According to Pitchfork.com, Outkast, the Grammy-winning, Rock Hall-inducted duo of André 3000 and Big Boi, are suing Ovrkast for alleged trademark infringement, alleged unfair competition and alleged breach of contract. In a lawsuit filed in Georgia on September 16, High Schoolers LLC, the holding company that handles Outkast’s name and trademark, allegedly accused the Oakland rapper-producer born Silas Wilson of alleged “improper, willful, unauthorized and illegal use of the nearly identical name.”
In a complaint viewed by Pitchfork, attorneys for André and Big Boi accuse Ovrkast of allegedly reneging on a prior agreement to permanently discontinue using Ovrkast and allegedly switch to an agreed-upon name of Overkxst. The original alias, the suit states, was likely to allegedly “cause confusion…or deceive the public into the false belief” that it had anything to do with the group Outkast. The complaint further points to 2025 interview with Rolling Stone as evidence that Ovrkast allegedly and consistently faced accusations that he copied the name. “The worst thing I get is like, ‘The n—-a think he Outkast,’” he said. “It’s like, ‘No, bro. I wasn’t even thinking about Outkast.’ Mad n—-as do that shit. They read Ovrkast [as] Outkast.”
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