André 3000 Transforms Into Jimi Hendrix

A year ago, there was an announcement made that Andre 3,000 will be starring in the biopic film for Jimi Hendrix. The film is titled ‘All Is By My Side’  which is scheduled to release September 2013. The film won’t feature any songs that were previously recorded by Jimi Hendrix; the film will include songs produced mostly by the Beatles and the Blues king Muddy Waters. Jimi Hendrix did make some form of musical contribution to the songs that will be featured in the film, rather it’s a Beatles song or not. Based on the picture of Andre 3,000 above, I think he truly captured the character of the ‘Great Jimi Hendrix.’

The long in the works Jimi Hendrix biopic starring André 3000, All Is By My Side, is finally going to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Today (July 24) we finally get an official image of 3 Stacks as the legendary Rock guitarist. When the OutKast rapper is dressed as the late Hendrix, the resemblance between the two artists is uncanny. Photos from the set that previously leaked proved this and latest photo, basically a headshot, follows suit. Unfortunately, Hendrix’s estate refused to permit the use of the artist’s music for the film. Instead, 3 Stacks will sing covers of the music from the time period (1966 & 1967) including work by Muddy Waters and The Beatles.