Andre Lauren Benjamin better known by his stage name Andre 3000 is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer with an estimated net worth of $45 million. He is 5’10″ and weighs 183 pounds. André Lauren Benjamin was born on May 27, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Tri-Cities High School where he met Antwan “Big Boi” Patton. The two formed the hip-hop duo Outkast. After graduation they signed a recording deal with Atlanta-based label LaFace.
Outkast released their debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik in 1994. The album’s lead single “Player’s Ball” was very successful and assisted the album in selling over a million copies by the end of the year.
In 1995 Outkast was named Best New Rap Group of the Year at the Source Awards. Outkast has gone on to release the following albums: ATLiens (1996), Aquemini (1998), Stankonia (2000), Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003), and Idlewild (2006).
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is a double album that showed the contrasts between the musical styles of André 3000 and Big Boi. The Love Below, André 3000’s portion, contained popular singles like “Hey Ya!” and “Roses”. Rolling Stone named “Hey Ya!” as one of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.
Some of Outkast’s big singles include “Ms. Jackson”, “The Whole World”, “Git Up, Git Out”, “Rosa Parks”, and “So Fresh, So Clean”.
As an actor André 3000 has appeared in television shows and films such as All Is By My Side (2013), Semi-Pro (2008), Four Brothers (2005), Revolver (2005), Be Cool (2005), Outkast: Idlewild (2006), and he provides the voice of Sunny Bridges on the Cartoon Network animated series Class of 3000.
As a member of Outkast, , André 3000 has won a total of six Grammy awards.
André 3000 has enough net worth to buy:
1. 40,000 Glamour Puss Rabbit & Fox Fur Jackets ($1,125 each)
2. 47,368.4 Gucci Board Eotic Skin Slip-Ons ($950 a pair)
3. 375,000 Michael Aram Sago Palm Gold Bread Plates ($120 each)
André 3000 has enough net worth to give everyone in Tanzania $1.
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