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Billboard Cover: Andre 3000 Talks Playing Jimi Hendrix, His Seven-Year Disappearing Act and Outkast's Future
by Lang Whitaker,
Billboard
It has been an eventful for year for André Benjamin. Perhaps better known as half of the hip-hop duo Outkast, Benjamin -- or André 3000 -- rejoined Big Boi on a globe-trotting festival tour this year for the pair's 20th anniversary performances. If that weren't enough, Jimi: All Is by My Side, the film where he stars as Jimi Hendrix, is set to hit theaters this weekend. The artist and actor opened up to Billboard on the role, life and rumored new album.
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Project Titan: A Brief History of a Game that Doesn't Exist With the official word from Blizzard that its Titan MMO had been canceled coming this week, now's a good time to revisit Joystiq's piece from last year detailing the project. | iPhone 6 Plus Camera Review: Iceland Pro travel photographer Austin Mann trekked through Iceland for a few days to put the new iPhone camera features through their paces. Mann's findings were part of a feature for The Verge, but he further detailed the trip on his own website. |
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