So G.O.O.D. Music artist KiD CuDi had joined the ranks of his label mate Common and about 85 percent of the hip-hop world in exchanging lyrical fanfare for honing his acting chops. Instead of trying to star in a major feature film, KiD CuDi will be the lead in a HBO series called How To Make It In America.

Congratulations on landing this role and hopefully you blow audiences away just like your music career.

Why is it that rappers correlate their music with similar appeal to acting? I mean I get it with the music videos and commercials that some acting is needed but to transcend from the aforementioned to a huge movie just doesn't make sense.

I mean DMX and Aaliyah did a decent job in Romeo Must Die. The love connection with her and Jet Li was a little unbelievable but it worked. Mos Def did his thing in Cadillac Records but Next Day Air could of been a declined role offer. And I could  continue to critique the acting roles of hip-hop's elite but I'd be here for a really long time.

I don't have a problem with rappers acting but I do have a problem with rappers never going back to their original art form or getting too hyped up for a role granted their performance is lackluster. Not everyone can act. Not everyone can rap. Few can do both and that's the problem that these faux actors don't get. Superstardom in one realm doesn't automatically grant access to another one.

I'm really not that bitter but just annoyed. If rappers want to act then go ahead, but take at least a couple of acting classes just to say that you tried to learn.

- By Jeremy Carmona