Andre 3000—one half of the now seemingly-defunct progressive hip hop duo OutKast—seems to have found a way to keep himself busy in the vacuum of his band’s hiatus.  The eccentric and gifted performer is set to play another oddball musician: Jimi Hendrix.

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Bad news for fans of all things OutKast—seems that the progressive hip hop duo, currently on hiatus since 2006’s release of Idewild, have no intentions of reuniting for a new album or new music.  At least, not anytime soon, according to one half of the pair, Andre 3000.

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Here are some of the top news that took place in the music world this weekend:

• I hate to start on such a sad note, but Grammy winning keyboardist Larry Knetchel died on Thursday at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. According to Yahoo news, it was of an apparent heart attack. He was 69 years old. (YahooNews)
• Pete Doherty had his sound cut off during his performance as headliner at the V Festival Stafford. According to NME, Doherty and his band had the sound pulled on them during their final song, a cover of The Beatles‘ version of ‘Twist And Shout. More details available. (NME)
• More V Festival News: Rockers The Killers closed opening night; Lily Allen got the crowd going, and fresh off of having the number one album in the UK, Calvin Harris thanked his fans. (NME)
• MySpace, the social networking site, bought Web music iLike.  iLike is best known as a popular social music discovery service on Facebook, MySpace’s competition when it comes to social networking. Read more details about the deal. (Budapest Business Journal) (Financial Times)
• Big Boi of the Grammy winning rap duo Outkast, says his solo album is done and ready to be released. He has been having some records label issues of late. He left Jive in June for an apparent deal with Def Jam but is hush-hush about the details. (PasteMagazine)

We all know what the most important thing about music is…FASHION. If you don’t have a style you might as well walk your ass right back off that stage. Whether your emo, punk, indie, or “I don’t dress up for no one” you need some style.

As we all know Andre “3000″ Benjamin from Outkast has never been afraid to have some fun with fashion! From hats to kilts, he’s done it all, and apparently they guys actually has some taste. Recently he’s just launched a new fashion label called Benjamin Bixby which features makes classic sports into fine clothing, that work with almost any wardrobe.

The Benjamin Bixby line will be made available at Harrod’s in London and Barney’s in New York. So don’t be shy, check on Andre’s line now.

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