Big Boi
Big Boi was born in Savannah, Georgia, United States on February 1st, 1975 and is the Rapper. At the age of 49, Big Boi biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, movies, and networth are available.
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Antwan André Patton (born February 1, 1975), also known as Big Boi, is an American rapper, singer, actor, and record producer best known for his participation in the American hip hop duo Outkast together with André 3000.
He has released six studio albums as a result of his collaboration in the pair.
Sir Lucious Left Foot, Big Boi's solo debut, was released in July 2010 to solid sales and critical acclaim.
In 2012, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, his second studio album, was released.
Boomiverse, his third studio album, was released in June 2017.
Early life
Patton was born in Savannah, Georgia, and he spent the first half of his childhood at Herschel V. Jenkins High School before moving to Atlanta with his aunt Renee. He decided to pursue his passion for music at Tri-Cities High School, a visual and performing arts magnet academy.
Patton credited his grandmother with his interest in music by bringing him and his siblings to the store to buy 45 albums. He praised his uncle for introducing him to a larger variety of genres of music, particularly Kate Bush, who has dubbed him his favorite performer.
Personal life
Big Boi and his ex-wife Sherlita have one son and one daughter; they also have another son from his previous marriage. Big Boi divorced Sherlita Patton in June 2022, effectively ending their 20-year marriage. In Patton's court filing, he said that there was "no genuine expectation of reconciliation" between Sherlita and him.
Big Boi is a registered Pit bull and French Bulldog breeder who lives on a 40-acre ranch outside of Atlanta, nicknamed "the Ritz Carlton for Dogs." He is also the owner of two owls named Hootie and Hoodini.
Big Boi formed Celebrity Trailers in 2009, a film, entertainment, and sports rental business built for professionals in the film, animation, and sports industries.
When Patton returned from a cruise in August 2011, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement drug dog alerted officers. Patton was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of the controlled drug MDMA (in powder form) and Viagra. On a $16,000 bond, Patton was released from the Miami-Dade County jail.
Big Boi did an air kick onstage and hurt his knee when appearing at the Summer Camp Music Festival in 2013. Doctors determined that he tore his patella and underwent an operation to repair his knee. Following the surgery, he had to postponed several tour dates, but he's promised to return in six weeks.
In the 2018 version of the classic 1972 blaxplosion film Super Fly, he appeared as Mayor Atkins.
Antwan "Big Boi" Patton was named on the city's 2021 Global Icon Award and Key to the City for his contributions to the music industry and building the City of East Point.
Big Boi said in an interview with Hot 97 in New York City that a woman approached him in an airport and congratulated him on "his win last night" (referring to Barack Obama's re-election), during which Big Boi replied, "Bitch, I voted for Gary Johnson." In a video interview with the Huffington Post in January 2013, he reiterated his libertarian political convictions.
Big Boi founded the Big Kidz Foundation, a non-profit group that supports youth in Atlanta. The Foundation's aim is to provide culturally rich experiences in the field of humanities while still assisting in the formation of socially aware youth. The Big Kidz Foundation, founded in Savannah, Georgia, by Big Boi and Jennifer Shephard Lester, executive director. Lester also started the Rene Patton Scholarship, named after Big Boi's late aunt, and the "Saving Lives Through the Arts Campaign."
Big Boi introduced his custom Chuck Taylor shoes with Converse in 2010. Sir Lucious Left Foot on the left and Son of Chico Dusty on the right highlight the shoes' title of his Def Jam solo album debut: "Def Jam's debut: On the tongue of the shoe, his Big Boi logo is prominent.
Big Boi revealed on the Rap Radar Podcast in 2015 that he approved Bernie Sanders for President.
In early 2022, a new television commercial from realtor.com welcomed a couple to their first "Big Boi house," "Big Boi vaulted ceilings," and the "Big Boi school district," according to the ad.com's latest television commercial.
Career
Patton met André Lauren Benjamin (stage name André 3000) while attending Tri-Cities High School. The two joined forces as Outkast in 1992 and signed with LaFace Records.
After four successful albums, Big Boi and André 3000 chose to make two solo albums, and release it as a double album under the Outkast name, as Speakerboxxx/The Love Below in 2003; Big Boi recorded Speakerboxxx, André 3000 recorded The Love Below. Speakerboxxx featured a style similar to Outkast's previous efforts, while The Love Below explored a more offbeat territory, with André 3000 mainly singing rather than his usual rapping.
Big Boi released two of his songs as singles. "The Way You Move", featuring Sleepy Brown, was originally supported by urban radio, but crossed over to pop charts, where it supplanted André 3000's "Hey Ya!" as the No. 1 song. The second single from Big Boi was "Ghetto Musick", which featured both members of Outkast and a sample from Patti LaBelle's "Love, Need and Want You".
In November 2005, Big Boi released a mixtape/compilation album, Got Purp? Vol 2, in conjunction with the Purple Ribbon All-Stars through Purple Ribbon Records. The first single from the album was "Kryptonite", which reached 35 on the Billboard Hot 100. Outkast was also featured on the song "International Players Anthem (I Choose You)", the first single from UGK's album Underground Kingz.
In 2007, after Idlewild, the sixth official OutKast duo album, Big Boi announced plans to release a proper solo album. Speakerboxxx had been seen by many as a solo album (and it effectively was one), but it was still released under the OutKast name, which made Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty his first "full-fledged" solo album. The album's first promotional single, "Royal Flush", was released in 2007, and featured Raekwon and André 3000. Over the next few years the album was delayed many times, but multiple promotional and video singles were released, such as "Shine Blockas" (featuring Gucci Mane), "For Yo Sorrows" (featuring George Clinton and Too Short), and "General Patton" (featuring Big Rube). The first official single was "Shutterbugg", featuring Cutty, and the second was "Follow Us", featuring Vonnegutt. The album was formally released in July 2010. Guest artists included alternative urban singer Janelle Monáe, who went on to be a famed actor and entertainer in her own right, as well as T.I., B.o.B., and, on a hook, Big Boi's old Dungeon Family friend Khujo. Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty was warmly received by most music critics, earning praise for its inventive sound, varied musical style, and Big Boi's lyricism.
In a July 2010 interview for The Village Voice, Big Boi revealed that he was working on the follow-up album to Sir Lucious Left Foot, entitled Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, stating that he was "maybe about six songs into it". It was released on November 13, 2012. The first single from the album was "Mama Told Me" featuring Kelly Rowland. The album featured guest appearances from ASAP Rocky, Ludacris, T.I., Little Dragon, Phantogram, Kelly Rowland and B.o.B.
Later in 2012, Big Boi revealed that he had written ten songs for his third studio album. He reiterated his plans for a new studio album in January 2014. He was featured on the Catch The Throne mixtape with the song "Mother of Dragons", it was released for free download on SoundCloud by HBO on March 7, 2014, to promote the fourth season of Game of Thrones.
Big Boi had signed a management deal with Jordan Feldstein's Career Artist Management in 2014, same year inked a record deal with Epic Records.
On April 19, 2017, Big Boi revealed that his third studio album would be titled Boomiverse, and that two singles, "Mic Jack" (featuring Adam Levine) and "Kill Jill" (featuring Killer Mike and Jeezy), would be released the following day. The track "All Night" from Boomiverse was used in the 2017 Apple iPhone X commercial which saw Alana Greszata lip syncing to the song for the "Animoji yourself" feature.
In 2018, Big Boi signed to L.A. Reid and Charles Goldstuck's new label Hitco Music.
In 2019, Big Boi performed at the Super Bowl LIII halftime show. Along with other performers, he was criticized for agreeing to participate despite the U.S. national anthem protests by Colin Kaepernick and others.
In November 2021, Big Boi announced that he had recorded a song with the British singer-songwriter Kate Bush, who Big Boi has repeatedly expressed his admiration for throughout his career.
Big Boi appeared as a guest star on seasons 3 and 5 of Nick Cannon's Wild 'n Out, as well as guest-starring and appearing as a musical guest on Chappelle's Show, performing his song "The Rooster". In 2006, he branched into feature film acting, appearing in ATL and Idlewild, followed by a starring role in 2007's Who's Your Caddy? He appeared in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Wildlife", which aired November 18, 2008. Big Boi played hip hop artist Gots Money. Big Boi appeared in an episode of the horror anthology web television series Creepshow.
In 2008, Big Boi began a collaboration on a new show with the Atlanta Ballet. The show, entitled big, premiered at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, April 10–13, 2008. The show was performed by Atlanta Ballet dancers, local youth and talent, as choreographed by Lauri Stallings. Music may be performed live onstage during the performance, as it was when the ballet created a live music/dance collaboration with the Indigo Girls.