They sing, they dance, they produce, heck, they even act. But now the boys of OutKast can add an even more impressive title to their resumes: muses.

Andre 3000 and Big Boi (nee Andre Benjamin and Antwan Patton, respectively) won’t actually appear in Guy Ritchie’s newest crime drama, “Rock n Rolla,” but two characters, music managers played by Jeremy Piven and Ludacris, WERE based on the outlandish and talented duo, Piven revealed to MTV News.

“He did, he did pattern it on them,” Piven said of his character in the film. “[My character] was originally written as a black character, it was kind of an homage in a way to Andre 3000 and Big Boi from a video from back in the day that Guy had seen.” Read More...

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Andre BenjaminThey were both legendary entertainers unlike the world will ever see again. They broke boundaries, crossed over to white audiences, and met tragic ends they didn't deserve. Now, Jimi Hendrix and Sammy Davis Jr. have another thing in common: Hollywood won't be paying tribute to them anytime soon.

For years now, OutKast mastermind/movie star Andre "3000" Benjamin has been flirting with the notion of going all "Walk the Line" with a biopic. First, there was a project about the pyrotechnic guitar slinger, reportedly killed because Hendrix's family wouldn't grant the rights to his music. Then came "Sammy and Kim," a film that would have cast him as the tap-dancing Rat Packer. Read More...

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