Rapper turned actor

[Souplex]

So every now and again a rapper gets tired of rapping and dreams of being a movie star. Which of these rappers turned actors is your favorite?

 

[oliveira8]

None.

 

[bluerahjah]

LL Cool J is the only one I actually see as being a rapper turned actor, and actually can pull things off. Will Smith doesn't count.

 

[Clashero]

Ludacris did a pretty good job on his movies. Not Golden Globe quality, certainly, but better than "passable".

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

I liked Tupac in Poetic Justice.

 

[Flap Jack452]

I wouldn't say I have a favorite, but I did kind of enjoy Mos Def on House last week, even though he was hard to understand.

 

[Cheesebob]

Eminem.

8 Mile is one of my favorite films ever

 

[RavingPenguin]

Eminem.

8 Mile is one of my favorite films ever

Aww, you stole my answer...
...
...
.. Ive got nothing else to add.

 

[YuheJi]

I liked Mos Def in Bamboozled and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

 

[GothmogII]

Mark Whalberg I guess, he was pretty good in the Bourne series.

 

[super_smash_jesus]

They all generally leave a bad taste in my mouth after watching. Will Smith movies are unbearable to watch for me, and any other rapper turned actor usually has a role in some stupid movie like barber shop 14. If I had to pick one, I will go with a good movie, that had a very minor role for the rapper, but only because he didn't ruin it.

Drum roll......Ludacris in Rocknrolla

 

[GothmogII]

Mark Whalberg I guess, he was pretty good in the Bourne series.

uhm....?

i assume this is a joke

Oh it's a joke alright. It's just so happens to be true: Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marky_Mark_and_the_Funky_Bunch]

 

[brainfreeze215]

Mos Def in Hitchiker's Guide.

 

[GothmogII]

but mark whalberg was not in the bourne movies
it was matt daemon

Oh right. Always mixing those two up. They're just so generic o_o. Well, I don't particularly like Mark Wahlberg anyway, but out of all the rappers turned actors, he is what I could call a favourite.

 

[SamSmith]

I read the topic title as 'Raptor turned actor". I am greatly dissapointed.

 

[Jamash]

Ice-T.

Despite not really having much range and basically always playing himself, I've liked him in all his films and TV shows.

 

[The Young One]

None.

Seconded .

 

[xChevelle24]

None!

But if the world was ending and I had to choose, I would go with Mos Def, even though I've never ever ever ever heard any of his rap songs, and I don't intend to start now.

 

[RebelRising]

Ice T, from Law & Order: SVU. He's adds quite a bit to the show.

 

[CRAVE CASE 55]

Ice Cube