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Savannah Native 'Big Boi' Earns Arts Award
Antwan "Big Boi" Patton has won a few prizes in his life, including six Grammy awards for his work in the chart-topping hip-hop duo Outkast.
Now he can add a fine arts award given to him in his own hometown to the trophy cabinet.
Patton was presented with the Fine Arts Award by the King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation in Savannah, Ga. in recognition of his achievement in the arts.
The foundation is dedicated to researching and preserving black history and culture in Savannah, Georgia's oldest city.
"It feels great," said Patton, who has lived and worked in Atlanta for over a decade. "It's been a long time coming. After 13 years, I appreciate it."
With bandmate Andre Benjamin, Patton has created what some critics call the best hip-hop records of the past decade Ч including 2003's double-CD "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" Ч which soared to platinum status 10 times over and won three of those six Grammys.
Patton, who owns his own record label, Purple Ribbon, in Atlanta, said he's currently working on a musical movie starring Outkast and produced by HBO.
But he says he sees business potential in his hometown.
"It's all about easy living down there," Patton said of Savannah, saying he's considering business ventures including a bed and breakfast, a restaurant and a recording studio in the historic city. "Now that I've been around in the world, there's a lot of things I could do in the entertainment scene down there."
Patton received the foundation's award on Saturday.
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