[Each week, SOHH asks two entertainment personalities to name who they feel is the most underrated emcee in hip-hop. After Curtiss King gave Andre 3000 the title earlier this week , Harlem rapper A-Mafia crowns the late Big L SOHH Underrated .]

Has Andre 3000 found love in Ireland?  PHOTOS: First Look: Andre 3000 Does A Little Shopping In Ireland The "Hey Ya" singer was spotted walking the streets of Ireland with the very beautiful actress  Imogen Poots . The pair are slated to star in the upcoming Jimi Hendrix biopic All Is By My Side , so they are taking some time to get to know each other better.  Three Stacks flashed a big grin as they walked through the streets huddled up close against the cold.  DETAILS: Andre 3000 Will Play Original Music in The Hendricks Biopic If Imogen looks familiar, that ...

OutKast's Big Boi recently discussed the status of hooking back up with longtime music partner Andre 3000 for more music and why plans for a reunion album on currently getting shelved.

As Andre Benjamin prepares for his dream role as Jimi Hendrix in the upcoming film All Is By My Side, he's getting his mind right with a little bit of window shopping on Grafton Street in Ireland.  DETAILS: Andre 3000 Will Play Original Music Is Hendrix Biopic Could this be how Andre Three Stacks escapes from the news that his new movie isn't being backed by the Hendrix estate? Who knows, but with The Love Below rapper's musical skills, we're sure he will make due with all Hendrix-inspired music, even though he won't be privy ...

[Each week, SOHH asks two entertainment personalities to name who they feel is the most underrated emcee in hip-hop. After Johnny Walker gave Blaq Poet the title last week , producer Curtiss King crowns Andre 3000 SOHH Underrated .]

When it was announced that Andre Benjamin - better known as Outkast's Andre 3000 - would be portraying...

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Plans to bring late rocker Jimi Hendrix 's life story to the big screen are still on deck despite the musician's estate issuing a statement this week suggesting otherwise.

Pitchfork: The upcoming Jimi Hendrix biopic starring Andre 3000 will not have the good graces of the folks over at Experience Hendrix LLC. NME: Freddie Mercury to make live appearance with Queen not as a hologram, but as an “optical illusion”. Hypebot: Spotify announces plans to launch a musical dating service. HuffPo: After a song [...]

The estate of Jimi Hendrix have issued a strongly worded statement regarding a new Andre 3000 venture. When news leaked earlier this week that Andre 3000 was to play Jimi Hendrix , fans ruffled their brows. However that misapprehension and bemusement was no match for the confusion felt at the guitarist's estate. Experience Hendrix LLC manage the publishing of Jimi Hendrix' output, and the organisation are seemingly not happy about the proposed biopic. Pitchfork point fans towards a report in the Wall Street Journal , which contains elements of a statement from Experience Hendrix LLC. The statement said that Experience Hendrix ...

The ghost of Jimi Hendrix makes it clear to the NME: No plans to work on a film about Andre 3000; currently spending all its efforts on developing a musical about the rise of Gnarls Barkley. -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch

Family-owned estate says no original music could be included without its participation

It has already been announced that Andre 3000 will play the role of Jimi Hendrix in the biopic set to start filming in Ireland [...]

News broke a few days ago that a Jimi Hendrix biopic was in the works, with rapper Andre 3000 set to play the iconic guitarist. However, it’s come to light that Hendrix’s estate has not given their support for the film, which does not bode well for the final project. If terms remain as they [...]

Unpop those corks, people. The actual Hendrix estate is not nearly as excited about this proposed movie as you are. Wall Street Journal : In recent days, there has been a flurry of stories about a biopic that reportedly is in the works about the life of Jimi Hendrix that will supposedly star musician-actor Andre Benjamin, aka Outkast’s Andre 3000. Today, Experience Hendrix LLC , the family-owned company that manages the late guitar great’s music and publishing, released a statement saying that it’s not on board with any such project. The statement said that Experience Hendrix “has made it ...