Andre 3000’s Mother Sharon Benjamin-Hodo Passes Away

    The mother of Andre 3000 has passed away, according to Billboard.com. A representative for the musician and actor confirmed to Billboard that Sharon Benjamin-Hodo is dead. 

    She was found dead in her Atlanta home Monday (May 27) on Andre’s thirty-eighth birthday, according to unconfirmed reports, according to the Billboard story.

    Andre 3000’s mother was the founder of The Starlight Camp for underprivileged children, which operated out of the New Morning Light Missionary Baptist Church in Conley, Georgia.

    HipHopDX extends its prayers and condolences to the family of Sharon Benjamin-Hodo.

    (May 29)

    UPDATE: Although the members of OutKast rarely rap in detail about their families, Andre 3000 had the song “She’s Alive” on the group’s 2003 album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. Some critics speculated that the cut is about Andre’s mother. Andre, who was born in 1975, sings on the song, “A boy to raise / At a young age / No help from him.”

    Several of OutKast’s collaborators have extended their condolences to Andre 3000.

    EDITOR’S NOTE: It was brought to our attention earlier today by our readers that this article’s original headline was insensitive, and in conjunction with the light coverage within the article, did not treat the subject matter with the appropriate gravitas and respect that it was due. In addition, we also failed to extend our condolences to André Benjamin and his family, a standard practice in all of our reporting on similar topics. We’ve updated this article and its headline so that it more closely aligns with our standards for journalism and professionalism, and we are deeply sorry for any insensitivity or harm our work may have caused our audience, including the Benjamin family.

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    125 thoughts on “Andre 3000’s Mother Sharon Benjamin-Hodo Passes Away

    1. Journalism 101

      Who
      What
      Where
      When
      WHY
      and
      HOW

      This is not saying anything and the fact the headline reads Andre 3000′ Mother Dead is ignorantly disrespectful…Garbage.

    2. Condolences to the Benjamin family. Shame on HipHopDX for that disrespectful headline. Come on guys. Let’s try to act like you have some sensitivity.

    3. the fuck is up with that headline? seriously!!!

      RIP, especially sad how it happened on his birthday

    4. I fear having to live through loosing my mom more then I fear death itself. Cant imagine the pain he must be going through.

    5. @ the kid who calls himself Jason/Freddy/666

      Your trolling-game is weak, being a troll is lame anyways
      So grow some brains, and stop being so damn disrespecful

    6. somebody tell them hp dx retards to updates their release dates section- FABOLOUS JULY 23RD OR 30TH – NOT JUNE 18TH

      also TECH N9NE JULY 30= GET IT TOGETHER RETARDS

      1. erik:
        sad man, so sad. show some respect

        just annoys the shit out of me… now get off you’re high horse

    7. damn, that’s tough.. losing your mother and even worse when it’s on your birthday of all days.. rip sharon, and condolences to andre and his family..

    8. Thoughts and prayers go out to Andre and his family. Not to be rude, but is anyone else getting a vibe that this sounds like Four Brothers? His mom dies and runs an underprivileged program. Too strange

    9. you would think these assholes would have had the decency to write “Andre 3000’s Mother Passes Away” smh

    10. All respect and condolences to 3 Stacks. Disrespectful headline DX, would have thought you would’ve changed it.

    11. he the newest member of the illuminati now remember when kanye mother died and he started putting all the illuminati symbolism in his video? its a pattern wake up dumb niggas

      1. STFU! Talking all that illuminati bs and you barely passed high school! Read a book nicca!

    12. life is a bunch off cycles,,its only right that she passed on his born day,, now its his turn to carry on those memories she had and shared with him,,,peace to andre benjamins family,,,

    13. and to all that illuminatti big dummy,shit,,,everybody in the illiuminati got a final act coming to,

      what you thougth?,,,,,,,, them niggas bleed just like us

      swallow back with all that

    14. “Sir, Andre with an accent / three-triple-O, Ben-jammin’ / Lauren is the middle name / that was given by my mamma, success was on her brain”

      Rest in Peace Mrs. Benjamin. You raised your son well! Thoughts and prayers to the whole family.

    15. To every single person who thinks illuminatti has or had something to do with her passing, First off go learn something about illuminatti first, Hell go learn anything for that matter and stop regurgitating what you heard someone else say, or you saw on the internet…….

      THE FUCKIN POINT IS SOMEONE DIED…. PAY YOUR RESPECT, OR SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!

      Everytime someone dies, ignorant dumd ass niggas got some stupid shit to say about illuminatti.

      You muthafuckers are embarrassing……

    16. SOREN BAKER?? YOU MEAN TO TELL ME DX GOT SOREN BAKER OF MTV FAME WRITING ARTICLES?? NOW WE ARE GETTING CORPORATE INDUSTRY GRADE MUSIC REPORTERS/DICK RIDERS WRITING OUR HIP HOP NEWS?? HIP HOP DX GOT NO FLAVOR. AND IT’S VERY TELLING. RIP ANDRE’S MOM, GOD BLESS HER, BUT THIS SHOULD NOT BE HIP HOP NEWS. IT SHOULDN’T EVEN BE NEWS. LEAVE THE MAN BE IN PEACE. THIS IS TABLOID GOSSIP SHIT. #NotHipHop

    17. Some of you Cats on here need to get kicked in your Face straight up show some respect and have some manners. If your Mother passed would you want People posting comments like that? My condolences go out to the Family and Friends of Andre 3000. Y’all keep your head up, RIP to Andre 3000’s old Earth Sharon Benjamin-Hodo. She’s watching over you now 3 Stacks stay strong.

    18. Keep ya head up 3stacks…You know we all got our time and then it’s over. Leave a legacy that’s worth a damn so the next generation can grow and prosper.

    19. I see U changed the headline DX.

      The original one was the equivalent of “Osama Bin Laden Dead”.

      1. All my shitty aattempts at being funny and telling jokes makes everybody cringe.

        Also my name is some gay shit.

      1. I guess your a member of Satan’s Posse who is confirming she is heaven. I can tell you that all you clowns that laugh about death and think hip Hop is murder assassination will face the same fate you laugh about when Satan turns on you.Andre 3000’s contribution to Hip Hop deserves to mention his mother. Praise God!

      1. “good think”? LOL I think you meant good thing. Good thing you didn’t say that in person.

    20. Why do other niggas feel like they have to tell the whole world about it? Not even Andre himself has spoken about his mother passing away, yet niggas wanna gossip and talk about shit that ain’t their business

    21. R.I.P. sorry 3stacks.

      On the real tho, Its a pity to see what a flaming homo dude has turned into over the years. What happened to the old Dre?

    22. Ja RUle is an animal who goes CRAZY on niggaz asses if they want problems. JA RUle, crazy nigga

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