Andre 3000 Plays for the Kiddies

The man who implored us to "Shake it like a Polaroid picture" has now taken up encouraging the youth -- like, little kids -- to "Do the Crayon," among other things.

Andre 3000 -- the breeches-loving rapper behind "Hey Ya" and other OutKast magic -- has been moonlighting as a cartoon character called Sunny Bridges on Cartoon Network's kiddie toon "Class of 3000," which he helped create. Aside from voicing, executive producing, and creating the show, Dre (real name: Andre Benjamin) also wrote a new song for the first season's episodes, and now those tunes have been rolled up into an album called "Class of 3000: Music Volume One," released just last week.

Rather than the playful raunch of "Hey Ya!" or "I Like the Way You Move," 3K goes just playful on "Class of 3000," with funkified kid-friendly tunes with winking titles like "Oh Peanut," "Banana Zoo," and "Cool Kitty." Maybe it's just our gutter-ready minds that are winking.

Filed under: TV, Music, Wacky & Weird

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1. Koooool, love him

Posted at 5:40PM on Jul 9th 2007 by debbie

2. I thought the banner said PLAY with KIDDIES ..nothing scandalous ; andre is a good guy

and i'll head and go do the dishes.(*^*)

Posted at 5:43PM on Jul 9th 2007 by pennylane

3. That is so cool, it is great to see a hip hop star doing something that kids will enjoy!

Posted at 5:46PM on Jul 9th 2007 by Sarah

4. My 5 year old LOVES this cartoon...and, he is learning and doesn't even know it.
Hat's off to you Andre!!! You are making a difference.

Posted at 5:48PM on Jul 9th 2007 by Jax

5. My kids love this show. It has a good message, even though the path to the message may be a little off the wall!

Posted at 5:49PM on Jul 9th 2007 by Me

6. He turns me on, in that farmer get-up!

Posted at 5:53PM on Jul 9th 2007 by Lee

7. Who?

Posted at 5:56PM on Jul 9th 2007 by Piglet Baldwin

8. I love Andre 3000!!! And its time for OUTKAST to put out a new album.

Posted at 6:07PM on Jul 9th 2007 by So Fresh and So Clean, Clean

9. my son loves this show and so do I. I am glad they have an album because the songs are great!

Posted at 6:40PM on Jul 9th 2007 by Des

10. I LOVE THIS GUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 8:34PM on Jul 9th 2007 by Suzi

11. I admire him so much for doing this for the kids!!! He is an amazing artist and a wonderful man. When will we hear some more GROWN UP music from you, Andre' ? Love,love love him!!!!

Posted at 9:24PM on Jul 9th 2007 by Mary J

12. My 4 yr. old twins LOVE his songs. They stop evevything when this music comes on...not so interested in the show but like the music..

Posted at 10:29PM on Jul 9th 2007 by MaMa

13. My son absolutely loves this show!

Posted at 10:44PM on Jul 9th 2007 by tnchick31

14. My kids love his show. I'm definitely going to get the album. They sing that crayon song constantly.

Posted at 11:12PM on Jul 9th 2007 by Chrissy

15. Andre is a father, so it makes sense that he would do something sweet like this. He has a child with singer Erykah Badu.

Posted at 12:08AM on Jul 10th 2007 by Gypsytrill

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