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Andre Benjamin
Birth at
27 May 1975
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Andre Lawrence Benjamin was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 27, 1975. Back in school with Antwan Paton, they formed a rap duo called OutKast, which immediately came to the attention of managers of Organized Noize Productions. The duo began talking about in 1993 after the hit song Player’s Ball. In 2000, the track Ms. Jackson from the album Stankonia was already a worldwide success, and the group became an elite. In 2004, OutKast won three Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. Andre Benjamin
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Andre Lawrence Benjamin was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 27, 1975. Back in school with Antwan Paton, they formed a rap duo called OutKast, which immediately came to the attention of managers of Organized Noize Productions. The duo began talking about in 1993 after the hit song Player’s Ball. In 2000, the track Ms. Jackson from the album Stankonia was already a worldwide success, and the group became an elite. In 2004, OutKast won three Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year.
Andre Benjamin is constantly improving in music. As a child, he studied the violin, in adulthood took lessons in saxophone and clarinet. In parallel with his musical activity, he attended the acting school in Los Angeles and starred in films. His first appearance on the screen took place in the South Korean film Volcanic Impact (2001). He also starred in
Blood for Blood" (2005), thriller "Revolver" (2005), fantasy "Charlotte's Web" (2006), played the main role and became a producer of the musical "My Life in Idleweild" (2006).
Currently, the actor embodies on the screen the image of the legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix in the biographical film “Everyone is on my side”. In addition, in 2006, he became the writer of the series “Class 3000”, where he played the main role.
Benjamin is also developing his own menswear line called Benjamin Bixby.