Outkast Returns to Atlanta With an Electric, Star-Studded Show — rollingstone.com

"This is the part where we introduce ourselves," André 3000, clad in his signature white wig and black jumpsuit with a sold out tag attached, said a few songs into last night's Outkast show – their first in Atlanta since going on hiatus in the late aughts. "But if you're here, you probably know who we are." That may be an understatement for the estimated 20,000 fans crammed into Downtown's Centennial Olympic Park: Friday night was not just about celebrating Outkast, the hip-hop outfit, but Outkast, the symbol of Atlanta's identity. Still, even though the duo is partially responsible for transforming Georgia's capital city into the nation's hip-hop mecca, their summer 20th anniversary tour originally included no local dates. Despair gave way to relief, however, when the beloved ATLiens later revealed that they would begin fall with not one, not two, but three consecutive hometown shows.

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