The single greatest rapper of all time, according to Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx is a man of many talents and is known in America as an entrepreneur, record producer, actor and singer. Although he isn’t loud and always in front of the cameras, he has contributed significantly to hip-hop and R&B.
The vocalist worked extensively with Kanye West during the 2000s and even appeared on his first two albums. Both College Dropout and Late Registration were global hits, and Foxx was privy to their creation. His work as a featured artist is interesting, he also had an impressive career as a solo musician and his sophomore project, Unpredictable, topped the Billboard 2000 in 2005.
Still, it would be foolish to say he is just a singer because he began his career as an actor and is known primarily for his acting. His role in the beloved comedy In Living Colour put him firmly on the Hollywood map, and he has grown as an actor ever since.
That said, the Grammy-award-winning entertainer recently starred in a movie alongside Cameron Diaz. The movie Back In Action sees Foxx and Diaz play former CIA operatives in hiding who are trying to start a family.
The Netflix exclusive has been highly anticipated, and the two stars of the movie recently sat down for an episode of the Complex YouTube series ‘GOAT Talk’ during which they spoke about everything from comedians and directors to conspiracy theories and curse words.
While speaking about their favourite conspiracy theories, Cameron Diaz opened up about one, unveiling, “The brief version of this is that aliens are basically like what we do when we study ourselves archaeologically. All the accounts of aliens are the same: big head, big eyes, no mouth, telepathic, and dextrous.”
She continued, “So if you think about where we are currently in technology, we’re sitting in front of screens, we don’t speak to each other, and we all know that we are moving off the planet because Elon Musk is our president. So we’re going to end up on Mars. So when we get to Mars, we’re really going to end up being a different species. We will have the technology all the aliens have when they come to visit us on this planet.” She concluded, “So those aliens are us travelling back in time to see who they were at any particular point that they have revealed themselves humans.”
During the conversation, the two stars were asked to do their best impressions of another celebrity, and Foxx, in high spirits, attempted to mimic the unique voice of his “favourite rapper” Reasonable Doubt, creator Jay-Z. Speaking about his encounters with Jay-Z, Foxx said, “When I saw Jay-Z at a party he was like ‘Nice party!’” in his best Jay-Z voice.
The ‘Experiment’ singer continued, “Not a lot of people hear Jay-Z talk, but he barely gets it out and especially when he’s [talking about] his history, “‘Started off in Marcy projects. Because Dame had an idea he said ‘Do the music’ later on and then I met Bey.’”