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OutKast has been awarded countless accolades and trophies during their tenure as one of Hip Hop’s premiere groups. But the duo has never had a Diamond single — until now.
On Friday (December 13), the group’s 2003 track “Hey Ya!” was certified Diamond (sales of 10 million units) by the RIAA — the first song by the iconic ATLiens to reach that milestone.
The album on which the song appears, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, went Diamond less than 15 months after its September 2003 release.
“Hey Ya!” was written and performed by André 3000. It was nominated for three Grammys, winning one. It topped the Billboard singles chart for nine weeks from mid-December, 2003 to early February, 2004.
While the track going Diamond is good news for OutKast fans, there was some disappointing information about the group that dropped this week as well: André made it clear that there won’t be a reunion any time soon, noting that he and Big Boi are “further away than ever” from making a new album.
3 Stacks sat down for an in-depth interview with Rolling Stone published on Thursday (December 12), where he was asked about the possibility of a new album from the iconic duo or at the least, a new tour. It’s looking bleak for both.
“I’ll say maybe 10, 15 years ago, in my mind, I thought an OutKast album would happen,” he said. “I don’t know the future, but I can say that we’re further away from it than we’ve ever been. I think it’s a chemistry thing. We have to be wanting to do it. It’s hard for me to make a rap, period, you know? And sometimes I’m in the belief of ‘Let things be.’
“It was a great time in life, and our chemistry was at a certain place that was undeniable. And I think the audience sometimes believes that something has to last forever, and I don’t think that. Any kind of art form, I think that’s probably the opposite. It probably should not last forever. It’s not like a product. In the end, we did give a product, but what made that product was a certain time in both of our lives.”
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