeves were dangling, but now everything is tucked and tailored.
I had six silly tattoos done when I was young and I bitterly regret them. I've thought about laser surgery, but that leaves a scar, so I'm just leaving them.
I met a gypsy and she hipped me to some life game, To stimulate, then activate the left and right brain. Said, 'Baby boy, you only funky as your last cut. You focus on the past, your ass'll be a has-what.' That's one to live by, or either that's one to die to.
I live by the beat like you live check to check. If you don't move your feet then I don't eat, So we like neck to neck.
When I'm shooting a film, I don't look at playback. I don't go and do a scene and then hurry up and watch what I just did. I never look at it so I haven't seen any of it.
You look in the mirror everyday and you see the same thing. As an entertainer, you wanna see something new.
Sometimes your fans are way deeper than you are. They think you meant something like this big power-of-the-world thing that you said, but really you were just trying to find a word to rhyme with another word.
Those people online are analyzing everything both of you do. Andre, every new song you're on gets scrutinized.
As a rapper, your verses are like a window in to who you are.
I don't freestyle, but when I'm writing and thinking, sometimes things pop up - that's basically a freestyle.