Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. André 3000 charts for the first time on Billboard’s jazz rankings ...

(CNN) — Andre 3000 may have pulled off one of the most fashionable product reveals of all time. The Grammy-winning rapper and musician wore a piano on his back for Monday night’s Met Gala and released ...

When Andre “3000” Benjamin released an ambient, flute-forward — and Grammy-nominated — work last year as his first-ever full-length solo album, some 18 years after OutKast’s final LP, many wondered ...

ATLANTA — Forget the nursery rhymes and white noise machines — some of Atlanta's infants skipped the typical baby playlist and got their first live music experience straight from a legend. André 3000, ...

Three Stacks is the type of icon who brings meaning everywhere, so why not wear a piano to the Met Gala? Only he could do this. André 3000 just made one of the most unforgettable Met Gala entrances of ...

ANDRE 3000: (Rapping) On the oak tree, I hope we feel like this forever. Forever, forever ever? Forever ever? Forever never seems that long until you're grown. MARTÍNEZ: As half of the duo OutKast, he ...

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