Despite his large output of features and guest verses, Benjamin has never released a solo album, aside from The Love Below, which was released as half of the Outkast double LP Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. In the ads by photographer David LaChapelle, he has his mouth gagged by a bow-tie in a symbolic function.[34]. Benjamin was a member of Quentin Tarantino and Lawrence Bender's production company A Band Apart until its close in 2006. On June 24, 2011, Beyoncé's fourth studio album, entitled 4, was released. Thank You 4 Your Service, 1999 Seattle World Trade Organization protests, Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, International Player's Anthem (I Choose You), "André 3000 hid away on his 30th birthday", "Best Rappers List | Greatest of All Time", "Home & Family Channel closure – Home family", "OutKast Biography – family, parents, name, story, school, mother, son, old, information, born, college", "Lawrence WALKER's Obituary on Atlanta Journal-Constitution", "Dungeon Family tree | Cover Story | Creative Loafing Atlanta", "New Music: Ciara f/ André 3000 & Bei Maejor – 'Ride (Remix), "Ke$ha f. Andre3000 – Sleazy Rmx | New Hip Hop Music & All The New Rap Songs 2011", "The Verge Q+A: Big Boi Explains Why Andre 3000 Will Not Appear on Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Q", "T.I. Benjamin was featured alongside Jay-Z on Young Jeezy's track "I Do", released on January 10, 2012. The table below shows the large number of routes graded 8a (5.13b) or more ascended by Adam Ondra in about 16 years, from August 2, 2002 (when he redpointed his first 8a) to November 10, 2018. Outkast's style and lyricism again received commercial and critical acclaim. He has also worked with Esthero on a promotional version of "Jungle Book" which was on a Wikked lil' grrrls sampler, but never made it to the actual album due to issues with Esthero's label, Warner Bros. In the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, he competed in 400m and won a silver medal, setting a new personal best of 44.35. In the song, Andre expresses his disappointment with the direction hip hop has taken in the more than twenty years since he started rapping. He is best known for being a part of hip hop duo Outkast alongside fellow rapper Big Boi. The route was previously known as Project Hard. Benjamin then formed his own company, Moxie Turtle.

[5] In 2015, Billboard included Benjamin on its list of the 10 Greatest Rappers of All Time. "[11] During the recording of these albums, Benjamin took up guitar, painting, and a relationship with singer Erykah Badu. Benjamin has stated that he plans on recording a solo rap album and that the response to his remixes is part of the motivation for it. Join Facebook to connect with Andrea Rock and others you may know. The route is widely regarded as the hardest big wall in the world. On January 18, 2011, Kesha released "The Sleazy Remix", which featured Benjamin. In only a few days he onsighted five 8c+ (5.14c) routes, including two on the same day). His contributions to original songs included UGK's "International Players Anthem", Devin the Dude's "What a Job", Fonzworth Bentley's "Everybody", and Big Boi's "Royal Flush" alongside Raekwon. On November 21, 2016, Ondra completed the second free ascent of The Dawn Wall, a 5.14d (9a) multi-pitch route at El Capitan in the Yosemite Valley. [10], On October 4, 2012, Ondra redpointed Change, in the Hanshelleren Cave, Flatanger, Norway. Benjamin has made appearances in Families, The Shield (he plays Robert Huggins, a character that originated in an episode titled "On Tilt" from Season 3 in 2004), Be Cool, Revolver, Semi Pro, and Four Brothers. View Andrea Rock’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. 26 likes. I've even done raw. Benjamin is a childhood friend of Fonzworth Bentley. Performing CLASSIC ROCK AND MORE (1950's-2000's) for soft background music or a louder party atmosphere Choice of all acoustic or full-band sound utilizing backing tracks or a mixture of both Over 30 years reliably entertaining corporate, venue, and concert audiences with covers and an impressive vocal range across the country! It premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2013. 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After being seen in the studio with producer Mike Will Made It, it was reported on August 3, 2013, that Benjamin would be releasing a new solo album in early 2014. Though Big Boi's half of the album, Speakerboxxx, spawned the number-one hit "The Way You Move" and the relatively successful "Ghetto Musick", Benjamin's The Love Below garnered the most attention from mainstream audiences, with the popular singles "Hey Ya!" Silence was the first route to receive a proposed grade of 9c (5.15d). Benjamin was featured on the song "Pink Matter", supplying vocals and guitar. Rolling Stone compared Benjamin to "an indie-rock Little Richard" on "Hey Ya!" He was also cast as Percival in the Outkast film Idlewild, released on August 25, 2006 alongside the album of the same name. [18], On November 12, 2018, Ondra onsighted Just do it (Smith Rock, Oregon), a historic 8c+ route bolted by Alan Watts in 1989 and first ascended in 1992 by Jean-Baptiste Tribout. [14] He also appeared on the track "Green Light" from John Legend's album Evolver, which was released on October 28, 2008. The song was written in the aftermath of Benjamin's breakup with Badu and was a fictionalized account of the disintegration of their relationship. In the spring of 2008, he launched a clothing line called Benjamin Bixby. Benjamin and Patton teamed up to form Outkast. This kind of classic route is considered to be particularly difficult to onsight, by both Adam Ondra and Alan Watts.[20][21][22]. [24] Benjamin also appeared on the track "the ends" from Travis Scott's second studio album, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight. [9], In March 2011, during a trip to Spain, Ondra became the second person ever to have onsighted 8c+ (5.14c) after Patxi Usobiaga. André Lauren Benjamin (born May 27, 1975),[1] better known as André 3000, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, actor, record producer, dancer and philanthropist. However, the following day a representative for Benjamin told Billboard that "there is no official confirmation on that report. [26][27][28] His performance was met with critical acclaim and earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. [2], Ondra won the bouldering gathering Melloblocco in 2008,[71] 2009[72] 2010[73] and 2011.[74].

By 2014, he had given it up, stating: I was a hardcore vegan for fifteen years. In 2003, Outkast released Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, a double album that highlighted the differences in the musical styles of the group's two members. Also in July 2012, Rick Ross's album God Forgives, I Don't featured Benjamin on the song "Sixteen", once again supplying vocals and guitar. They needed 19 days to complete the route (after 5 years to learn the moves), while Ondra needed only 8 days (after 3 weeks to learn the moves).

Outkast's fourth album, Stankonia (2000), introduced Benjamin's new alias André 3000 (largely to distinguish himself from Dr. Dre and his new persona after his split with Badu) and increased the group's crossover appeal with the single "Ms. Jackson", which hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. He is also the only male athlete to have won the World Cup series in both disciplines (lead climbing in 2009, 2015 and 2019, and bouldering in 2010). But socially it became horrible.

It was the first route to receive a proposed grade of 9b+ (5.15c). As of November 2006, Benjamin voiced Sunny Bridges, a prize-winning musician who gives up touring to teach at his alma mater, in Class of 3000, an animated series on Cartoon Network which he also produced.

Benjamin also worked with Q-Tip in the song "BE BRAVE", which was supposed to be released on Q-Tip's 2008 album The Renaissance.