At least a share of the top

prize handed out Sunday night at the Grammy Awards will be making its

way home to Fayette County this week.

Hip-hop's Outkast was

awarded Album of the Year by the National Academy of Recording Arts and

Sciences for "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below."

Antwan "Big Boi"

Patton, one-half of the duo, resides in north Fayette where numerous African-American

entertainers have moved in recent years.

His partner, Andrew "3000"

Benjamin, lives in Stone Mountain. Both are graduates of East Point's

Tri-Cities High School.

Meanwhile, former Fayette resident

and So-So Def Records founder Jermaine Dupri has resigned his position

as president of the Atlanta chapter of NARAS to protest the unfair treatment

he said was shown toward Janet Jackson after her revealing Super Bowl

half-time appearance.

Dupri and Jackson are reportedly

dating.

In 2001, Dupri turned himself

in to Fayette County authorities after being sentenced by Superior Court

Judge Chris Edwards to a three-day sentence in the county jail for missing

jury duty in 1999.Dupri has since reportedly moved to north Fulton county.

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