5 Fast Facts About Southern Royalty & Hip Hop Icon Big Boi

One half of legendary rap duo Outkast, Antwan Andre Patton, higher referred to as Large Boi, celebrates 49 years of life right this moment. The customarily “slept on” rapper, with André 3000 getting extra of the hype and recognition when referencing the Southern duo, Large Boi has completed an amazing deal as a solo act and entertainer. He has launched his personal assortment of music, appeared in quite a lot of movement photos and continued to push Southern Hip Hop to the place it’s right this moment. Large Boi is a nationwide treasure, and in an effort to protect and uplift his title, we created this listing of details chances are you’ll not have recognized concerning the genius creator.

1. Atlanta Performing Arts Faculty Helped Kind Outkast

Large Boi attended Atlanta’s Tri-Cities Excessive Faculty, which has a extremely acclaimed performing arts program. Whereas attending Tri-Cities, he developed his curiosity in Hip Hop music. It was throughout his time in highschool when he met Andre 3000 as they attended the identical class. The 2 artists finally fashioned Outkast and signed with LaFace Data. Their music created a worldwide house for Southern music in Hip Hop and meant to relay a message from Black of us with a political perspective.

2. Large Boi’s First Solo Single 

“The Approach You Transfer” was Patton’s first single on Outkast’s fifth studio album Speakerboxxx/The Love Under, which was distributed as a double album. It was the duo’s debut into their blossoming solo careers. Large Boi’s single options funky vocals from Outkast mentor and member of The Dungeon Household’s Sleepy Brown.

3. A Collaboration With Atlanta Ballet Present

Large Boi made historical past as one of many first Hip Hop acts to collaborate with an Atlanta Ballet present entitled Large in 2008. The inventive director on the time met Large Boi at a fundraising occasion in Atlanta for his kids’s nonprofit basis.

4. Large Boi The Actor 

In 2006, Large Boi starred within the musical comedy Idlewild written and directed by Bryan Barber. The film additionally stars André 3000 and options music written, produced, and carried out by Outkast. The soundtrack served because the duo’s sixth and remaining album.

Large Boi’s on display appearances embody Nick Cannon’s Wild ‘n Out Seasons 3 and 5, in addition to a musical spot on Chappelle’s Present performing his track “The Rooster.” A yr after Idlewild, Large Boi landed a number one function in Who’s Your Caddy? directed by Don Michael Paul.

He appeared within the cult basic movie, ATL, alongside fellow Atlanta rapper T.I. and actress Lauren London.

The rapper additionally appeared in an episode of Regulation & Order: Particular Victims Unit referred to as “Wildlife,” which aired in 2008. Large Boi performed a rap artist referred to as “Gots Cash.”

5. Household Over All the pieces

Large Boi is married to Sherlita, and so they have a son named Cross and a daughter named Jordan. He additionally has a son from a earlier relationship named Bamboo, who chances are you’ll keep in mind from Large Boi’s album Speakerboxxx. Bamboo seems as a younger toddler on “Bamboo’s Interlude” together with his first rap and singing characteristic introducing “The Complete World.” He hilariously ends with a slight ode to Michael Jackson on the finish and Large Boi shares in his happiness that his first son lastly “hit the sales space.”

So cute.

Glad Birthday to Southern royalty and a Hip Hop icon! There could be no Aquemini with out the revolutionary Aquarius power Large Boi lends to the world. We love you, Large Boi.