Live Daily — Clearly at home on stage, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Janelle Monae [ tickets ] is a theatrical performer. In fact, musical theater was her first career goal--as soon as she finished high school in her hometown of Kansas City, KS, Monae headed... more info

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Rolling Stone — When Rolling Stone caught up with Big Boi at SXSW in March, he said he and OutKast partner Andre 3000 were already cooking up new tracks. Now he tells AllHipHop the “top secret” LP is “fire.” But there’s no release date yet. Cops tell TMZ t... more info

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Allmusic Blog — Once again, we take a short break from covering current releases by looking back at a year from this nearly-complete decade and compiling lists of our personal favorites. With 2000-2002 in the past, we turn to 2003, a year that provided the decade wi... more info

Rolling Stone — After complaining to Rolling Stone that Jive Records was “shuckin’ and jivin’ ” rather than focusing on his next LP, Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty, OutKast’s Big Boi has left the label for Def Jam, Eye Weekly reports. Thom ... more info

The Newsroom — Liz Glover talks with Big Boi, half of hip-hop duo OutKast, during the D.C. leg of the 2009 Rock the Bells tour about his upcoming solo album, Barack Obama and Michael Jackson. more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Tickets to the following shows are on sale now: Sneaker Pimps NYC (exhibit of rare and amazing sneakers) featuring music by Big Boi (Outkast), The Clipse, The Cool Kids, Ninjasonik, Team Facelift, and another Co-headliner TBA at Terminal 5 on June 2... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Twenty years ago De La Soul changed the face of hip-hop with their sunny, funky 3 Feet High and Rising. The 1989 release produced by Prince Paul went on to influence Digable Planets, OutKast and Kanye West, and notor... more info

411 Mania — Turns out Big Boi is worse than your girlfriend... more info