André 3000 Will Not Attend Grammys, Hopes for 'Rebound' of L.A. After Wildfires

Don't expect to see André 3000 strolling down the 67th Annual Grammy Awards red carpet.

The rapper-turned-flutist is up for three Grammys at the upcoming music awards ceremony, including the coveted Album of the Year for his first solo trek, instrumental album New Blue Sun. But on Saturday morning (Feb. 1), the nine-time Grammy winner announced that he wouldn't be attending the 2025 Grammys the following day.

"Unfortunately, I'm not able to attend the Grammys tomorrow but some of the New Blue Sun musicians, friends, and supporters will be in attendance," he wrote. "Our album was conceived and recorded in Los Angeles with the spirit of openness and creative collaboration."

He continued, "We hope that the rebound of Los Angeles is swift and renewing. Congrats to all the musicians and collaborators being acknowledged. Keep playing."

Released in November 2023, New Blue Sun marked 3000's first album in seventeen years following the sixth and final Outkast album, Idlewild. Many were shocked that New Blue Sun was purely instrumentation, and although André planned to create a rap album, having collaborated with the likes of Ye and Frank Ocean over the last decade, he admitted to lacking confidence in his bars.

"I’ve worked with some of the newest, freshest, youngest, and old-school producers. I get beats all the time. I try to write all the time," 3000 told GQ. "Even now people think, Oh, man, he’s just sitting on raps, or he’s just holding these raps hostage. I ain’t got no raps like that. It actually feels…sometimes it feels inauthentic for me to rap because I don’t have anything to talk about in that way."