Hip Hop Actors Taking Over HollyWood

Cover of Friday (New Line Platinum Series) Hiphop used to be a one sided industry, but now many artist who are in the hiphop industry also enjoy the lifestyle of Hollywood movie stars. For example, artist like Ice Cube, LL Cool J, and Queen Latifah have enjoyed starting production companies and being movie stars in the process. Hollywood has afforded many in the hiphop community to become actors and actresses. Cube Vision ran and owned by Ice Cube has been able to bring in over 500 million dollars to the box office with films like Friday, Friday After Next, and Are We There Yet just to name a few.

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A seasoned actor, LL Cool J easily straddles both fields. He is scheduled to release his last album, Exit 13, later this year. Maybe that will give him the headroom to tone up on acting, since his last few projects have been pretty lame ...

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Cube Vision is a film and television production company that was started in 1998 by Ice Cube and Matt Alvarez. They have produced the successful Friday, Barbershop and Are We There Yet? franchises, as well as movies such as The ...