With Antwan Patton (aka Big Boi) signed to the LaFace record label; first rap group signed to the primarily R&B-focused label

Recorded and released their first single, "Player's Ball"

Released debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik; certified platinum

Released their second album ATLiens

Released third album Aquemini; was sued in 1999 over their single "Rosa Parks" by the civil rights pioneer over the use of her name, citing "unlawful appropriation of her name"

Released fourth album Stankonia, which featured the US chart-topping single "Ms. Jackson"

Release a greatest hits album Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast; record contained three new songs

Released dual CD’s containing their own individual musical statements Speakerboxxx / The Love Below

Made feature film debut starring in "Be Cool" (the Get Shorty sequel) opposite John Travolta and Uma Thurman

Signed a first-look deal with MTV and Nickelodeon to produce theatrical films and cable projects

Starred in John Singleton's "Four Brothers" as one of four brothers out to avenge his mother's murder

Cast in "Revolver," written and directed by Guy Ritchie (released theatrically in 2007)

Cast in the comedy "Scary Movie 4" directed by David Zucker

Cast in "Idlewild," a feature about music performers in the 1930s; also simultaneously released the album Idlewild with Big Boi, which served as the soundtrack

Cast opposite Will Ferrell and Woody Harrelson in the 1970s-era sports comedy "Semi-Pro"