![]() ![]() While he had a minor role in the 2001 film The Wash, it was his co-starring role as Tej Parker on 2003 2 Fast & 2 Furious that officially launched Ludacris’ acting career.Īlthough LL Cool J made his acting debut in 1985's Krush Groove, it was his his own television sitcom, In the House (1995-1999), that solidified LL Cool J in the acting realm. Image Credit: Courtesy Universal Pictures The former Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch rapper has twice earned Oscar nominations, for best supporting actor for 2007's The Departed and as a producer on 2010's The Fighter, which garnered a best picture nod. Mark Wahlberg turned to acting and never looked back. Method Man has played himself in TV series like the short-lived 2004 Method & Red but he's also showed his dramatic chops in HBO's The Wire, CSI: Crime Scene Investgation and movies including Cop Land. ![]() His entree into acting was way back in 1991 as a Dead Romeos gang member Dante Smith in The Hard Way. Yasiin Bey, formerly Mos Def, has appeared in a number of movies, including the 2013 film Begin Again. Nelly grabbed the lead role in the 2001 action-drama Snipes as Rich Murray, which he followed up with a role co-starring with Adam Sandler as football-playing prison inmates in The Longest Yard.īefore having a documentary dedicated to his iconic debut album, Illmatic, Nas took on a few roles himself, including the 1998 film Belly, Hawaii Five-O, and as Prophet Isaiah in 2013's Black Nativity. After taking on the voice of Steffie in the animated Ice Age: Continental Drift, Minaj played Cameron Diaz’s assistant as Lydia in 2014's The Other Woman. Since then, Latifah has become a seasoned actress, earning an Oscar nomination for 2002's Chicago and most recently playing blues legend Bessie Smith in an HBO biopic.īefore rapping, Minaj’s dream was to act. On top of writing and performing the sitcom’s theme song, Latifah’s cool and caring role as Khadijah James endeared fans. Queen Latifah launched her acting career in 1993 on the Fox sitcom Living Single. ![]() Redman made an iconic acting debut alongside Method Man in the 2001 film How High, a stoner fan favorite. Snoop Dogg has shown his range on the big screen, whether it be as an underworld drug kingpin (Huggy Bear) in Starsky & Hutch, a pilot in Soul Plane, or a wheelchair-bound criminal in Training Day. A sequel to the film is currently in the works. and Tiny: The Family Hustle, he snagged the lead role as Rashad in the 2006 film ATL. took over America’s TV screens with the rest of the Harris family on VH1’s T.I. His first starring role was in the 1992 film Juice, alongside Omar Epps.īefore T.I. The late rapper stacked up on acting roles before his untimely death in 1996. Among the most established rappers-turned-actors, it was the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air that certified the Philly-born rapper as a star. Will Smith has seen great success as an actor. Image Credit: Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank Wiz Khalifa has starred in three films ( Gangs of Roses 2: Next Generation, Mac & Devin Go to High School and High School 2), with his roles in the Mac & Devin films the truest to his real self - a lover of greenery. He can't even dress! That dude looks like some hip-hop wannabe." I never want to be that guy," Rocky told Billboard. "I think all of us are that kind of guy - all of us rappers, to an extent. ![]() In honor of A$AP Rocky starring in the hip-hop-inspired film Dope (out June 19), see which music stars have flexed their acting chops.Ī$AP Rocky makes his acting debut in the Rick Famuyiwa-directed film, Dope, a small-time dealer he left behind long ago in real life. There's no shortage of rappers who've taken their storytelling to the big and small screen as actors. rappers-turned-actors-intro-billboard-650. ![]()
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