UGK and OutKast’s classic 2007 collaboration provides the soundtrack for the upcoming mini-series Fight Night: Million Dollar Heist.
The trailer stars Kevin Hart in a triumphant rendition of the two bands’ immortal collaboration, “The International Anthem (I Choose You).”
According to the synopsis, the show is inspired by the iHeart true crime podcast Fight Night and the Million Dollar Robbery, which offers a first-person account of an infamous armed robbery that took place against Muhammad Ali in 1970 Comeback night. The infamous robbery not only “turned Atlanta into a ‘Black Mecca,'” but it also changed one man’s life.
The synopsis details: “When a con man named Chicken Man (Kevin Hart) throws an afterparty to celebrate the fight with a list of the wealthiest guests in the country, the night ends with the most outrageous underworld in Atlanta’s history. Criminal robbery case over.
The description continues: “Chicken Man is suspected of masterminding the crime and is hell-bent on clearing his name, but must convince his old nemesis J.D. Hudson (Don Cheadle), the man behind the city’s desegregation One of the first black detectives on the segregated police force, he is tasked with bringing those responsible to justice.
Check out the trailer below.
Although Bun B and Pimp C’s “International Players Anthem,” featuring André 3000 and Big Boi, has become one of the most popular songs in hip-hop history, it barely includes OutKast.
In part of Juicy J’s 2020 interview with HipHopDX, the Memphis OG emphatically claimed that he and DJ Paul actually originally had vocal claims on the song as “Three 6 Mafia,” but that the record label superseded their efforts. In fact, he said that when he first heard André 3000’s iconic verse, he felt “crazy” because he had no idea what was going on.
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“I was like, ‘Oh my God,’ because, look, this is crazy, Paul and I wrote a verse right from the beginning,” Juicy J exclaims. “And the label — we didn’t even notice that, we were walking around. The label refused permission. I was like, ‘What the fuck? Why didn’t y’all let me know? Man, I’m ready Who the hell authorized that to go out there and f**k that? I was like, ‘Who would approve something so stupid?
Spurred on by his frustration, The Hustle Continues rapper did some digging to find out what exactly was going on at the bar he placed over the anthem, and said he was “so f**king angry” when he found out.
“But anyway, then they played ‘Outkast,’ and I didn’t even know it,” he recalls with a laugh. “I just came to find out. I was like, ‘What happened to our verse?’ ” them [UGK] Like, ‘Man, they didn’t clarify you, man.
“So we let Outkast go.” I was like, ‘Fuck! Put our verse back up there! André 3000 and fucking Big Boi, like legends—I was like, “Man.” I named this label—I won’t even tell you all the shit I said. I’m so fucking angry.
