Andre Benjamin who is currently touring with OutKast reunion tour is featured on the Cover of this
Month’s Billboard Magazine.
Andre 3000 is stressed “I am, I really am,” he says. Andre 3000 to the fans who idolize him as the
visionary half of Outkast, Atlanta’s hugely influential, recently reunited hip-hop duo is sitting at a
glass conference table at Milk Studios in Hollywood, rubbing his graying temples. He’s just removed
the round white Prada sunglasses he’s been rocking all day, although he’s still wearing a fluorescent
orange ski cap.
“It didn’t get that way until about a year ago,” he says. “Now I’m feeling that pressure of doing
something. I really do. I got to get into something.”
Andre Benjamin is a week away from debuting his star-making turn as Jimi Hendrix in the biopic
“Jimi: All Is by My Side (XLrator Media)”, directed by John Ridley, which hits theaters Sept. 26 and
fulfills a dream for Benjamin, who has been obsessed with Hendrix for many years.
Andre Benjamin talks on his upcoming solo album, he says “I haven’t even started on it, I have got to
find something I’m excited about.”
Andre also reveals that he frequently turns down guest verses at $100,000 a time. “I had to call them
back and say, I’m sorry, I couldn’t come up with nothing cool” Andre Said.On asking about his
Retirement he says “To be Clear. There’s no Retirement”
Through the years, rappers Like T.I., 2 Chainz, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar have called Andre Benjamin
one of the greatest lyricists of all time. On his 2002 song ” ’Till I Collapse,” Eminem put him in his top
five rappers of all time; in a 2007 interview with XXL, Jay Z cited him as one of the top MCs; and Drake
told Paper magazine in 2010 that he has “a shrine in my apartment dedicated to Andre.”
