While there are people who dedicate a lifetime to developing their craft for the big screen, today’s industry flourishes when attached to a big name, and many rappers venture into Hollywood to add actor to their jack-of-all trades title.
Where some rappers have transitioned into acting very well (VladTV’s Top 25 Rappers Turned Actors). There are some emcees who are better suited behind a mic than on the big screen.
15. Redman in ‘How High’
Two guys by the name of Silas and Jamal decided to one day smoke something magical, which eventually helps them to ace their college entrance exam.
14. Fat Joe in ‘Blazin’
Romeo & Juliet Meets the underground drug scene in this Genx action film. Samantha and Alex fall in love, the problem is that her mom is a druglord and his dad is the chief of police!
13. Snoop Dogg in ‘Bones’
Over 20 years after his death by a gunshot, Jimmy Bones comes back as a ghost to wreak revenge on those who killed him and to clean up his neighborhood.
12. Lil Zane in ‘Finding Forrester’
An afro-american teen writing prodigy finds a mentor in a reclusive author.
11. Busta Rhymes in ‘Higher Learning’
People from all different walks of life, encounter racial tension, rape, responsibility, and the meaning of an education on a university campus.
10. D.M.C in ‘Who’s the Man?’
Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as far as their duty sergeant, Sgt Cooper is concerned, who proceeds to harass them at every turn
9. Xzibit in ‘xXx: State of the Union’
Darius Stone, a new agent in the XXX program, is sent to Washington, DC to defuse a power struggle amongst national leaders.
8. Nelly in ‘Snipes’
He was supposed to be American’s next biggest superstar.
7. The Game in ‘Waist Deep’
An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.
6. DMX in ‘Cradle 2 The Grave’
A jewel thief’s daughter is kidnapped after he steals a collection of prized black diamonds, which aren’t at all what they seem.
5. Cam’ron in ‘Paid In Full’
A young man from Harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience.
4. Ja Rule in ‘Turn It Up’
Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn’s mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he’s trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run drugs for “Mr. B.”
3. Beanie Sigel in ‘State Property 2’
Three gangsters vie for control of the streets of Philadelphia.
2. Vanilla Ice in ‘Cool As Ice’
A rap oriented re-make of “The Wild One,” with heavy emphasis on the fact that rap star Vanilla Ice has assumed the Marlon Brando role.
1. Master P in ‘I Got The Hook Up’
Two small time scam artists, Black and Blue, sell boom boxes and broken TVs from their van at the parking lot. When, by mistake, a shipment of cellular phones gets to them, it doesn’t take long before FBI and gangsters are after them
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