A choir and theater teacher in Michigan received a sweet surprise when one of his students got a tattoo in his honor. Here, the student, Josie, tells PEOPLE the story behind her sentimental ink.

has once again stirred the pot with the surprise release of his piano EP 7 Piano Sketches. Dropped shortly after his Met Gala appearance—where he boldly strapped a full-sized piano to his back—the EP ...

A first listen to sketches almost dares you to dismiss these piano takes as throwaway fragments that stop short before achieving any kind of liftoff, but repeated spins reveal a wealth of ...

Unlike the grand scale of his bespoke piano outfit — an elaborate collaboration between Burberry and André's newly revamped men's line, Benji Bixby — the 16-minute EP is an exercise in brevity.

In 7 Piano Sketches, he goes for almost literally the last thing you’d predict from one of the greatest rappers ever: 16 minutes of improvised doodles, mostly recorded at home in 2013 ...

CHANG: And the medium had a message. Timed with his Met Gala arrival, Andre 3000 dropped a surprise new EP called "7 Piano Sketches." (SOUNDBITE OF ANDRE 3000'S "BLUEBERRY MANSION") CHANG ...

André 3000 began working on 7 Piano Sketches nearly a decade ago during a stay in a sparse Texan house with his son. The house, equipped with only a piano, two beds, and a few TV screens, became the ...