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Rappers: the new renaissance men?
in the other thread, rappers in movies was brought up so i was thinking about this... major rappers are modern renaissance men.
take Puff Daddy for example... aside from being a rapper, he is a successful businessman and president of Bad Boy Entertainment, a music producer, a music video director/producer, and a skilled dancer. he is only in his early 30's.
Tupac was a dancer (ballet being his major in high school), the star or co-star in several movies (and not just action roles), producer of a few of his own songs, and when he died at 26, was on the verge of starting his own record label and starting his political career.
and on and on... Ice Cube stared in and produced half a dozen movies... Nas directed an independent film recently and plans to pursue that in a few years when he retires from rap... Dr. Dre raps, produces, acts in an occasional film, and is president of aftermath records which includes a over a dozen rappers and singers... Mos Def is a skilled actor (who unlike most other rappers, barely ever does an action role [I believe Italian Job was one of his first though was no where near having a starring role in that movie]), a musician, music producer, and a singer...
so it seems clear to me... rappers are overall the most intelligent and talented men in the entertainment industry.
kind of makes me wonder what all these people here in philly who sit on the stoop all day could do if they had some more oppurtunities...
take Puff Daddy for example... aside from being a rapper, he is a successful businessman and president of Bad Boy Entertainment, a music producer, a music video director/producer, and a skilled dancer. he is only in his early 30's.
Tupac was a dancer (ballet being his major in high school), the star or co-star in several movies (and not just action roles), producer of a few of his own songs, and when he died at 26, was on the verge of starting his own record label and starting his political career.
and on and on... Ice Cube stared in and produced half a dozen movies... Nas directed an independent film recently and plans to pursue that in a few years when he retires from rap... Dr. Dre raps, produces, acts in an occasional film, and is president of aftermath records which includes a over a dozen rappers and singers... Mos Def is a skilled actor (who unlike most other rappers, barely ever does an action role [I believe Italian Job was one of his first though was no where near having a starring role in that movie]), a musician, music producer, and a singer...
so it seems clear to me... rappers are overall the most intelligent and talented men in the entertainment industry.
kind of makes me wonder what all these people here in philly who sit on the stoop all day could do if they had some more oppurtunities...
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