Final evening, on the annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, OutKast have been inducted by Donald Glover. Each André 3000 and Big Boi have been in attendance to simply accept the distinction; nevertheless, solely Massive Boi 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 believed a 13-times-platinum, highest-selling rap album on this planet can be in 2003,” he continued, referencing 2003’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, “it in all probability 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. Plenty 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 may very well 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 determine who would converse first. Massive Boi received and, after thanking his household and shouting out Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia, addressed André instantly: “I wanna say, particularly, to my brother proper right here—thanks for making me be one of the best I will be, and going toe to toe on the data. Iron-sharpen-iron simply to be one of the best.”
For his portion of the speech, André 3000 started, “Once I heard that we have been being inducted, I used to be like, ‘Man, that is nice, as a result of we’ll have the ability to be in the identical firm with lots of people we grew up with, quite a lot of bands that influenced us, entire 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 J.I.D. 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 Method You Transfer,” and introduced out Killer Mike, in addition to the remainder of the performers, to shut issues out with “The Complete World,” from OutKast’s 2001 compilation Massive Boi and Dre Current… OutKast.
