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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate André Benjamin on |
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| being the 2006 recipient of the Emerging Artists Award from the |
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| Chicago International Film Festival Black Perspectives; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Benjamin was born on May 27, 1975, in Atlanta, |
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| Georgia; he met his future OutKast partner, Antwan "Big Boi" |
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| Patton, when they attended Tri-Cities High School in East |
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| Point, Georgia; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2003, OutKast released a double album, |
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| "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below"; it is one of only four hip-hop |
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| albums to be certified diamond in the U.S. for shipping over 10 |
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| million units and won the 2004 Grammy award for Best Album and |
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| Best Rap Album; the same year, OutKast's single, "Hey Ya!", won |
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| the Grammy award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance; |
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| OutKast is the recipient of three other Grammy awards; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Benjamin has moved into the film world and has |
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| made appearances in "Families", "The Shield", "Be Cool", |
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| "Revolver" (2005), and had a co-starring role in "Four |
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| Brothers"; he was cast as Percival in the movie, "Idlewild", a |
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| musical set in the prohibition-era South, for which he was |
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| co-creator and co-writer of the soundtrack; he also has several |
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| other projects that he is currently working on; beginning in |
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| November of this year, he will voice a new series on Cartoon |
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| Network called "Class of 3000", where he plays a Nobel Prize |
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| winning musician and each episode will feature a new song; and
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| WHEREAS, Because of his many achievements, André Benjamin |
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| will receive the Emerging Artists Award from the Chicago |
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| International Film Festival Black Perspectives on Friday, |
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| October 13, 2006; therefore, be it
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