Wisin & Yandel’s first album, Los Reyes del Nuevo Milenio, came out in 2000. For millennial hip-hop heads, that was the year Outkast’s Stankonia and Ghostface Killah’s Supreme Clientele dropped. For rock fans, that’d be the year Radiohead released Kid A. And for zoomers, well, that was three years before Olivia Rodrigo was even born.
All of that is a long-winded way of saying Wisin has been around for a minute now. But if his new album, Mr. W, is any indication, he’s an O.G. who...
All of that is a long-winded way of saying Wisin has been around for a minute now. But if his new album, Mr. W, is any indication, he’s an O.G. who...
- 4/25/2024
- by Juan J. Arroyo
- Rollingstone.com
Rico Wade, a key Outkast producer and member of Organized Noize, who also co-founded the Dungeon Family collective, has died. He was 52.
No cause of death is available at this time, a representative for Organized Noize told The Hollywood Reporter.
“We are deeply saddened by the sudden and unexpected passing of our son, father, husband and brother Rico Wade,” his family shared in a statement. “Our hearts are heavy as we mourn the loss of a talented individual who touched the lives of so many. We ask that you respect the legacy of our loved one and our privacy at this time.”
Wade, Ray Murray and Sleepy Brown founded the Dungeon Family collective in the early 1990s. The hip-hop group included Big Boi, André 3000, CeeLo Green, Big Rube, Big Gipp, Khujo and, later, Wade’s little cousin, Future.
Through their company Organized Noize, Wade, Brown and Murray produced Outkast’s debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik,...
No cause of death is available at this time, a representative for Organized Noize told The Hollywood Reporter.
“We are deeply saddened by the sudden and unexpected passing of our son, father, husband and brother Rico Wade,” his family shared in a statement. “Our hearts are heavy as we mourn the loss of a talented individual who touched the lives of so many. We ask that you respect the legacy of our loved one and our privacy at this time.”
Wade, Ray Murray and Sleepy Brown founded the Dungeon Family collective in the early 1990s. The hip-hop group included Big Boi, André 3000, CeeLo Green, Big Rube, Big Gipp, Khujo and, later, Wade’s little cousin, Future.
Through their company Organized Noize, Wade, Brown and Murray produced Outkast’s debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik,...
- 4/13/2024
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gangsta Boo, the pioneering rapper and former member of Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, has died aged 43.
Born Lola Mitchell in Memphis, Tennessee, she was reportedly found dead at around 4pm on Sunday 1 January, Fox 13 reports. The cause of her death had not been disclosed at the time of writing.
Boo came to prominence as a member of Three 6 Mafia in the Nineties, recording verses for their 1995 debut album Mystic Styelz when she was just 15 years old. She went on to feature on the group’s next four albums, as well as releasing solo records such as 1998’s Enquiring Minds.
“Being in Three 6 Mafia did give me a lot of confidence,” she told Vibe in 2016, per Variety. “I started noticing that not only am I hot, but that I’m talented... But you’d be surprised at how many motherf***ers don’t know that I was in Three 6 Mafia.
Born Lola Mitchell in Memphis, Tennessee, she was reportedly found dead at around 4pm on Sunday 1 January, Fox 13 reports. The cause of her death had not been disclosed at the time of writing.
Boo came to prominence as a member of Three 6 Mafia in the Nineties, recording verses for their 1995 debut album Mystic Styelz when she was just 15 years old. She went on to feature on the group’s next four albums, as well as releasing solo records such as 1998’s Enquiring Minds.
“Being in Three 6 Mafia did give me a lot of confidence,” she told Vibe in 2016, per Variety. “I started noticing that not only am I hot, but that I’m talented... But you’d be surprised at how many motherf***ers don’t know that I was in Three 6 Mafia.
- 1/2/2023
- by Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - Music
Some artists bring friends, vocal coaches, or their preferred snack or beverage into the recording. However, the legendary rapper Big Boi brought a different kind of special guest in the studio, and that was his pet owl, Hootie.
Big Boi is known best as a former member of the legendary group OutKast that he formed with André 3000, which saw so much success in the 2000s that he could probably buy a thousands birds of prey if he wanted to.
In a video he shared on Twitter, the rapper showed his gorgeous owl off, who was perched on his hand which had on a thick protective leather glove.
He also provided a quick blurb on owl’s sleeping habits if you want to be educated too.
“The bird is sleepy in the daytime, which is pretty much natural because she is nocturnal,” Big Boi said before encouraging her to spread her wings.
Big Boi is known best as a former member of the legendary group OutKast that he formed with André 3000, which saw so much success in the 2000s that he could probably buy a thousands birds of prey if he wanted to.
In a video he shared on Twitter, the rapper showed his gorgeous owl off, who was perched on his hand which had on a thick protective leather glove.
He also provided a quick blurb on owl’s sleeping habits if you want to be educated too.
“The bird is sleepy in the daytime, which is pretty much natural because she is nocturnal,” Big Boi said before encouraging her to spread her wings.
- 10/1/2022
- by Jacob Linden
- Uinterview
After 30 years of friendship, Outkast’s Big Boi and Organized Noize’s Sleepy Brown act more like brothers than musical collaborators.
They came up together in Atlanta as a part of the historic musical collective the Dungeon Family, named for the dark, unvarnished basement where Outkast and their contemporaries recorded and bonded in the Nineties. Big Boi and Sleepy Brown were essential in laying the groundwork for the city to become Black American music’s reigning capital.
After first teasing a joint album in 2019, Big and Sleep have come together for The Big Sleepover,...
They came up together in Atlanta as a part of the historic musical collective the Dungeon Family, named for the dark, unvarnished basement where Outkast and their contemporaries recorded and bonded in the Nineties. Big Boi and Sleepy Brown were essential in laying the groundwork for the city to become Black American music’s reigning capital.
After first teasing a joint album in 2019, Big and Sleep have come together for The Big Sleepover,...
- 12/21/2021
- by Mankaprr Conteh
- Rollingstone.com
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