OutKast’s official induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this past weekend is a milestone Antwan “Big Boi” Patton and André “André 3000” Benjamin both acknowledged as bigger than themselves during their acceptance speeches. Surrounded by much of the Dungeon Family—who have been with them since they were teenagers dreaming of making an impact—on one of the biggest stages of their lives, the duo made it clear, in speech and deed, that they did not get there on their own.

Sadly, their leader Rico Wade, who passed away last year , didn’t get to witness the moment, but André 3000 publicly acknowledged not just Wade’s sacrifice but that of his mother and his sisters as well. Cosigning fellow inductee Jack White, André 3000 got choked up as he stressed how “great things start in little r

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