Full Text of HR1447 94th General Assembly
HR1447 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate André Benjamin on | | 4 |
| being the 2006 recipient of the Emerging Artists Award from the | | 5 |
| Chicago International Film Festival Black Perspectives; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Benjamin was born on May 27, 1975, in Atlanta, | | 7 |
| Georgia; he met his future OutKast partner, Antwan "Big Boi" | | 8 |
| Patton, when they attended Tri-Cities High School in East | | 9 |
| Point, Georgia; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2003, OutKast released a double album, | | 11 |
| "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below"; it is one of only four hip-hop | | 12 |
| albums to be certified diamond in the U.S. for shipping over 10 | | 13 |
| million units and won the 2004 Grammy award for Best Album and | | 14 |
| Best Rap Album; the same year, OutKast's single, "Hey Ya!", won | | 15 |
| the Grammy award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance; | | 16 |
| 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 | | 18 |
| made appearances in "Families", "The Shield", "Be Cool", | | 19 |
| "Revolver" (2005), and had a co-starring role in "Four | | 20 |
| Brothers"; he was cast as Percival in the movie, "Idlewild", a | | 21 |
| musical set in the prohibition-era South, for which he was | | 22 |
| co-creator and co-writer of the soundtrack; he also has several | | 23 |
| other projects that he is currently working on; beginning in | | 24 |
| November of this year, he will voice a new series on Cartoon | | 25 |
| Network called "Class of 3000", where he plays a Nobel Prize | | 26 |
| winning musician and each episode will feature a new song; and
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| WHEREAS, Because of his many achievements, André Benjamin | | 28 |
| will receive the Emerging Artists Award from the Chicago | | 29 |
| International Film Festival Black Perspectives on Friday, | | 30 |
| October 13, 2006; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | | 2 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | | 3 |
| we congratulate André Benjamin on being the recipient of the | | 4 |
| Emerging Artists Award from the Chicago International Film | | 5 |
| Festival Black Perspectives; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | | 7 |
| presented to Mr. Benjamin as an expression of our esteem.
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