This website was the first to call "bullshit" on false media reports that Andre was performing for the Republicans. But apparently some fans have been confused, so here's Andre himself on the reality:

“The reason why I’m here is because I’m doing a documentary on youth and voting. I guess people got wind that I was coming here for the Republican convention, but they really don’t know the complete story. I wanted to clear it up. You had a lot of people around town, people in the streets, that heard I was supposed to be performing at the convention. A lot of people are riled up and upset, and that was never the case. It almost leads me to think, ‘who put it out there that I was performing?’ I don’t know if it was to bring heat to a certain party. I just want to let people know that this is a non-partisan documentary I’m doing,"

"Well, actually it wasn’t a big scare, because whoever was on the radio saying they’d never buy another Outkast album, they probably wasn’t true fans. True Outkast fans love the music. I understand the politics of it – it does matter who I vote for – but it’s none of their business. If they like the music that’s cool."