Everybody thinks, Well I can act in my video, I gotta be able to act in a movie. SLJ: Only because of the advent of music videos. If you’re a hip-hop star, the natural ascension is eventually to films. That’s just not what I’m going to do.īut it seems like a natural progression these days. So I would be doing a disservice to all the kids who go to college and major in drama, and go through the things that I went through to try and make their way in this business, if I just said, Sure, I’ll prop this cat up. And a lot of times people are doing just that. He’s not just showing up so he can sell more David Banner CDs. David is sincere about wanting to understand and respect what the business is. If you would be kind enough – I’ll do anything you ask me to do – just help me get this right so that you’ll be comfortable with me doing this film. When he came to rehearse last week, he sincerely said to me, I know how you feel about this.
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I’m doing this movie now ( Black Snake Moan), and David Banner’s in it. I’ve also done movies with Dana (Queen Latifah, in Sphere). That’s what he says he wants to be called when he’s working as an actor, so I call him Todd when he’s on a movie set, and I’ve done movies with him. He’s done quite a few films that were very successful, and he does more acting than he does rapping. From Boyz N the Hood until now, he’s developed a way of working. Cube has been in the business for awhile. So has your opinion changed about working with rappers in films?
You’ve been very vocal about your opposition to working with rappers in lead film roles. Someone else is trying to create something that has nothing to do with us. I go, Oh, yeah, 50 Cent! Hey, what’s up, man! So we talk from time to time, and we don’t have any beef. He’ll call me and be like, Sam, it’s small change. SLJ: That whole thing that started between me and 50 Cent was something that someone created out of nowhere.
What was the whole issue about not signing on with 50 Cent to do Get Rich or Die Tryin'? I think everyone after reading this will agree that Jackson's hip-hop sensibilities are more paradoxical than hypocritical. I interviewed Jackson in Memphis last September for an UNleashed magazine cover story, where he was very candid about working with rappers on screen. And now, he signs on to star along side 50 after all. "I wouldn't prop 50 Cent up, I wouldn't prop Eminem up, I wouldn't prop any up." Meanwhile, he's seen on screen with Ice Cube ( xXx: State of the Union), LL Cool J ( S.W.A.T.) and Busta Rhymes ( Shaft). "I've had conflicts with people in the music business because I'm not going to prop some rapper up in some movie," Jackson said. He's been adamant in the press for years about not filming with rappers, becoming most vocal last year when he refused to work with 50 in Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Jackson is not a hypocrite! After news broke recently that he'll be starring alongside 50 Cent in next year's Iraqi war drama Home of the Brave, Jackson had everybody scratching their heads in confusion. Gonna kick off this Freestyle Friday edition with a hip-hop-related revelation.
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