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André 3000 Remembers His Friend And Producer Rico Wade at Atlanta Jazz Fest

André 3000 shared emotional memories and expressed gratitude for the Dungeon Family's influence on his career, highlighting the healing power of music.

Atlanta showed up for the rapper turned flutist, and that’s a good thing because André 3000 performed very much in mourning for his friend and collaborator, Rico Wade, who died of heart failure last month. They raised me.” The Dungeon Family consists of OutKast, the Goodie Mob, and Killer Mike–they named themselves after Wade’s recording studio, The Dungeon–where most of their hits were born. As he remembered his humble beginnings with his friends, André shared intimate details about how they lifted each other up and created space for their success together.

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