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At the age of 74, electronic music producer Giorgio Moroder is releasing his first album in three decades._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 21, 2015 3:45 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 21, 2015 3:45 PM UTC Beloved hip hop duo Outkast may have [briefly reunited](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/arts/music/outkast-highlights-the-festival-season.html?%5Fr=0) in 2014 for a few musical festivals, but they haven’t released new music in more than a decade, and appear to be pretty firm about their separation. Naturally, fans have long been wondering, _Why?_ A sketch on this week’s episode of _Key & Peele_ sought to answer that question. The verdict? It all comes down to creative differences. Or, more specifically, it comes down to the fact that Andre 3000 is a big weirdo and his former partner Big Boi just can’t take it anymore. The sketch starts with a chance encounter between the two performers in a coffee shop. Andre 3000, dressed like an extra-flamboyant Peter Pan, orders a “green half-caf half-decaf mint mocha latte, foam on the bottom, in a vase.” Things get weird quickly, and soon, the separation really starts to make sense. _Read next:_ [_Keegan-Michael Key on What It’s Like Rehearsing With President Obama_](http://time.com/3999809/keegan-michael-key-president-obama/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day_](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4006230/key-and-peele-outkast-sketch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4006230/key-and-peele-outkast-sketch/"},"headline":"Allow This Key & Peele Sketch to Explain What Happened to Outkast","datePublished":"2015-08-21T15:45:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:12.726Z","description":"The duo hasn't been making new music due to ... creative differences","url":"https://time.com/4006230/key-and-peele-outkast-sketch/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4006230/key-and-peele-outkast-sketch/","name":"Allow This Key & Peele Sketch to Explain What Happened to Outkast"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Giorgio Moroder Describes the Perfect Pop Dance Song","description":"At the age of 74, electronic music producer Giorgio Moroder is releasing his first album in three decades.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/J4PWndMR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-06T22:07:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/J4PWndMR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4006230/key-and-peele-outkast-sketch/","duration":"PT1M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4006230/key-and-peele-outkast-sketch/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```