| OutKast's Big Boi pursuing solo success |
(CNN) - Sixteen years ago, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton and his partner-in-rhyme, Andre "3000" Benjamin, single-handedly put Southern hip-hop on the map as the rap group OutKast with the debut of their album, "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik." |
In 2003, they released their biggest commercial and critical hit to date, "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below." Fast forward to 20 million albums later, and music pundits continue to put OutKast atop their lists of the genre's most influential groups of all time. |
Despite the pair's undeniable mark on the history of hip-hop, Big Boi finds himself in a unique position: one-half of a legendary duo who has had success elude him so far as a solo artist. |
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