By Mesfin Fekadu André 3000 has a request ... It’s funny and interesting that it’s pitted against these very popular music forms. We’re in the same category as Beyoncé and Billie Eilish.

André 3000 has ... the mainstream music foundation as one-half of Outkast, the 49-year-old has consistently thrown wrenches into what the world had come to know and accept as popular music ...

Buddy Holly and the Crickets released their first record and only single to make it to No. 1; The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is ...

André 3000 walks in unassumingly ... of instrumentalists in the music you’re exploring? It’s all respect. We play a lot of jazz festivals with top-notch jazz artists. I’m almost always ...

(SOUNDBITE OF ANDRE 3000'S "BLUFFING IN THE SNOW") CHANG: ...With introductions at the top of each track. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I SPEND ALL DAY WAITING FOR THE NIGHT") UNIDENTIFIED MUSICAL ARTIST ...

AKRON, Ohio - Andre 3000, the versatile emcee ... “New Blue Sun,” an album of experimental music, mixing 3000 playing his collection of flutes on top of ambient soundscapes, much to fans ...

Andre D. Wagner for The New York Times Supported ... Joe Coscarelli is a culture reporter for The Times who focuses on popular music and a co-host of the Times podcast “Popcast (Deluxe).” ...

With a Met Gala theme like “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” one might expect guests to suit up and accessorize with dandy details like a top hat ... André 3000 had heads turning when ...

André 3000's newest project might just be back-breaking ... may have seemed like just another over-the-top sartorial choice — part and parcel of an evening built on experimental design.