According to IFTN, rapper/Actor Andre 3000 will be portraying iconic rock star Jimi Hendrix in the movie “All Is By My Side” with filming slated to start later this month.

The biopic will document Hendrix’s period in England over 1966 and 1967 as he created his debut album and some of the greatest guitar music ever created. The film will be written and directed by John Ridley, who is best known as the writer of ‘Three Kings’ and ‘U-Turn’.