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"Rosa Parks" is a song by the hip hop duo Outkast. It was released as the second single from their album Aquemini (1998), and was that album's most successful single. The song's title comes from the civil rights movement activist Rosa Parks. Official HD Video for "Rosa Parks" by OutKast Listen to OutKast: to the official Outkast YouTube channel: This is the lead single from OutKast’s 1998 Aquemini. “Rosa Parks” may not have been the duo’s most successful single, but it established OutKast’s legitimacy as pioneers of Nonetheless, Outkast and Rosa's lawyers settled on April 15, 2005, also per Billboard. The label agreed to no wrongdoing, agreed to work with the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development, and paid an undisclosed cash settlement. Rosa died a few months later on Oct. 24, 2005, at 92 years old. Parks v. LaFace Records, 329 F.3d 437 (6th Cir. 2003), was a lawsuit filed by attorney Gregory J Reed in March 1999 on Rosa Parks' behalf against American hip-hop duo Outkast and LaFace Records, claiming that the group had illegally used Parks' name without her permission for the song "Rosa Parks", the most successful radio single of Outkast's 1998 album Aquemini. Provided to YouTube by LaFace/LegacyRosa Parks · OutkastBig Boi & Dre Present OutKast℗ 1998 Arista Records LLCReleased on: 2001-12-04Composer, Lyricist: A In the landscape of hip-hop, few songs stand as defiantly at the intersection of groove and message as Outkast's 'Rosa Parks.' It’s not just a track that gets people moving — it's a vibrant collage of southern rap bravado, historical nods, and cultural critique. Its cleverly deceptive title invokes a civil rights icon's legacy while the lyrics take you on an entirely different journey. A song from OutKast's 1998 album Aquemini that references the civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat on a bus in 1955. The song was sued by Parks' publicist, who claimed it exploited her image, and settled in 2005. A few months later, Rosa Parks died on October 24, 2005, at 92. “It was kind of weird, because I think Rosa Parks was misled,” said OutKast engineer Neal H. Pogue, to Creative Loafing, in 2010 Parks, an activist in the 1950s, and the rap duo OutKast resolved a lawsuit over using her name on a CD released in 1998. Under the settlement, OutKast and co-defendants SONY BMG Music Entertainment, Arista Records LLC, and LaFace Records will help develop educational programs to "enlighten today's youth about the significant role Rosa Parks Rosa Parks Lyrics & Meanings: ah ha, yeah yeah, baby / / ah ha hush that fuss, everybody move to the back of the bus, do you wanna bump and slump wit us / we the type of people make the club get crunk / / many a day has passed, the night has gone by, but still i find the time to put that bump off in your eye / total chaos, for these playas, thought we was absent / we taking another route to "Rosa Parks" by OutKastListen to OutKast: to the official Outkast YouTube channel: Track #3 on the album "Aquemini" (1998). Become A Better Singer In Only 30 Days, With Easy Video Lessons! Ah ha, hush that fuss Everybody move to the back of the bus Do you want to bump and slump with us We the type of people make the club get crunk Ah ha, hush that fuss Everybody move to the back of the bus Do you want to bump and slump with us We the type of people make the club get crunk Many a day has passed, the night has gone In 1998, the hip-hop group Outkast released a song, “Rosa Parks,” which peaked at No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart the following year. The song featured the chorus: “Ah-ha, hush [Chorus: Big Boi] Ah-ha, hush that fuss Everybody move to the back of the bus Do you wanna bump and slump wit' us? We the type of people make the club get crunk, say Ah-ha, hush that fuss Provided to YouTube by LaFace/LegacyRosa Parks (Radio Version) · OutkastAquemini℗ 1998 Arista Records LLCReleased on: 1998-09-29Composer, Lyricist: Antwan Pa Provided to YouTube by Arista/LaFace Records Rosa Parks · Outkast Aquemini ℗ 1998 Arista Records LLC Released on: 1998-09-29 Composer, Lyricist: André B Rosa Parks and rap duo OutKast have settled a lawsuit in which the civil rights pioneer accused the group of wrongly using her name in a song title, her guardian said yesterday (April 14). Listen to Rosa Parks by Outkast. See lyrics and music videos, find Outkast tour dates, buy concert tickets, and more!
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