50 Cent 'will be strutting his stuff in football Tshirts'

22/02/2010

US rapper 50 Cent is set to swap his microphone for a football as he once again makes the move on to the big screen.

Curtis Jackson - otherwise known as 50 Cent - is about to start a world tour, with filming for his latest flick set to begin on his return to the US in May.

According to Variety, Things Fall Apart is going to be a serious drama, with Jackson taking the lead role of a star football player in his final year of college who's hit by a personal tragedy.

Jackson's not just taking the acting credit for this movie, he co-wrote the script and is set to be involved as a producer.

No doubt fans of the performer will be happy and can probably pick up some new 50 Cent Tshirts on his forthcoming tour to show their support of the rapper-turned-actor.

In an interview with the magazine he explained the appeal of movie making: "You have 90 minutes and 120 pages, compared with three minutes for a song," he stated.

Since bursting on to the music scene back in 2003 with his Get Rich or Die Tryin' album, he's come a long way.

With an ever-increasing list of film credits to his name, it seems he's well on his way to making the transition from rapper to movie star.

Posted by John Bryant