Memphis Bleek dropped a striking bit of information during his interview with ‘Drink Champs,’ noting that he was supposed to take the lead role in the iconic movie ‘Drumline.’
Bleek said, “Oh, man. If I could go back — y’all n***as don’t know this, I never told this story. I turned down ‘Drumline.’ He wanted me to do it and everything, and I was scared.” The rapper continued, “[Director Chris Robinson] wanted to put me in acting school and all that, and I was afraid. Remember, my career had just started working, and I’m saying to myself, ‘I’ll do this movie as a drummer, and then it don’t work, how am I gonna go back to the hood and tell n***as we out here getting this money, we real n***as?'”
Bleek explained his logic, “But that’s one thing: if I could rewind time, I would have did that. I was on some, ‘I’d rather to do this rap s**t.’ Almost like Ja [Rule] did with the Fast & Furious s**t. I super f**ked up with that.” Also, Bleek said Jay-Z ended up being upset with him, saying: “Hov was mad at me! I remember Hov was super-steamed at me. Like, ‘Why you ain’t do it?!’ And I remember telling him, ‘Bro, I was scared. I’ve never acted.’ […] And I remember Hov, he paid for acting classes for me.” Watch above.
Watch above at the 2:59:03 mark.
source: REVOLT
