Azealia Banks is set to star in her first feature film, according to Deadline.
The Broke With Expensive Taste rapper has reportedly landed the lead role in the Hip Hop-oriented movie Coco.
Banks will portray an aspiring rapper in her twenties dealing with a difficult dilemma. Her character wants to pursue her dreams and become a rapper, but her parents want her to finish college.
Coco is being directed by RZA and is presented by Lionsgate and Codeblack Films.
Common and Jill Scott are also expected to star alongside Banks in the movie.
Filming is underway, Deadline reports. A release date has not been announced yet.
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All Falls Down: the movie
NY won’t release it
NICE
Straight to DVD tho
as an african male, i can’t wait for this afrocentric-ass-movie
“Banks will portray an aspiring rapper in her twenties dealing with a difficult dilemma.”
So she is portraying herself. The difficult dilemma is that she is also a terrible rapper.