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Denzel Curry Reveals the Simple Advice André 3000 Gave Him That He’ll Never Forget

Denzel Curry recalled the important advice he got from Outkast rapper André 3000, who told him not to “get bored” making music.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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Denzel Curry got some really good advice from hip-hop icon André 3000, and he’s never forgotten it.

The rap star shared the advice during a recent conversation with producer/collaborator/friend Kenny Beats, while doing a puzzle. “Don’t get bored,” Curry recalled André 3000 telling him. “And when you feel like you’re about to get bored, pivot, and do something else.”

Beats then added, “Making something that people are challenged by is the whole thing…I hope when people hear ‘Gone Fishing’ they think ‘Aye, what the f**k is that beat?’”

Denzel Curry has long cited André 3000 as a crucial inspiration for him

This is actually not the first time that Curry has shared this particular advice from André 3000. In a 2022 guest piece for Kerrang!, Curry name-dropped the Outkast........

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