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
But he says in music ?you start from scratch.
I stopped touring a year and a half ago, ... I just got dead with it.
I think a lot of African-American kids don't have fathers to teach them how to dress, so you end up being taught by pictures in magazine and movies. You see cowboys, Indians, old Hollywood films, Cary Grant. It has an effect on you.
Sometimes nostalgia is a cage.
To be honest, I don't necessarily think you have to be an actor to act. You don't have to be a musician to make great music. If it comes along and you put your all into it, the outcome is what's important.
You look in the mirror everyday and you see the same thing. As an entertainer, you wanna see something new.
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.
Australia is about as far away as you can get. I like that.
Nothing lasts forever, so what makes love the exception.
If models are made for modeling, thick girls are made for cuddling.
As a rapper, your verses are like a window in to who you are.
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.
People see you on screen and they like you, but they never really get a chance to meet you. When you're doing music, you know you have to go sit at in-stores, and you're actually in the street, so there's more of a hands-on kind of thing.
What's cooler than being cool?