I was watching the movie Crash tonight, a movie that I love and I realized halfway through that a multi-platinum selling rapper was one of the main characters.  The acting quality in the movie was so good that I took the characters for their face value instead of who they were as a celebrity in real life.  This got me thinking about rappers and actors who have tried and made the transition into acting.  Here are my observations:

Ludacris had an amazing performance in the movie Crash

Ludacris in “Crash”

vs. Actors who transition to Rapper:

Joaquin Phoenix is a great actor that I have respected and loved his movies such as Walk the Line and We Own The Night. However, he recently tried his hand at rapping and has grown a beard that would rival any Amish man.  I think this video of Joaquin making a fool of himself speaks for itself:

Joaquin Phoenix Raps