During a cover story for Billboard, Andre 3000 says he doesn’t like to open up about his feelings about current events with the public. However, he says he recently felt guilty about that when he heard about Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Missouri who was shot to death by a police officer.
“Honestly, I don’t have a big urge to voice [my feelings],” he says in the Lang Whitaker story. “But I do feel kind of guilty sometimes. Like when the whole Ferguson thing went down, we were actually in England, and buddies were telling me about it, like, ‘Aw, man, it’s horrible here.’ But I didn’t feel it; I only heard about it. So I felt like, ‘Am I out of touch?’”
Andre says he also feels uncomfortable when he goes out to enjoy the nightlife.
“People spend their whole night taking pictures of you, and you’re sitting there in your cage, with your banana,” he says.
During the interview, Andre also confirmed that he has absolutely no plans for any OutKast music.
“There are no plans to do [an Outkast album],” he says. “It’s not like some people think: ‘They’re about to drop this album!’ We don’t have, like, one song. There’s no trickery or nothing like that.”
Despite this, he says he is not retiring from Rap, according to Billboard. In the past, he’s said he doesn’t want to be a 40-year-old rapper. In this story, he clarifies: “To be clear, there’s no retirement.”
He also adds that there is no beef with Big Boi.
“It’s kind of like growing up in a house with your brother, people expecting y’all to live in the same room and have bunk beds forever,” he says. “And people try to read into it and say people are beefing. But it’s nothing like that, man. Big Boi will always be my brother and a really important part of my life.”
The cover is below.
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im getting sick of hearing about this dude and his rich nigga problems and for the record Yes you’re out of touch mostly with reality altogether im starting to think he just wants attention just to say how he doesn’t like all the attention. people like him have the opportunity to do and make music in the compacity light that they are in and they play the will i or will i not game when others who are better artist struggle just to be heard it’s a shame he turned out this way shout out to big boi who still keep it pushing
what a fuckin DIVA!!! He’s so annoying now
speaking of big boi…he needs to drop another funky album..if andre decides to put music out i’ll listen, but im not holding my breath.
agreed,waiting for a Sir Luscious sequel so badly
still bumpin that shit
we need dat new muzic
Man imwanna of the biggest Kast fans…but MAN JUST GO.
Hit the nail squarely…stop teasing with all of these non stories Dre, you looked bored@coachella no new music, pretty soon no one will care!!
Well, by reading the interviews he’s been in lately, I think he’d be fine with that. If only the fans were.
In case u missed it wednesday,here’s a storytelling song that is true ABOUT A MEMPHIS HOE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyuG99PY1Js
shake it like a polaroid picture
andres such a crybaby… rich niggas do be the whiniest
where brooklyn at?
This guy is such a corny hipster. Just make the album and stop acting like a mysterious faggot.
LMAOOOO wow
In 2014 you was getting chased through your building, calling my crib and I didn’t even give you my numbers/
All I did was give you a style for you to run with
– Andre 3000 on Kendrick Lamar
All rappers should thanks Jay Z for all they’re saying today. Thanks
F–K OFF WITH THE FULL PAGE AND FLOATING ADVERTS DX! SO ANNOYING NOW…
SELL OUTS!
I don’t understand why some artistic greats ostracize themselves. First Lauryn Hill, then 3 stacks. Who’s next? Do they know something we don’t? These people had the attention of the public and could have made millions of more while inspiring, but they choose not to. They just tease with small tours and interviews. I don’t really understand it. Maybe its not a coincident that these two were the only black artist to win an Album of the Year Grammy. Of course excluding Big Boi.