OutKast has been inducted into the 2025 Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame.
The Atlanta rap duo accepted the honour, introduced by Infantile Gambino, on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday night (Nov. 8).
“Your affect echoes in all the pieces, in each artist I like,” Gambino mentioned earlier than presenting André 3000 and Massive Boi with the celebrated honor. “Atlanta shouldn’t be the music mecca it has change into with out you. There is no such thing as a Infantile Gambino with out you. There is no such thing as a South with out you. So tonight, we honor two visionaries who turned variations right into a dynasty. Two brothers who confirmed the world you do not have to decide on. Simply respect one another and love one another. Girls and gents, the actually simple OutKast.”
When Massive Boi and André hit the stage to provide their acceptance speech, they engaged in a sport of Rock, Paper, Scissors to see who would go first. Massive Boi kicked issues off by operating by way of an inventory of names they needed to thank.
“First, ooh Lord, I need to thank the Most Excessive for certain having us right here tonight and for me assembly my brother from day one for certain,” Massive Boi mentioned.
Throughout Three Stacks’ speech, which he mentioned he freestyled, he acquired emotional when recalling how OutKast began out in a small room within the Dungeon Household studio. André was impressed by Jack White of The White Stripes mentioning “little rooms” in his personal Rock Corridor acceptance speech.
“One factor that Jack mentioned, man, Jack, he’s one among my favorites, man. We love you, man. One factor he mentioned, he mentioned one thing about little rooms. And we began in a little bit…,” André paused to gather himself whereas getting emotional. “Little rooms. Nice issues begin in little rooms.”
Massive Boi went on to have a good time the induction by performing sans André a medley of OutKast hits with Tyler, The Creator, J.I.D, Killer Mike, Janelle Monáe and Doja Cat.
Although OutKast was the one hip-hop group to be inducted this 12 months, Salt-N-Pepa was additionally honored with the Musical Affect Award, together with the late rock singer Warren Zoven.
OutKast be a part of a rising checklist of rappers to be included within the Rock Corridor over the previous twenty years, together with Grandmaster Flash and the Livid 5, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, N.W.A, Tupac Shakur, Jay-Z, Eminem, Missy Elliott and others. Final 12 months, A Tribe Known as Quest obtained the particular honor.
Arguably the best hip-hop duo of all time, OutKast helped put Southern hip-hop on the map in 1994, with their debut album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. The ever-evolving pair would go on to launch quite a few critically acclaimed initiatives, together with ATLiens (1996), Aquemini (1998), and Stankonia (2000). Their 2003 double album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Beneath, received the Grammy Award for Album of the 12 months in 2003, and is licensed diamond.
