| Posted by: dave310 at May 25, 2008, 12:44 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | He has a far greater range than any other rapper turned actor. Did anyone see 16 blocks with him and Bruce Willis. He was great. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: SpoonMan999 at May 20, 2008, 12:29 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by EvilHenchman It is kinda funny that a guy who once guested on a song called "Burn Hollywood Burn" is starring in weak mainstream fare like Are We There Yet? Even funnier that Ice-T, who once wrote a song called "Cop Killer" is now a tv cop. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: EvilHenchman at May 19, 2008, 10:23 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by deppjolieperabo no one better pick ice cube! that man is a joke!! It is kinda funny that a guy who once guested on a song called "Burn Hollywood Burn" is starring in weak mainstream fare like Are We There Yet? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: xseanymacx at May 18, 2008, 10:36 am | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Common & Mos Def for actual rappers turned movie actors. I don't count Will Smith or Marky Mark as their acting careers far outweigh their musical. I also love Ice-T in Law & Order: SVU. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: SkyNet at May 18, 2008, 10:06 am | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Sigur509 Mos Def. He is the only one I could see getting a Oscar nom one day. as opposed to the 2 Will Smith already has? Or the 1 Mark Wahlberg already has?! or for that matter, the 1 Queen Latifah already has?!! and it still kills me that 3 6 Mafia and Eminem can be introduced as "Academy Award Winners 3 6 Mafia & Eminem" although not for their acting, but still! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: darknite125 at May 18, 2008, 12:53 am | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | With a range that makes him shine in dramas such as The Woodsman or less serious roles such as in Hitchhiker's Guide to action roles like in 16 Blocks my vote goes to Mos Def | | Static Link |
| Posted by: DareDevil at May 17, 2008, 10:31 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Kanye West for his cameo in Entourage!! Realistically though you gotta give it to Will Smith, no one can beat his track record, plus he was a rap pioneer. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Tony_Montana at May 17, 2008, 6:56 am | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | This guy had a solid career ahead of him.... As for the rest of 'em: Will Smith, TI, Common, Ludacris, LL Cool J, Marky Mark, Latifah are all decent. 50 Cent... meh, maybe one day but he ain't got there yet. Snoop is a shit actor but his turn in Training Day was good, as was Dre's. Ice Cube has had some good roles but some shit ones too. DMX should stick to rapping. Xzibit I haven't seen much of apart from the Riddick game, but that was just voice work. I like Busta Rhymes in Narc, otherwise haven't seen much of him. Ja Rule is a shitty actor and a shitty rapper. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: a7xfan at May 16, 2008, 4:22 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | think about i am legendand the pursuit of happyness, not only the best rapper turned actor, but the best actor working today. full stop. i thought xzibit was pretty awesome in gridiron gang | | Static Link |
| Posted by: john_rambo at May 16, 2008, 3:55 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Will Smith is definitely my favorite... But I am one of the ones that loves both his music and his acting (sue me) Marky Mark is probably 2nd, then Mos Def, and I don't know why the article put Andre 3000 on it I do not think he is a bad actor at all... he was awesome in Four Brothers | | Static Link |
| Posted by: SpoonMan999 at May 16, 2008, 3:00 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Mos Def for sure, I loved him in The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Though I was expecting him to do horribly and ended up absolutely loving him in it. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: KCJ506 at May 16, 2008, 2:40 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | Will Smith. Snoop Dogg is pretty decent. Dr. Dre......just no. If anyone here has seen The Wash you'll know what I'm talking about. Quote: Originally Posted by SkyNet
it's a shame the term "Rapper Turned Actor" has such a bad connotation associated with it, as when you think about it, the good far outweigh the bad.... but there are some TERRIBLE ones! Indeed. I find it dumb that people want to dismiss actors from certain movies just because they rap. For example when Ghostface Killah was announced to have a cameo in Iron Man(which got cut out), the arrogance was astounding. People act like he would suddenly start freestyling or spit some slang like, "yo yo what up my dawg, that's fo' shizzle!". That or somehow a walk-on role HAS to mean they'll bring their hip hop baggage with them, which for sure means a rap soundtrack to accompany the film. Because that's what rappers do, right? He wasn't entiled to a cameo but it's ridiciulous to be against a small cameo. There was a similar situa... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: RustyRazor at May 16, 2008, 10:34 am | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by eljefe15 I vote to disqualify Marky Mark because he's not a rapper. I'm sorry for those of you who are fans but he's not. I'm not feeling his vibrations, if you catch my drift. But he has turned out to be a very solid actor in movies like The Departed and Boogie Nights and even in popcorn flicks like The Italian Job and Four Brothers. Never mind Planet of the Apes. I'd vote Mos Def... He was great in the Woodsman, 16 Blocks and Something the Lord Made but even was able to handle comedic roles in A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Bamboozled and some bit parts in Chappelle's Show. And not only is he a more versatile actor than all these other guys, he can also rap circle around them, including Eminem, who's probably the second best on that list. If "Something The Lord Made" were a mainstream film, he would've gotten an Oscar nod easy. He's the man. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: EvilHenchman at May 16, 2008, 12:27 am | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by bob0mb i was just thinking about Method Man too . came back to add him, and you beat me to it Well, you know what they say: "Great Minds Think Alike" Though in our case it's more like "A Great Mind (yours) and a Formerly-Great-Mind-Ravaged-By-Age-And-Years-of-Alcohol-Abuse (mine) Think Alike." Just kidding. My mind isn't all that ravaged by age. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: bob0mb at May 15, 2008, 11:52 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by EvilHenchman I think Method Man's coming into his own also. i was just thinking about Method Man too . came back to add him, and you beat me to it | | Static Link |
| Posted by: syxxpac at May 15, 2008, 10:46 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by EvilHenchman I think Method Man's coming into his own also. Doesn't he get pretty decent raves for The Wire? I haven't seen anything much noteworthy from him in general, but as Cheese on that perfect piece of TV called The Wire? The Cheese becomes The Shit. Awesome final scene in season 5, too. Easily one of the best moments of the show, for those who saw it, loved it, and replayed it fifty times... ... Yeah, I'm a dweeb. Sue me. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: EvilHenchman at May 15, 2008, 10:26 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | I voted Mos Def, because I don't have much regard for either Big Willie Style or Marky Mark as rappers (both have shown far better acting prowess however). Besides Def held his motherfucking own with the great Alan Rickman in Something the Lord Made (and held it very well, I might add). Snoop usually makes for a nice comic cameo now and again. I think Method Man's coming into his own also. Doesn't he get pretty decent raves for The Wire? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: CuatroDiablos at May 15, 2008, 10:10 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Tupac was going to be something special...damn sad he died though. Right now Common is looking good..he was intimidating in Street Kings. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: bob0mb at May 15, 2008, 8:45 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | even tho he's passed on, i'd have to throw my vote in for 2Pac . he was definitley right on the cusp . if it wasn't for his death he was the star that John Singleton wanted to use in his films (after directing him in Poetic Justice) as for the poll, i went with Will Smith . but i think Marky Mark, Mos Def and Common are the shit.... | | Static Link |
| Posted by: SkyNet at May 15, 2008, 8:01 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by eljefe15 Nice one, he does suck as an rapper but thankfully, I've been spared the pain of watching his acting. But I'll take your word for it. never saw The Fast & The Furious?? "Edwin happens to know a few things, and one of the things edwin knows is... its not (something, i forgot the line), it's how you race you car... you better learn that"!! some shit like that... man he sucks ass | | Static Link |
| Posted by: eljefe15 at May 15, 2008, 5:22 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by SkyNet ah yes... well played sir... i however have never seen a single 50 Cent performance, so i dont know if he is good or bad... i just assumed he was terrible and went on with my day! also, i havnt really given mention to Andre Benjamin (3000).. he is quite good also, at many different roles... he was hilarious in Be Cool and superb in Four Brothers! it's a shame the term "Rapper Turned Actor" has such a bad connotation associated with it, as when you think about it, the good far outweigh the bad.... but there are some TERRIBLE ones! (The aforementioned Snoop Dogg & 50 Cent.. and i'll raise you one more sir: JA RULE!! Fuckin terrible) Nice one, he does suck as an rapper but thankfully, I've been spared the pain of watching his acting. But I'll take your word for it. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: SkyNet at May 15, 2008, 5:05 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by eljefe15 I see your Snoop Dogg and raise you 50 Cent. Fucking atrocious. At least Snoop has a decent role under his belt when he played that wheelchair bound drug dealer in Training Day. Edit: I also forgot when he played Huggybear in Starsky 'N Hutch. He was pretty good in that too. ah yes... well played sir... i however have never seen a single 50 Cent performance, so i dont know if he is good or bad... i just assumed he was terrible and went on with my day! also, i havnt really given mention to Andre Benjamin (3000).. he is quite good also, at many different roles... he was hilarious in Be Cool and superb in Four Brothers! it's a shame the term "Rapper Turned Actor" has such a bad connotation associated with it, as when you think about it, the good far outweigh the bad.... but there are some TERRIBLE ones! (The aforementioned Snoop Dogg & 50 Cent.. and i'll raise you one more sir: JA RULE!! Fuckin terrible) | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Lindsey at May 15, 2008, 5:01 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by eljefe15 Edit: I also forgot when he played Huggybear in Starsky 'N Hutch. He was pretty good in that too. Also his cameo in Old School. ..."Snoop, Snoop-a-loop!" | | Static Link |
| Posted by: eljefe15 at May 15, 2008, 4:55 pm | | Topic: Best Rapper Turned Movie Actor? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by SkyNet worst rapper turned actor: Snoop Dogg I see your Snoop Dogg and raise you 50 Cent. Fucking atrocious. At least Snoop has a decent role under his belt when he played that wheelchair bound drug dealer in Training Day. Edit: I also forgot when he played Huggybear in Starsky 'N Hutch. He was pretty good in that too. | | Static Link |
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