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| Rapper Riff Raff takes TV soap role to mock James Franco | Rapper Riff Raff takes TV soap role to mock James Franco |
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| Riff Raff will have his revenge on James Franco. After inspiring the actor's recent turn in Harmony Korine's film Spring Breakers, the Houston rapper is getting his own back by playing "Jamie Franko" in a TV soap opera. | Riff Raff will have his revenge on James Franco. After inspiring the actor's recent turn in Harmony Korine's film Spring Breakers, the Houston rapper is getting his own back by playing "Jamie Franko" in a TV soap opera. |
| With his long braids and blinged-out grillz, Riff Raff was one of 2012's breakout MCs, rattling the underground with a ridiculous and vaguely threatening bravado. For Spring Breakers, Franco channelled this spirit – and Riff Raff's look – for his portrayal of Alien, a "gangster mystic" who plays with guns, drugs and the film's female leads. | With his long braids and blinged-out grillz, Riff Raff was one of 2012's breakout MCs, rattling the underground with a ridiculous and vaguely threatening bravado. For Spring Breakers, Franco channelled this spirit – and Riff Raff's look – for his portrayal of Alien, a "gangster mystic" who plays with guns, drugs and the film's female leads. |
| Riff Raff has claimed he was actually supposed to appear in Spring Breakers, portraying one of Alien's friends. "I was supposed to be in there also," he told Fuse TV last month. But the 25-year-old couldn't make it to the film shoot. "Even though I couldn't be a part of this project, I'm still glad that James Franco could play the role of me." | Riff Raff has claimed he was actually supposed to appear in Spring Breakers, portraying one of Alien's friends. "I was supposed to be in there also," he told Fuse TV last month. But the 25-year-old couldn't make it to the film shoot. "Even though I couldn't be a part of this project, I'm still glad that James Franco could play the role of me." |
| For his part, Franco has refused to clarify the rapper was his template. Although Riff Raff was "one of a number [of Alien's] … inspirations", the actor told GQ, "the biggest model … was this local Florida rapper named Dangeruss". | For his part, Franco has refused to clarify the rapper was his template. Although Riff Raff was "one of a number [of Alien's] … inspirations", the actor told GQ, "the biggest model … was this local Florida rapper named Dangeruss". |
| Riff Raff was infuriated by that assertion. "James Franco's image and appearance characteristics are Riff Raff all day," he wrote to the New York Observer. "Why all the lies Franco?" | Riff Raff was infuriated by that assertion. "James Franco's image and appearance characteristics are Riff Raff all day," he wrote to the New York Observer. "Why all the lies Franco?" |
| Riff Raff now seems set to even the score. According to HiphopDX, the MC has been cast in an episode of One Life to Live, due to air on 7 May. The rapper plays a Miami art dealer called Jamie Franko. Riff Raff's gag goes deeper than just his character's name: the real Franco is notorious for a recurring guest role on another US soap, General Hospital. | Riff Raff now seems set to even the score. According to HiphopDX, the MC has been cast in an episode of One Life to Live, due to air on 7 May. The rapper plays a Miami art dealer called Jamie Franko. Riff Raff's gag goes deeper than just his character's name: the real Franco is notorious for a recurring guest role on another US soap, General Hospital. |
| Now signed to Diplo's Mad Decent label, Riff Raff is due to release his third LP later this year. The album is reported to include appearances by A$AP Rocky, Wiz Khalifa and Drake. | Now signed to Diplo's Mad Decent label, Riff Raff is due to release his third LP later this year. The album is reported to include appearances by A$AP Rocky, Wiz Khalifa and Drake. |
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