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Gucci Mane and former No Limit founder Master P have announced a new film venture for fans to look forward to. "I've always wanted to make a movie, something about my life, something about what I've seen," Gucci told The BoomBox. "When I think of those hood-classic films from the '90s I think of 'I'm Bout It' and 'I Got The Hook Up'...

Good news for film buffs: Ice Cube and Common may finally appear in a film together. The veteran rappers engaged in a heated beef back in the mid-90's, which spawned one of the best diss songs of all time in Com's 'The B---- in Yoo,' and was ultimately squashed by Minister Louis Farrakhan...

Pharrell Williams has revealed his latest work of art and it has nothing to do with music. The N.E.R.D. frontman appears in a follow-up collaboration to his short 2009 film 'The Ear' with Chinese artist Yi Zhou. The new piece, entitled 'The Greatness,' is a 3D animation, transforming Pharrell's visage into vase form, before leading the viewer on a surealistic journey through a labyrinth underwor

Brooklyn rapper Joell Ortiz is the star of a new documentary, screening at the 11th annual New York International Latino Film Festival today. The film, entitled 'Joell Ortiz: Free Agent,' covers a tumultuous period of the Slaughterhouse rapper's career, beginning with his big break, his signing to Dr...

Ludacris has announced that he will return to the 'Fast & Furious' movie franchise after skipping out on the last two in the high speed series. 'Cris made the announcement via Twitter. "Just landed in Puerto Rico. Shooting for 'Fast & Furious 5' is about to be underway ... Hey,...

50 Cent has released photos of his drastic weight loss, which he dropped for the roll in the straight-to-DVD film, 'Things Fall Apart.' The typically brawny rapper shrunk down to an emaciated frame for the part of Deon, a football star who becomes sick...

West Coast gangsta rap legend Ice Cube will be appearing in 'Rampart,' a new film about the scandal-ridden 1990s Los Angeles Police Department. 'Rampart' is based on a screenplay by revered Los Angeles crime novelist James Ellroy, and is set in the mid-90's, when the LAPD was rumored to have had ties to the murders of Biggie and Tupac...

Acclaimed actor and hip-hop aficionado Michael Rapaport is working on a documentary on legendary Queens rap group A Tribe Called Quest. The documentary, 'Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest,' has been two years in the making, and features behind-the-scenes footage from throughout Tribe's 20-year history as a group. Co...

Rapper/actor 50 Cent has announced that he will be dropping 65lbs. for an upcoming film role. The project, titled 'Things Fall Apart,' is being produced by 50's film company Cheetah Vision Films. 50 is set to play the lead character in the film, a high school football star who is stricken with cancer during his senior year...

Up-and-coming Cali MC Nipsey Hussle's film debut will likely hit stores before his album does. Nipsey, who has received co-signs by Snoop Dogg and Game, has already wrapped his first feature film, 'Wrath of Cain,' which features veteran actor Ving Rhames of 'Pulp Fiction' fame and fellow MC Gillie Da Kid, and begins filming his second feature shortly...