Since rappers can be actors, I guess actors now wanna be rappers.? Apparently having an acting role as a rapper?isn’t sufficient.?? Now Terrance Howard has an actual record deal with Columbia records:

Apparently members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences weren?t the only ones impressed by Terrence Howard?s Oscar-nominated role as a pimp-turned-rapper in 2005?s Hustle & Flow. EW has learned exclusively that the 39-year-old Crash veteran, now starring in the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams? Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, has landed a record deal with Columbia Records. ?The full name [of the project] is Terrence Howard Presents Me and the Band of Kings,? says a label rep, who adds that the group?s as-yet-untitled debut CD ?is slated for a fall release.? Maybe it?s not so hard out here for a pimp after all.? (Source)