André 3000 Says He Turned Down Hip Hop 50 Celebrations

André 3000's absence from the dozens of hip hop 50th anniversary celebrations this year was all intentional In a new interview with CBS flute-driven album "New Blue Sun," 3 André explained he wasn't wired to go through the motions even to celebrate his own lifetime achievements like for example, their 6 Grammy Awards. He notes that he and Big Boi started the group as kids just for their love of rapping, and his interests have now shifted to playing his flute. He owns around 30 of them now The retired rap legend dropped his instrumental album in November and already cut his teeth in the jazz genre.

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