Knuckles rapped?

I recently compiled a list of rapper / actors for TOUCH Magazine . I love feedback so let me know if you agree or disagree with this guy…

“I am a fairly new subscriber to your magazine in that I don’t often have the chance to get it, not always UK based you see, but I was fortunate to get the Taio Cruz (front cover) issue, the CD is great as are nearly all of the articles or info inside your magazine, a magazine that I should say I am a big fan of, but, in this issue there was a double page spread regarding rappers and their film careers, as they are to date. Loved the concept except that whoever, I realise I may be making no friends here, worded the feature, well, i feel they kinda didn’t know what they were talking about, and let me explain why!

1) 50 Cent apparently only played himself, he got a three star, as did Mos Def, who has neither played himself and has performed, and notably well in far more films, The Woodsman, Monsters Ball, and Brown Sugar alone, deserve far more credit to a man playing so far out of character, and even recently in 16 blocks he out shone Mr Willis, disagree if you can.

2)Will Smith, a four, oh no, no, you said, and I quote, ‘uses his sex appeal rather than acting skills to win his audience over’ oh but an engaging couple of hours, wow, unadulterated praise, Mmm, and yet also LL Cool J, who is certainly not as good as dear old Will, and yet you said, ‘but like Will Smith. . .’ I thought Will has made some good films, shame its usually about the comic black man such as Bad Boys etc, but Bagger Vance, Enemy of the State and most recently Pursuit of Happiness have indeed shown he is a capable actor, but really does he outdo a Mos Def performance, and he’s supposed to be the star, Mos Def is at best a second in any film we have seen him. 

3)Ice cube, are you fucking kiddin me, pleased stop the love because he starred in two good films, and only one was he the best, Boyz in the Hood, Friday was great, but lets face it, it was Chris Tucker who stole the show, did you SEE the follow ups? Look if Mos, 50, Asher D, who I think has done some stunning work and has a future destined outside of his safe zone and some of the roles he’s played, are a 3 then you need someone with a better knowledge of film to have written that two page spread, Luda, a four, oh yes because he’s done some just sterling work, though your guy Michael was right, Crash was special, he shined, but the story also allowed him that and he was still ghetto ruff neck, a role like many of these artists are a little too close to the past truth to allow us to believe in their acting, as you said it your self Michael, they are playing themselves.  

4)I also feel that DMX’s role in Belly is more noteworthy that you gave credit for, but…
  Tupac Shakur’s worst role was in Bullet, his best was Grid, locked with Tim Roth whose own role was superbly acted and yet both were matched and more dynamic way than Tupac and Belushi, (see can’t we all just get along) a film marred I felt by a poor script, not by talent.
 
My own rating would have been as follows, and no one gets a five, are you crazy????
Marky Mark, Mos Def, Asher D and Tupac all four stars
Queen Lafifah 50, Will Smith, three stars
Ludacris, Ice Cube, LL Cool J, DMX, and Snoop all 2 and a half stars
 
I thank you for your time and greatly enjoy your magazine, but just had to have a say on a subject matter I feel quite strongly about. Peace Andy”

So what do you think…?