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CAN I KICK IT Celebrates 30 Years of OutKast's ATLiens With Immersive Atlanta Cultural Experience
Atlanta, GA - Atlanta creative production company CAN I KICK IT celebrated the 30th anniversary of OutKast's landmark album ATLiens on August 27, 2026, with an intimate, invite-only cultural experience at the House of Belli in Hapeville, Georgia. The gathering brought together art, music, technology, and Atlanta culture in tribute to one of the most influential albums in Southern hip-hop history.
Released in 1996, ATLiens helped redefine how Atlanta and the broader South were seen and heard, pairing OutKast's futuristic sound with a visual identity that still echoes through Atlanta's art, fashion, and culture today. Thirty years later, CAN I KICK IT built an evening designed to honor that legacy while spotlighting the Atlanta artists carrying it forward.
An Evening Built in the ATLiens Universe
The evening was built around a series of curated activations rooted in the ATLiens creative universe. Guests moved through an ATLiens-themed environment featuring a silent-headphone listening experience spanning OutKast, the Dungeon Family, and the Atlanta and Southern artists their sound influenced, alongside music from the DJ Team, karaoke, and giveaways.
"ATLiens gave Atlanta permission to imagine itself differently, and thirty years later we wanted to build something that honored that spirit rather than just look back on it. This was about putting Atlanta's artists, culture, and creativity in the same room and letting ATLiens speak through all of it - and thirty years in, its imprint on this city and this culture is still growing," said Terry "Tetris" Francis, Founder and Creative Director of CAN I KICK IT.
Quick Facts
Event: ATLiens: 30 Years Beyond Earth
Date : August 27, 2026
Location
House of Belli, Hapeville, Georgia
Presented by : CAN I KICK IT
Featured artists : ChikN (Courtney Patrick), Ink Pen (Naheem Shareef)
Sponsors : Suede Day, The 1998 Deck, Hip Hop Congress ATL, Georgia Spartans
Experience
ATLiens-themed environment, silent-headphone listening experience, music by the DJ Team, original art installations, interactive and augmented reality art, karaoke, giveaways
The Artists
Atlanta artist Courtney Patrick, known as ChikN, created an original ATLiens-inspired artwork for the evening, drawing on OutKast and the Dungeon Family's visual language as a tribute to the late Rico Wade. Naheem Shareef, known as Ink Pen, created an original augmented-reality artwork styled after the ATLiens album cover, which guests brought to life on their phones. It is the second piece in his augmented OutKast series, following Stankonia.
"Getting to build something inspired by Rico Wade and the Dungeon Family's world means everything to me as an Atlanta artist," said ChikN. "This wasn't just a piece of art, it was a chance to add my voice to a legacy that raised me."
Suede Day supplied PUMA Suede shoes for a karaoke contest and giveaway, an early tie-in to Suede Day on October 16. The night also delivered a memorable karaoke rendition of OutKast's "Elevators (Me & You)" by Atlanta recording artists Grey and Translee.
The celebration carried past the night itself. On October 12, the CAN I KICK IT team presented Ink Pen's augmented-reality ATLiens artwork to DJ Big X (@bigxatl), founder and president of the Coalition DJs, during New Music Monday at Stankonia.
CAN I KICK IT produced ATLiens: 30 Years Beyond Earth independently - one of its largest executed cultural projects to date, demonstrating the company's ability to combine music, art, brand partnerships, technology, and experiential production into a single cultural moment.
About ATLiens: 30 Years Beyond Earth
ATLiens: 30 Years Beyond Earth is an invite-only cultural celebration produced by CAN I KICK IT honoring the 30th anniversary of OutKast's 1996 album ATLiens through original art, music, technology, and Atlanta culture.
About CAN I KICK IT
CAN I KICK IT is an Atlanta-based creative production company specializing in cultural experiences that combine music, art, technology, brand partnerships, and community storytelling.
Media Kit
High-resolution event photography, official logos, and additional media assets are available in the ATLiens: 30 Years Beyond Earth Media Kit.
Follow along: @canikickittho, @chikinart, @inkpen_tv, @suededay1016, @the1998deck, @hhcatl, @georgiaspartans · #ATLiens30 #CanIKickIt #ATLHistory
Media Contact
Brandon C. Armant
BAMM Communications, Agency of Record for CAN I KICK IT
(504) 296-8067
Brandon@brandonarmant.com
Brandon C. Armant, BAMM Communications (agency of record for CAN I KICK IT)
CAN I KICK IT LLC
Atlanta
United States
(504) 296-8067
Brandon@brandonarmant.com
https://canikickit.com
CAN I KICK IT is an Atlanta-based creative production company specializing in cultural experiences that combine music, art, technology, brand partnerships, and community storytelling.
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