Q 01/05

At which Atlanta shopping mall did the two future members of OutKast first meet as teenagers?

A) Lenox Square

B) Phipps Plaza

C) Cumberland Mall

D) Perimeter Mall

Answer · why

A) Lenox Square

Lenox Square was a chance meeting for the two 16-year-olds; back at school they tried to out-rhyme each other in cafeteria battles before deciding to ...

Q 02/05

What is Big Boi's real name?

A) André Benjamin

B) Michael Render

C) Antwan Patton

D) Cameron Gipp

Answer · why

C) Antwan Patton

Antwan Patton, the oldest of five children, has André as a middle name, the same as his partner's first name; away from music he breeds pit bulls.

Q 03/05

What did OutKast first call themselves before a similarly named singing group forced a change?

A) Black Wolf

B) 2 Shades Deep

C) Dungeon Kings

D) Southern Playas

Answer · why

B) 2 Shades Deep

2 Shades Deep had to go because of a singing group called 4 Shades Deep; the new name fitted two teenagers whose clothes already made them feel like o...

Q 04/05

OutKast's first recorded appearance came on a 1992 remix for which R&B group, their labelmates?

A) En Vogue

B) TLC

C) SWV

D) Xscape

Answer · why

B) TLC

TLC's 'What About Your Friends' was the song: the producers had two unknown teenagers rap on the remix, and it helped win the pair a record deal of th...

Q 05/05

Which production trio produced every track on OutKast's debut album?

A) Trackmasters

B) The Neptunes

C) Dungeon Family

D) Organized Noize

Answer · why

D) Organized Noize

Organized Noize worked out of Rico Wade's unfinished basement, known as the Dungeon, the room that gave the wider Dungeon Family collective its name.