One of the best to do it, André 3000, was all smiles during the OutKast portion of the Dungeon Family reunion. | Photo by Vickey Ford (SneakShot) for Okayplayer.
Photo of André 3000 taken by Vickey Ford of Sneakshot for Okayplayer.
If You Live in Philly There's a Good Chance You'll See André 3000 Walking Around Playing a Flute
André 3000 is in these streets.
Last month, Antonia Cereijido, a radio producer for NPR, spotted legendary rapper André 3000 walking around the airport playing a double flute.
She tweeted about the encounter; the tweet went viral.
\u201cI saw a man walking around my terminal playing a flute for 40min and was losing my mind because I thought it was Andr\u00e9 3000. And then it WAS Andr\u00e9 3000!!! \ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\u201d— Antonia Cereijido (@Antonia Cereijido) 1560546714
Since then, a number of fans have seen the rapper in the street playing a flute. However, there is a new wrinkle: the rapper is being spotted in Philadelphia, not Los Angeles or New York City.
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The rapper is in the city working on Dispatches from Elsewhere, a new AMC series with Sally Feild and Jason Sagel set to premiere next year. The Philadelphia Inquirer has done a great job of documenting these encounters and then tracking the people down.
Dayna Allen caught the rapper on her flight back to Philly:
\u201cAndre 3000 is on my flight! He came up to me playing the flute in the airport and being distracted I swore it wasn't him but now I see it really is him \ud83d\ude2d\u201d— Youtube | LifeOnStilts (@Youtube | LifeOnStilts) 1562567733
Russ Jackson said he saw the rapper sitting on some church steps on 13th Street. He then walked up to the rapper and watched as he played a flute solo. According to the Inquirer, Jackson asked him about the flute, and 3K told him that “he picked it up a couple of years ago and that he’s trying to get really good at it.”
\u201cWasn't tripping. It's him. 3 Stacks in the flesh. And his flute game is A-1.\u201d— Russ Jack (@Russ Jack) 1562708979
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That encounter happened on July 9th. Later that night, Chandria Harris peeped the rapper at Whole Foods, where she worked:
\u201cSo tonight at work we caught Andre 3000 casually strolling around w/ a flute in his hand.\u201d— go birds! (@go birds!) 1562724740
The most amazing story, however, comes from Alessandra Hankinson, who saw André in two different occasions. The first time she saw him in front of a Shake Shack, on Friday, July 12th :
She then caught him again on Saturday, July 13th. This time he walked in Mitchell & Ness, where she worked:
Speaking about the encounters with the Inquirer, she said:
“It seemed like no one recognized him ... But I think he wants people to know he’s here,” Hankinson said. She also added: "He had on the exact same attire as the day before — overalls and a black shirt."
Source: Inquirer
