Big Boi

Antwan André Patton, known professionally as Big Boi, is an American rapper and record producer. Born in Savannah, Georgia, and raised in Atlanta, he was one half of the Southern hip-hop duo Outkast along with rapper André 3000, which the two formed in 1992.

The architect of OutKast's sound alongside André 3000, Big Boi transformed Southern rap from regional novelty into global phenomenon—yet his solo catalog reveals an equally restless creative mind. From the funk-drunk grooves of *Sir Lucious Left Foot* to the genre-hopping ambition of *Boomiverse*, he's proven that OutKast's genre-defying DNA runs through his veins independent of his legendary partner. His roots in Atlanta's Dungeon Family collective, shared with Goodie Mob and the broader East Point scene, anchored him in a lineage that refused easy categorization, while his willingness to link with West Coast figures like Dr. Dre demonstrated OutKast's refusal to stay confined to regional boundaries. Big Boi remains the connective tissue between OutKast's epochal achievements and hip-hop's modern experimental impulses.