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Date of Birth

27 May 1975, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Birth Name

Andre Benjamin

Nickname

Cupid Valentino
Dre
Johnny Vulture
Andre 3000
Ice Cold

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Trade Mark

Outlandish style of dress.

Trivia

His album 'The Love Below' has a overwhelming theme of love.

He wrote "Sorry Miss Jackson" to say sorry to his ex-girlfriend, Erykah Badu's, mother.

Has a son named Seven with ex-girlfriend Erykah Badu.

Voted sexiest male vegetarian, 2004.

Is an only child

Is Vegan.

Part of the band Outkast.

From Atlanta.

Named among Fade In Magazine's "100 People in Hollywood You Need to Know" in 2005.

Turned down a role in Dreamgirls (2006).

Chosen by GQ Magazine as one of the 50 most stylish men of the past 50 years.

Personal Quotes

"But I am a lover of all kinds of art. And I just can't stick to one thing. I guess I could if I made myself, but I'd always be looking the other way, for other things."

"Although I hate auditioning. An audition, it's in a room smaller than this and there's producers and directors and they've seen 100 people, and they're, "OK. Go." And it feels strange. It's almost like you meet a girl and someone says, "OK, have sex right now." You don't have time to get it up."

"Looking in the mirror. They say, when you're high, you shouldn't look in the mirror. And I did. And I saw myself deteriorating and I was like; "You look terrible. You got to cut this shit out or you won't make it." And I stopped. I rarely drink, I don't smoke, so my vice is probably creating. I'm addicted to creating. And women. Oh, women."

"To me, that's part of the creative process. I hate it when bands fall back and say, "We're underground; we don't want to make money." Because it's not really about making money; it's about exposing everybody to what you're doing. And I want to do that. It's harder to be a success, globally, and be artistic. Harder to have that balance than just to be artistic when nobody understands you. You can just sit at home and do it yourself and have nobody listen to you."

The world doesn't need another clothing company. But it does need a certain funk.

Where Are They Now

(October 2004) The Speakerboxx: Love Below album was named diamond after it sold more than 10,000,000 records in the US only.

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