OUTKAST - ANDRE 3000: 'I ALWAYS CARRY A GUN'

ANDRE 3000: 'I ALWAYS CARRY A GUN'

OUTKAST rapper ANDRE 3000 always carries a gun with him because he would rather protect himself than be surrounded by bodyguards. The HEY YA! rapper - real name ANDRE BENJAMIN - insists carrying a fireman is a necessary precaution in the US, and he intends to buy his nine-year-old son STEVEN a gun when he's old enough. He says, "Of course I carry a gun. I don't advertise the fact, but I need to have a gun with me at all times. I don't see what's wrong with that. "To me it makes sense. I don't like to have bodyguards with me. I don't have them in my house, so I've got to have something to protect myself with. "If I am with my son I am even more concerned to protect myself and protect him with a gun. I would want my son to have a gun when he gets older. It's just something you've got to have if you want to live and be safe."