Big Boi first ever UK dates

One Inch Badge is proud to present three exclusive shows on the first ever UK tour for Big Boi, one half of OutKast, the most successful hip-hop acts of all time.

On Martin Luther King Jr Day last year Big Boi transformed into his more mature self, Sir Lucious Left Foot, and began recording his second solo album Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty. The day carried an extraordinary energy – similar to five years earlier on the same holiday, when Big Boi started working on Speakerboxxx, which went on to win two Grammys and sell 11 million albums as a double album alongside his OutKast partner-in-rhyme Andre 3000's The Love Below.

Sir Lucious Left Foot is the adult version of Big Boi, a grown man who is the son of Chico Dusty in more ways than one. Big Boi lost his father Tony Kearse – nicknamed Chico Dusty – while serving in the air force and marines in 2004, but holds his pops' essence close, channeling it into his new album. "He will leave you in the dust," Big Boi says. "He was a wild boy."

And like Tony Kearse, aka Chico Dusty, Big Boi is a man of monikers: Daddy Fat Sacks, Big Boi explains, "is like the hardest of the hard, the most gutter of my personalities because I'm authentically from the hood"; General Patton is the leader and fighter inside - "They call me the General. I have the lion heart"; Hot Tub Toney is the ladies man; Beach Boi grew up near the water; and of course the worldly Sir Lucious Left Foot who he's introducing on his new album. "I like to keep my eyebrows brushed. I love getting facials, pumpkin peels and algae masks," Big Boi says. He recently collaborated on a show with the Atlanta Ballet. He's also an avid car collector: "Chevrolet Impalas and Cadillac's are my guilty pleasure." But even the most successful rap star can't forget Francis the Savannah Chitlin Pimp. "He's the country guy from Savannah walking around with flip-flops and socks on not giving a damn about nothing," Big Boi says. "He might have a piece of wheat straw in his mouth, representing Southern pride."

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