List | Top 20 Highest Grossing Rappers Turned Actors

I was listening to an interview with Bow Wow sometime last week. Definitely, one of the most arrogant interviews I have ever heard. During it, he stated that "When Hollywood needs young black actors, they come to me". This all came from him muttering about how he turned down a role in the tragic debacle of a black action film, Red Tails. That's probably the smartest thing Chad has ever done in his life. Either way, this got me thinking. There are so many rappers who decide to become actors and really never come back to rap. When they do come back, we usually wish they hadn't. I decided to do some digging around on the net just to see how much money films with rappers casted in them end up grossing. You wouldn't believe what I found...


These grossings are not 100% accurate --that's an impossible task--, but they're close enough...

20. Q-TIP & Tupac  (TIED)
Q-TIP
Grossed Approximately: 63,000,000
Average Per Film: 15,750,000
Highest Grossing Film: Brown Sugar

Tupac
Grossed Approximately: $63,000,000
Average Per Film: $21,000,000
Highest Grossing Film: Poetic Justice

19. Kid'n Play
Grossed Approximately: $77,000,000
Average Per Film: $19,000,000
Highest Grossing Film: House Party