Final evening, on the annual Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame induction ceremony, in Cleveland, Ohio, Outkast have been inducted by Donald Glover. Each André 3000 and Massive Boi have been in attendance to simply accept the honour; solely Massive Boi, nonetheless, participated in a tribute efficiency that additionally featured JID, Doja Cat, Tyler, the Creator, Janelle Monáe, and Killer Mike performing Outkast classics. Watch all of it go down beneath.
“Outkast was in a position to distill the polarizing nature of being not simply from the South, not simply being Black, however being a human in a really polarizing and contradicting world,” Glover mentioned in his introduction. “If I needed to describe what I assumed a 13-times-platinum, highest-selling rap album on the planet could be in 2003,” he continued, referencing Speakerboxxx/The Love Under, “it most likely wouldn’t’ve been that, as a result of that sounds insane till it isn’t, till you see it, and really feel it, and comprehend it. Loads of Black music offers with what was and what’s, making sense of a actuality we have been positioned in. Outkast appears to endlessly discover what might be. They made each experiment sound like a future.”
Massive Boi and André 3000 then took the stage accompanied by members of the Atlanta rap collective Dungeon Household. The duo performed three rounds of rock-paper-scissors to resolve who would communicate first. Massive Boi received and, after thanking his household and shouting out Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia, addressed André 3000 immediately: “I wanna say, particularly, to my brother proper right here—thanks for making me be one of the best I might be, and going toe to toe on the information. Iron sharpen iron simply to be one of the best.”
For his portion of the speech, André 3000 started, “After I heard that we have been being inducted, I used to be like, ‘Man, that is nice, as a result of we’ll be capable to be in the identical firm with lots of people we grew up with, loads of bands that influenced us, complete lineage of individuals.’” He additionally acquired choked up as he referenced a comment made earlier within the night by fellow inductee Jack White: “He mentioned one thing about little rooms, and we began in slightly…. Nice issues begin in little rooms.”
Massive Boi and JID kicked off the Outkast medley with “ATLiens.” Doja Cat carried out “Ms. Jackson”; Tyler, the Creator did “B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)”; and Janelle Monáe—a protégé of Massive Boi—busted out an acoustic guitar for “Hey Ya.” Massive Boi then returned to the stage, this time accompanied by Sleepy Brown, for his or her 2003 collaboration “The Manner You Transfer,” and introduced out Killer Mike, in addition to the remainder of the performers, to shut issues out with “The Entire World,” from Outkast’s 2001 compilation Massive Boi and Dre Current… Outkast.
