Which rapper is (was) the best actor?

I predict lots of posts hilariously mentioning mvoies that people haven't actually seen but are on the IMDB top 100 here!

Mos Def!

Yeah, no Mos Def? Pac, I guess. I liked Juice.

method man

Anyone ever see the Vanilla Ice movie?

MC Hammer's done a bit of acting.

Oh shit, sorry about forgetting Mos Def.

mos def.

Mos def

Mos Def was an actor before he was a rapper though, so DISQUALIFIED.

Dre. fo shizzle.

Toss-up between Mos Def, Queen Latifah and Will Smith.

I've seen the Vanilla Ice movie. Awesome. I voted for Cube tho, he's the black Norman Wisdom.

No LL Cool J? Anyway, I'm going to vote Ice Cube for Boyz N the Hood and Three Kings, conveniently ignoring his later career.

are you guys kidding??? this isn't even close

method man

http://www.dnevkino.ru/films-foto/films-gridlockd.jpg

i still haven't seen "bullet" or "gang related", mainly because i'm scared to (mickey rourke's face! AAUUGGGHHH!!)

Tone Loc (Heat, Ace Ventura)

http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/games/coverg/96/681096.jpg
im outa here!

With no Mos Def it has to go to Pac. He's like the James Dean of rap-actors.

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Jesus, Zoobas. What an awful time that was.

drop that zero and get with the hero

i miss the very early 90's. :(

"i still haven't seen "bullet""

Oh man you've missed out!

No Sticky Fingaz? :>

http://musicmedia.ign.com/music/image/article/715/715942/sticky-fingaz-20060629044145169.jpg

what movie was that

u forgot T.I.(but Big boi was the best thing about ATL good looking out)
master p sez no hookup for you

ok I'm guessing that SF pic is Blade: The Series, didn't know there was such a thing. Any good?

u forgot about The Game

The Game is automatically disqualified for being The Game

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e281/n-lo/balki.jpg

For worst I would like to mention Three 6 Mafia, who despite being one of my favorite rap groups made pretty much the most inept attempt at anything I've ever seen with Choices 2: The Setup. I haven't seen the first one, and only saw the sequel because the DVD came free with the soundtrack, but imagine a gang themed porno without any porn in it and that's about where the acting and production values are at.

Mos Def

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417535
(managed to get a 3.7 on imdb thanks to a few rabid fans rating it 9 and shit)

Pac

aka the Makaveli

R.I.P.

I had to resist the urge to say Pacaveli.

Is There a Heaven for a G? We Believe.

The only real answer to this is Kurupt.

I didn't know he acts too.

Oh, he certainly does.

(for ref, tuomas: John Justen and Fluffy Bear will watch it.)

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calling a Pac landslide

Vanilla Ice "STARRING IN HIS FIRST MOTION PICTURE" HAHAHAHAHAHA

Actor:

* 2000s
* 1990s

1. The Helix... Loaded (2005) .... Theo
2. "The Daily Buzz" (1 episode)
- Episode dated 15 August 2005 (????) TV Episode
3. The New Guy (2002) (as Robert Van Winkle) .... Music Store Employee
4. "The 11 O'Clock Show" (1 episode, 2000)
... aka Da Best of Ali G (UK: repeat compilations title)
- Episode #4.41 (2000) TV Episode

5. Cool as Ice (1991) .... John 'Johnny' Van Owen
6. "Saturday Night Live" .... Musical Guest (1 episode, 1991)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: second season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
- Joe Mantegna/Vanilla Ice (1991) TV Episode .... Musical Guest

TMNT2 and Da Hip Hop Witch and all that shit only counts as "Self" I guess

I didn't include Marky Mark 'cause that'd be kinda unfair
lol it would be totally 'fair' believe me

There are at least three movies Marky Mark totally rules in.

I think the gist is that it isn't really fair to call him a rapper.

duh but if tremendoid is arguing that he's not much of an actor or as good a rapper as any of those then uh...

try his acting does not outclass the rest of the list by any stretch(ruling /=great acting but i'm totally on board with that, he's a hell of a star). depends on what tuomas means i guess

cube x 10 and fuck will smith

i srsly think that cube would be fun to bro down w.

wow he made a song for you dude, no lie! you guys should really make it happen.

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i voted for Cube. he was in THREE KINGS! not to mention Predator ruled despite not being a movie

Gridlock'd.

Though Tone Loc has a great scene in Heat.

And then the guy who said "I was Pookie too."

I really hope Will Smith wins this.

I really, really need to see Three Kings all the way through. I've seen the other three Russell flicks.

My heart belongs to LL Cool J (as it has done for the last 20 years).

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Ice Cube was awesome in Triple X 2!

Ice-T could win for Surviving the Game alone.

Uh, my hat is like a shark's fin

[1] - Deepest, bluest, my hat is like a shark's fin

[Repeat 1 (5x)]

Manmade terror
Hungry jaws of death
Y'all don't cross my depths
I'll pause your breaths
I cause you to sink down forty thousand leagues
Bleeding to death with no arms and short sleeves
My world's deep blue
Killers gotta eat too
Looking for human flesh to rip my teeth through
Other fish in the sea but Barracudas ain't equal
To a half human predator created by a needle
Jet black eyes baby they stare while you sleep
When your Titanic sinks I'm the one you gon' meet
Hearing terrified screams they surround my team
All you see is trails of blood
Even God won't intervene
Nightmares of darkness
My apetite is heartless
Even if we related, you eliminated regardless
In the deep blue, underwater walls
Half man, half shark
My jaws don't fall

[Repeat 1 (8x)]

Our Father who art in Heaven
Hallowed be Thy name
Killers sworn to beast
Swallowed them in flames
They switched my DNA
Trip me into Cool J
I can't fight the feeling
I'm born to kill prey
To survive an attack
There's only one way
Battle to the death
That's how sharks play
Weapons left behind
We dueling with the mind
You blind, crippled, or crazy
You're real easy to find
Struggling to flow with hemorrhages in your throat
Getting the lap dance while I smash through your boat
Eat your whole fam
Nothing left but a right hand
Clinging to a rail
Escape, attempts fail
You'll never make it home
Tear the flesh off your bone
Walking in undercurrents is a dangerous zone
I'm talking death out a moment's notice
You wasn't focused
Me and my crew strike
Like some underwater locusts

[Repeat 1 (8x)]

Uh, uh take it deeper
Uh, uh take it deeper
Uh, uh take it deeper
Uh, uh take it deeper

These waters are waist level
The hallway's flooded
Lost your scuba gear
The killer's cold-blooded
His name's LL
You don't really want it
I ate your ancestors
The ocean is haunted
I'm closing in cause I'm supposed to win
How the cold steel feel when it froze your chin
Should of stayed on dry land
Stroke while you can
Cause now you under pressure in the land of the damned
Abandoned pirate ships
Eels and sod scum
Fish that glow in the dark
The Titanic's hub
Underwater storms
You're blood is so warm
You're life vest is off
And that turns me on
Killer for centuries
The Gotti of the deep
In the next millennium
I'm still gonna creep
Sand under my belly, ocean over my head
Through the light in the shadows
You become the living dead

[Repeat 1 (12x)]

Yeah, DBS

i vote for ice cube. anaconda!

Tupac, for stealing Poetic Justice from Janet Jackson.

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I really liked Cube in Three Kings & Boyz n The Hood. Is Higher Learning any good?

No! Except for the Saul Bass opening credits. Walked out of that one halfway through.

Is that the one where Fishburne does the fakest Jamaican patois ever? If so I remember it being ok until he started talking.

HIGHER LEARNING IS MERCILESSLY FUCKING AWFUL.

Yeah I mean it was downhill from there

the more you know

you have to hear that accent at least once, "Heayah's da ting."

gridlock'd is such a great movie

Pac, woo-hoo!