She even asks my advice on relationships. Erykah Badu and Andre 3000 (via Facebook) When Erykah Badu was dating Andre 3000 and infamously sang “Call Tyrone” in her 1997 video with their growing unborn son, Seven Sirius Benjamin, in her belly, it was official- they were like the new Ashford & Simpson of hip hop and R&B.
“Me and Erykah actually had to sit down and figure if we were going to keep this child,” [Andre 3000] Benjamin says. The video starts with John Legend singing on the piano to his best-selling single, "Ordinary People". He might already have songs out that y’all listen to that you don’t even know about.”When Erykah Badu was dating Andre 3000 and infamously sang “Call Tyrone” in her 1997 video with their growing unborn son, Seven Sirius Benjamin, in her belly, it was official- they were like the new Ashford & Simpson of hip hop and R&B.
André Benjamin and Antwan Patton) released a … He was 6' 11" tall and weighed 500 pounds.
She’s like a cool sister more than anything. See what they revealed below…They’re both extremely close to their adult son, who looks so much like his Pops during his Outkast “Southernplayalistic” days, it’s scary…In a prior interview with his friend, L.A. Reid, Andre 3K, not typically one to speak to the media much, briefly chatted it up with L.A. about Seven’s rap skills and his hesitation about following in his footsteps:They’re clearly grateful they didn’t go through with the abortion, but at the time, they considered it because Seven was conceived just weeks after Badu’s very first album, “Baduizm,” released and she hadn’t even fully developed a true fan base yet, nor solidified her career. “If people like it then people like it and you can reveal at anytime you want. “She would hit the stage, I would hit the stage, then we would go back to the hotel and I would be putting shea butter on her stomach,” he says.Erykah and Andre only lasted for 4 years and Andre regretfully admitted breaking Erykah’s heart, they’re the best of friends now, but here’s what happened at the time of Seven’s conception though…“He can actually rap,” 3 Stacks says. But there was something we didn’t know back then, and there are also a few interesting things that many may not know about their adult son now. Since then, they continued to harness their individual careers which took André on a robust creative path.If you're a mid-range millennial like me, your best André 3000 references are surely from your middle school dances where you would bump and grind to Outkast's hits "Hey Ya," "Ms. Jackson," and "So Fresh, So Clean." (Wow, just typing those out loud is taking me way back to some serious Bath & Body Works glitter-roller days.) Visual effects and editorial for the video were created by Baked FX, previously Baked Goods.