Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix died 49 years ago today.

The late legendary music artist Jimi Hendrix will have a post office named after him in his hometown.

Jasmine Simpkins and HipHollywood take a behind the scenes look at the Jimi Hendrix biopic starring Outkast’s Andre 3000. “Jimi: All Is By My Side,” written and directed by John Ridley, premiered in theaters Sept. 26th, 2014. The film looks at Hendrix’s life between the years of 1966 and 1967 during the time he was making his mark on the […]

Voter registration has surged in Ferguson after the shooting death of Michael Brown. Since that fateful day when Brown was murdered by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, nearly 5,000 new voters were registered in St. Louis County and 3,000 new voters registered in Ferguson. Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne Now;” Jarvis Stewart, Chairman/Managing Parter of Ian Reid LLC; Aisha Moodie-Mills, Senior Fellow at […]

Although rock and roll guitar legend Jimi Hendrix (pictured) gained much of his widespread notoriety in a short burst of mainstream success before his tragic passing, his impact on music — and especially the electric guitar — cannot be overlooked. Although the spread of his work happened posthumously, Hendrix is considered by many publications, experts, […]

Rolling Stone magazine has named Jimi Hendrix the greatest guitar player of all time. Hendrix was picked by Rolling Stone editors and prominent guitarists. Blues musician BB King was also on the list of Rolling Stone’s Top 10 greatest guitarists. Reuters reports: “Jimi Hendrix exploded our idea of what rock music could be: He manipulated […]

NEW YORK — In what would be a stepping stone in his career, rapper Andre 3000 may play famed guitarist Jimi Hendrix in a upcoming independent biopic. The news was divulged from actress Hayley Atwell who told Esquire magazine that she will possibly be working on the project along the Outkast member. Previous attempts to […]

Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix’s death.

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