The 28 year old megastar captures Hendrix’s style game to the tee… from the badass black hat; a ?Purple Haze? era Technicolor military jacket; black leather pants; and Jimi?s signature orange, black and white Fender Stratocaster.

?Jimi?s just one of my favorite artists,? says Wayne, who a few years ago decided to pick up the guitar himself. ?Everything Jimi stood for, I believe in.?

As you know, Jay-Z was recently crowned “KING” by GQ, but Weezy would be quick to beg to differ!

More photos from Weezy’s Hendrix-inspired photo spread PLUS check out what he has to say about his “elderly” competition…

VIBE: You say competition is for the ?old guys? but it sounds like you?re going at Jay- Z with that line, ?I got your baby money/Kidnap your bitch, get that how-much-you-love-your- lady-money.? Are we looking at it in the wrong way?

Lil Wayne: I know for a fact, music is about perception. You can?t do anything but perceive what you hear. If I know that for a fact, I can never be upset abut someone?s reaction to it. I?m not gonna say I don?t know what will happen before I say it [on record]. I do know what will happen. I am aware of it. It is what it is.

So you knew the repercussions of going after Jay before anything even happened?

Well, I?m a man. I believe as a man you should know that. Every man should know the repercussion and consequences behind whatever they do before they do it. And of course, I know there wont be any repercussion behind what I did.