Big Boi Biography
Big Boi was born Antwan André Patton on February 1, 1975 in Savannah, Georgia. He is an African American hip hop artist and producer; one half of the successful and avant-garde hip-hop duo OutKast. He also goes by the aliases "Daddy Fat Sacks", "Lucious Left Foot", "Billy Ocean", "Hot Tub Tony" and "Francis the Savannah Chitlin' Pimp". Andre 3000 and Big Boi eventually joined forces as OutKast and signed with LaFace Records. Big Boi's on-record persona enjoys partying and employs a more pimp-like mentalityalways. Big Boi has often used his lyrics to criticize the problems that plague both the African American community and the world. He has worked on many OutKast and Dungeon Family-related material, and has also been featured on other artists' tracks without André 3000. His guest appearances were on the 1999 Missy Elliott hit, "All N My Grill", the Youngbloodz' "85 South", and Trick Daddy's 2001 single "In Da Wind". After successful albums as a duo, André decided to make a solo album as a side project. Big Boi also produced a solo effort, and the two albums were packaged together entitled Speakerboxxx/The Love Below in 2003. Big Boi's Speakerboxxx was released with the original OutKast style. One song from each CD was released in September 2003 as a single. Big Boi's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below featured the smooth urban single "The Way You Move", featuring Sleepy Brown. The single then crossed over to pop charts and became almost as big a pop hit as André's "Hey Ya!". "The Way You Move" supplanted "Hey Ya!" as the #1 song on the US pop charts, this is noted in history to be one of the few times a group has replaced itself at the top of the charts. The second single from Big Boi's side of the album was "Ghetto Musick", which featured both members of OutKast and a sample from Patti LaBelle's "Love, Need & Want You". Big Boi has plans in the works for a solo album under the moniker "Hot Tub Tony", and a group project partnering him with Sleepy Brown. Big Boi with most recent album with the Purple Ribbon All-Stars, The group is a collective of Dungeon Family artists. The album entitled called Got Purp? Vol 2 released on Purple Ribbon Records, the name of Aquemini Records since André left. The single off the album entitled "Kryptonite".
