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Friday, November 2, 2007
Hip-Hop at the Movies
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
While embattled Atlanta rapper/actor T.I. occasionally appears in the commercials for the Denzel Washington/Russell Crowe movie “American Gangster” - in theaters today - he is not the most prominent of the hip-hop acts involved.
Both Common and RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan are also in the tale of real-life gangster Frank Lucas. And while they all speak, RZA probably has the most screen time.
None of them, however, do anything particularly remarkable in this film - though it is funny to see the usually smooth and confident T.I. play someone a little corny.
What Atlanta rapper do you think has made the most of his movie moment? Andre “Dre” Benjamin in “Idlewild”? Antwan “Big Boi” Patton in “ATL”? Or are you of the opinion that no hometown hip-hop act can match, say, Queen Latifah in “Set It Off” or fellow Oscar nominee (and one-time rapper) Will Smith in “Pursuit of Happyness”?
