According to
Fox,
Big Boi wanted to appear on the show, but his partner
Andre 3000 didn’t.
Winfrey’s battle against hip hop began following an Oct. 2005 taping of her show with the cast of the film
Crash. Following the taping,
Ludacris, who acted in
Crash, felt like he was slighted by Winfrey. He even claimed the famous talk show host edited out his comments and kept her own in.
Following Luda’s comments, fellow heavyweight rappers like
50 Cent and
Ice Cube also chimed in about Winfrey’s supposed problem against hip hop and its artists.
Despite the backlash, in May, Winfrey told veteran New York-based
Power 105.1 radio station host
Ed Lover that she had no ill will towards hip hop music, except for the kind that degrades women.
right At that time, Winfrey even revealed that she likes artists like
Kanye West and
Jay-Z and even has
50 Cent’s “In Da Club” on her
iPod.
Having OutKast on her show perhaps would have put ideas about Winfrey having problems with hip hop and its artists to rest, however, OutKast didn’t want to be involved. OutKast could have also used the appearance on Winfrey's show to promote their new movie
Idlewild, which is slated for an Aug. 25 release and its soundtrack, which is due three days before on Aug. 22.
While reports point toward the possibility of friction existing between Big Boi and Andre 3000, OutKast has not released a statement as of press time to explain declining Winfrey's invite.
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