The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the nominees for the Class of 2025 and ATL’s own OutKast are in the running for this prestigious honor.
There are 14 other performers and groups who were nominated including the Black Crows, a rock group from the ATL. The other nominees include Bad Company, Billy Idol, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, Joe Cocker, Joy Division/New Order, Maná, Mariah Carey, Phish, Oasis, Soundgarden and The White Stripes.
Outkast is one of the most commercially successful and influential hip-hop artists of all-time. Composed of Antwan “Big Boi” Patton and Andre “Andre 3000″ Benjamin, Outkast was created back in 1992.
In 1994, they released their debut album “Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik,” and the single “Player’s Ball” reached No. 1 on the Billboard rap charts.
From there, Outkast continued to evolve, grow, and take the music industry by storm. Their next two albums “ATLiens” that dropped in 1996 and “Aquemini” that dropped in 1998 going double and triple platinum respectively.
OutKast has even won six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Best Rap Album for “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below” and Best Rap Album for “Stankonia.”
Each year, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame picks nominees, and a voting panel that consists of over 1,200 artists, historians, and music industry professionals from all around the world cast their votes.
Once the nominees are announced, fan voting begins. Fans now cast their votes at vote.rockhall.com until April 21. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will then announce the Class of 2025 later this spring and the induction ceremony will take place this fall.
Everyone in the ATL knows how influential Outkast has been not just to our city, but to hip hop and music as a whole. Because of this all of the V-103 are excited to do our part to ensure that their legacy is cemented into the history books with this induction. Remember to VOTE at vote.rockhall.com until April 21. In the words of Andre 3000, “The South’s got somethin’ to say.” Let’s do our part to make sure they hear us!