Jack Harlow has admitted that he prefers the freedom that acting allows compared to the constraints entrenched in the traditions of Hip Hop.
On Monday (May 15), ahead of making his Hollywood debut in the White Men Can’t Jump reboot, Harlow reflected on his acting experience at a screener for the film.
“I tell the truth on the mic, but maybe sometimes I feel some slight constraints in Hip Hop because there’s a tradition to it, and I know I’m a guest in the genre,” he said (via PEOPLE).
“There’s things that go through your head from time to time. But with acting I feel liberated to some degree — I feel like I could show up and I could be whoever I want to be today. I don’t know, I feel freedom.”
The 25-year-old emphasized that this wasn’t a one-time deal and he plans on exploring the acting world more in the future alongside rap.
“Through this film, I was able to gain my confidence as an actor, and to me, this shit is not a side quest,” Harlow continued. “This isn’t a side mission that I’m taking on just to keep the entertainer thing going and make some extra money.
“I really got the bug and fell in love with this, and I’m developing a deep passion for the craft of this the same way I had in music. I don’t want it to be a side hustle, I want to full-on go after this, and I’m going after it and I’m going to continue to do more.”
While White Men Can’t Jump is coming to Hulu on Friday (May 19), Harlow still fed his rap fans with the surprise Jackman album in April.
He recently reflected on the warm reception to the project after letting it simmer in fans’ ears for a couple of weeks.
“2 weeks have passed and I just wanna say the love & respect I’ve felt from not only my peers,” Jack wrote. “But from YALL…the fans…the folks that have supported me from the beginning…it feels fuckin amazing… I have never felt so connected to the people listening to my music…thank you.”
The talentless industry plant Wack Harlow is trash at both.
Man tell me about it. Must be nice to come from millionaire parents who can help start and fund a lavish rap career. Him and Eminem shouldn’t even be n the same sentence.
Yet, you are the only one here who brought up Eminem, and put them in the same sentence.
Just waiting for the right role to come along so he can do what he’s been waiting for his whole life: to finally say “n!gga”.
It’s quite telling about hip hop today that this guy feels he can’t be authentic because of hip hop traditions. No wonder it’s so bad. None of these guys are authentic. He says he’s a guest. So like the others he’s not really hip-hop. Not cause he’s white. I’d never remotely say MC Serch was a guest to hip-hop.. It’s not in them. They lack authenticity. They are instagram models, just trying to play a game for fame. There’s no substance at all. That’s why they mumble, have nothing to say, and run away from any issue of substance in favor of sanitized lyrics.