Strange Music: Bizarre Hollywood Crossovers Into Hip Hop

Not every actor-turned-rapper moment works.

Strange Music: Bizarre Hollywood Crossovers Into Hip Hop - Amanda Bynes may have declared that her Twitter account was hacked, but the world already saw her threaten us with an Interscope album (she said the label offered her a deal, and she may take them up on it). Now, Chinga Chang Records, which boasts Kool G Rap as a signee, wants to make it a bidding war. "This isn't just a gimmick," the CEO said, claiming the actress is "more gangster than Drake." We (almost) do want to hear what her ratchetly awesome diss records would sound like, but first, click to see the most awkward of moments that've happened when Hollywood dips its toe in hip hop's pool. (Photo: Splash News)

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Strange Music: Bizarre Hollywood Crossovers Into Hip Hop - Amanda Bynes may have declared that her Twitter account was hacked, but the world already saw her threaten us with an Interscope album (she said the label offered her a deal, and she may take them up on it). Now, Chinga Chang Records, which boasts Kool G Rap as a signee, wants to make it a bidding war. "This isn't just a gimmick," the CEO said, claiming the actress is "more gangster than Drake." We (almost) do want to hear what her ratchetly awesome diss records would sound like, but first, click to see the most awkward of moments that've happened when Hollywood dips its toe in hip hop's pool. (Photo: Splash News)

Joaquin Phoenix - Widely considered a mental breakdown, Walk the Line star Joaquin Phoenix spent two years as an aspiring rapper. Turns out it was for a mockumentary, I'm Still Here, that featured master actor-rapper, Diddy. Phoenix said he had been taking acting too seriously and that the faux rap career was "so liberating." (Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) 

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Joaquin Phoenix - Widely considered a mental breakdown, Walk the Line star Joaquin Phoenix spent two years as an aspiring rapper. Turns out it was for a mockumentary, I'm Still Here, that featured master actor-rapper, Diddy. Phoenix said he had been taking acting too seriously and that the faux rap career was "so liberating." (Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) 

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James Franco - Pineapple Express and Rise of the Planet of the Apes star James Franco is on the Skrillex produced soundtrack to Spring Breakers (Gucci Mane's Hollywood debut). Franco's on the soundtrack because, if you didn't see it, he plays a gangsta rapper of sorts. Apparently he's responsibe for developing the character and he brought his inspiration, a rapper named Dangeruss, on set with him, sparking a real-life beef with another rapper, Riff Raff, who thought that he should have gotten the credit for the character. (Photo: Maurizio Marucci, PacificCoastNews.com)

Mr. T - Mr. T enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the Military Police Corps. in the mid-70s and was eventually promoted to Squad Leader. (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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Mr. T - If ever you wanted to see a wrestler in camouflage shorts and an abundance of gold chains rapping about how to treat your mother, you can look to The A-Team's Mr. T. In 1984 he released a children's rap EP, Mr. T's Commandments, and a motivational video, Be Somebody... Or Be Somebody's Fool! via Columbia Records and MCA, respectively. The EP includes the cut "Treat Your Mother Right" and both projects feature then aspiring rapper Ice-T, of course!  (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

Anne Hathaway - Anne Hathaway was so discombobulated by all of the lights, camera and action that was following her surrounding the release of 2012's The Dark Knight Rises that she wrote a rap about it. David Letterman, host of his own Late Show, convinced her to perform it on TV. She said it was written in the style of Lil Wayne. "Yo, I'm a paparazzi/I don't play no yahtzee/I go pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop/my camera's up your crotch," she spit, among other lines, in a decidedly gruff voice. (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Anne Hathaway - Anne Hathaway was so discombobulated by all of the lights, camera and action that was following her surrounding the release of 2012's The Dark Knight Rises that she wrote a rap about it. David Letterman, host of his own Late Show, convinced her to perform it on TV. She said it was written in the style of Lil Wayne. "Yo, I'm a paparazzi/I don't play no yahtzee/I go pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop/my camera's up your crotch," she spit, among other lines, in a decidedly gruff voice. (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Rodney Dangerfield - Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (RIP) took his wildly popular "I don't get no respect!" catchphrase and made a comedy album of it, No Respect. He then flipped it to some funky beats, added some R&B singers and created the persona "Rappin' Rodney." His self-titled single, "Rappin' Rodney," actually became one of the first rap records to hit Billboard's Hot 100 and it got heavy rotation on MTV. This was 1983. (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

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Rodney Dangerfield - Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (RIP) took his wildly popular "I don't get no respect!" catchphrase and made a comedy album of it, No Respect. He then flipped it to some funky beats, added some R&B singers and created the persona "Rappin' Rodney." His self-titled single, "Rappin' Rodney," actually became one of the first rap records to hit Billboard's Hot 100 and it got heavy rotation on MTV. This was 1983. (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

Ron Jeremy - This guy actually has a few non-porn, Hollywood credits to his name (mostly horror films and as a strip-club announcer in Detroit Rock City). He's also appeared in music videos for LMFAO and Insane Clown Posse. Most awkwardly surprising, however, is that he released a rap single, "Freak of the Week," that ... wait for it ... charted on Billboard, peaking at #95.(Photo: Brian To/WENN.com)

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Ron Jeremy - This guy actually has a few non-porn, Hollywood credits to his name (mostly horror films and as a strip-club announcer in Detroit Rock City). He's also appeared in music videos for LMFAO and Insane Clown Posse. Most awkwardly surprising, however, is that he released a rap single, "Freak of the Week," that ... wait for it ... charted on Billboard, peaking at #95.(Photo: Brian To/WENN.com)

David Faustino - David Faustino almost could've kept his hip hop card for being incredibly astute at acting like a gangsta rapper, but the character for which he's most known, Married... With Children's Bud Bundy, showed up in his flow time and time again, so, rejected it was. Need an example? Check "I Told Ya."(Photo: FayesVision/WENN.com)

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David Faustino - David Faustino almost could've kept his hip hop card for being incredibly astute at acting like a gangsta rapper, but the character for which he's most known, Married... With Children's Bud Bundy, showed up in his flow time and time again, so, rejected it was. Need an example? Check "I Told Ya."(Photo: FayesVision/WENN.com)

Tyrin Turner - Tyrin Turner landed his breakout role playing Caine, a teenager whose life is drawn to the hustle of the streets. It seemed after his noteworthy performance, Turner's career was about to take off. But the young actor would only win bit parts (usually playing a street type) in below-the-radar films like Panther and Belly. He also starred in straight-to-DVD street flicks like Crime Partners. He went on to star alongside Tyrese in the action flick Free Agent in 2009. Since then, he's been pretty much under the radar, only reemerging to appear in the music video for Snoop Dogg's 2013 track "Tired of Running." Lately, Tyrin's appeared in a few projects including 2016's Meet the Blacks and Saints & Sinners. He is set to star in the 2017 films Free Agents and All-Star Weekend.(Photo: Rick Davis / Splash News)

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Tyrin Turner - Everyone in hip hop knows who Caine from Menace II Society is, so it made sense to sign the actor who portrayed him to Rap-a-Lot Records and feature him on songs with the Geto Boys, right? He's even on one of Face's classic albums, My Homies, as Caine, so nothing bizarre there, right? Wrong. Even Tyrin Turner himself eventually called the move "weird" and said he'd rather sing R&B, but he's not going to do that either.(Photo: Rick Davis / Splash News)

Gary Coleman - Apparently the original "I'm Different" rapper, Diff'rent Strokes' Gary Coleman (RIP) appeared on The Wil Shriner Show in the '80s to perform "The Outlaw and the Indian" with his best friend, Michael Jackson impersonator Dion Mial. Coleman, dressed as a cowboy, was rapping. He explained that it was Mial's idea to do a song together as Mial was working on a recording project. "I never had aspirations to be a rockstar," Coleman said, "it was performance to me, something different, I enjoyed it."(Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)

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Gary Coleman - Apparently the original "I'm Different" rapper, Diff'rent Strokes' Gary Coleman (RIP) appeared on The Wil Shriner Show in the '80s to perform "The Outlaw and the Indian" with his best friend, Michael Jackson impersonator Dion Mial. Coleman, dressed as a cowboy, was rapping. He explained that it was Mial's idea to do a song together as Mial was working on a recording project. "I never had aspirations to be a rockstar," Coleman said, "it was performance to me, something different, I enjoyed it."(Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)

Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone - BFF's Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone went on tour as rappers after Kennedy starred as one in Malibu's Most Wanted. The two comedians even posted music to MySpace and eventually got a reality show greenlit by MTV to document their attempts at Blowin' Up. Mike Jones, Three-6, 50 Cent and DMX all got in on the fun, as did Bob Saget ("illest m---af---a in a cardigan sweater") of Full House fame. He can also be seen rapping in the video "Rollin' With Saget."(Photo: WENN)

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Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone - BFF's Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone went on tour as rappers after Kennedy starred as one in Malibu's Most Wanted. The two comedians even posted music to MySpace and eventually got a reality show greenlit by MTV to document their attempts at Blowin' Up. Mike Jones, Three-6, 50 Cent and DMX all got in on the fun, as did Bob Saget ("illest m---af---a in a cardigan sweater") of Full House fame. He can also be seen rapping in the video "Rollin' With Saget."(Photo: WENN)