- Born
- Birth nameAndré Lauren Benjamin
- Nicknames
- Cupid Valentino
- Dre
- Johnny Vulture
- Andre 3000
- Ice Cold
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- André Lauren Benjamin (born May 27, 1975), better known as André 3000, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He is best known for being a part of southern hip hop duo Outkast alongside fellow rapper Big Boi.
Benjamin has also acted in films and television series such as Families, The Shield, Be Cool, Revolver, Semi-Pro, High Life, Four Brothers, and in the lead role of Jimi Hendrix in All Is by My Side. He plays Fredwynn on the AMC series Dispatches from Elsewhere. He is also known for his Cartoon Network animated series Class of 3000 (2006-2008). He has additionally been an entrepreneur and an advocate for animal rights. In the spring of 2008, he launched a clothing line called Benjamin Bixby.
Benjamin has been ranked as one of the greatest rappers of all time by publications including About.com, Billboard, and Complex.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- ChildrenSeven Sirius Benjamin
- Outlandish style of dress
- Southern twang
- He wrote "Ms. Jackson" to say sorry to his ex-girlfriend, Erykah Badu's, mother.
- Has a son: Seven Sirius Benjamin (b. November 18, 1997) with ex-girlfriend, Erykah Badu.
- The Speakerboxx: Love Below album was named diamond after it sold more than 10,000,000 records in the US only.
- Part of the band Outkast.
- Chosen by GQ Magazine as one of the 50 most stylish men of the past 50 years.
- But I am a lover of all kinds of art. And I just can't stick to one thing. I guess I could if I made myself, but I'd always be looking the other way, for other things.
- Although I hate auditioning. An audition, it's in a room smaller than this and there's producers and directors and they've seen 100 people, and they're, "OK. Go." And it feels strange. It's almost like you meet a girl and someone says, "OK, have sex right now." You don't have time to get it up.
- Looking in the mirror. They say, when you're high, you shouldn't look in the mirror. And I did. And I saw myself deteriorating and I was like; "You look terrible. You got to cut this shit out or you won't make it." And I stopped. I rarely drink, I don't smoke, so my vice is probably creating. I'm addicted to creating. And women. Oh, women.
- To me, that's part of the creative process. I hate it when bands fall back and say, "We're underground; we don't want to make money." Because it's not really about making money; it's about exposing everybody to what you're doing. And I want to do that. 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. You can just sit at home and do it yourself and have nobody listen to you.
- The world doesn't need another clothing company. But it does need a certain funk.
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