6 Rihanna
Fresh from her latest heist as “Nine Ball” in an all-female installment of the Ocean’s series, Ocean’s Eight, Rihanna now seems to be reaching for total world domination. Unfortunately for the pop star, though, critics haven’t exactly loved her silver screen performances. Despite these setbacks, there are still many aspects of Rihanna’s empire to be cherished—like, for example, the millions of albums she has sold worldwide or the growing popularity of her brand, Fenty. We’d still bow down to you any day, Rih.
7 Lenny Kravitz
For decades, Lenny Kravitz has masterfully blended genres in his musical career, inciting heavy praise and plentiful awards and accolades. However, in the past couple of years, Kravitz has decided to take off his funky shoes (and incredibly tight pants) and take a turn at acting, appearing for brief stints in Precious, The Hunger Games, and The Butler. Kravitz’s daughter, Zoe Kravitz, may have been to blame for his foray into acting, serving as an inspiration via her ever-growing list of critically-acclaimed movie and television roles.
8 Tim McGraw
Similar to his song material, Tim McGraw prefers to stick to film projects with warm and wholesome messages (well, except for his famous role as Charles Billingsley in the movie version of Friday Night Lights). While his feature roles in Flicka and Country Strong were not accolade-worthy, they did showcase McGraw’s desire to pursue acting more seriously in the coming years.
9 Snoop Dogg
Though there’s no disputing that Snoop Dogg was hilarious as Martha Stewart’s counterpart on Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party, there was surely little acting involved on set. However, if you take into account the sheer volume of other film endeavors Snoop has been a part of (most of which you probably haven’t yet heard of), the rapper is also quite an accomplished actor—though most of these films have never made it into theaters.
10 Ludacris
Since his first appearance in the Fast and Furious series in 2003’s 2 Fast 2 Furious, rapper Ludacris has been making a name for himself as the lovable tech guy amid the film’s chaos and crash sequences. Along with an appearance in 2004’s Oscar-winning Crash, Ludacris’ roster of films should suggest a more illustrious film career—though indeed, we still can’t seem to give the actor that attention he deserves.
