{"id":1217386,"date":"2022-10-06T13:58:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T13:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/06\/kanye-west-wants-jamie-foxx-to-play-him-in-a-movie\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T13:58:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T13:58:20","slug":"kanye-west-wants-jamie-foxx-to-play-him-in-a-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/06\/kanye-west-wants-jamie-foxx-to-play-him-in-a-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West wants Jamie Foxx to play him in a movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Without a movie deal in the works, Kanye West has already cast a lead role.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper, who has once again found himself\u00a0at the centre of yet another controversy this week, revealed he wants Jamie Foxx to play him should a film based on his life ever be made.<\/p>\n<p>One of the \u201cJesus Walks\u201d hitmaker\u2019s many\u00a0Instagram posts\u00a0this week included one where he asked his 17.9 million followers who should play him in a \u201cYe Movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pair collaborated several times throughout their respective glittering careers, with their first link-up being in 2003 for Foxx and Twista\u2019s \u201cSlow Jamz\u201d and for the 2005 track \u201cGold Digger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also in 2005, West was guest featured on Foxx\u2019s track \u201cExtravaganza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>West praised Foxx as \u201cone of the greatest geniuses\u201d in the entertainment industry. Foxx won an Oscar and a Golden Globe honour in the Best Actor category for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the drama \u201cRay.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CjVq9ILpKkK\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>It comes as West this week cruelly mocked Gabriella Karefa-Johnson\u2019s style choices for not approving of his widely condemned\u00a0merchandise, which\u00a0featured \u201cWhite Lives Matter\u201d T-shirts.<\/p>\n<p>Front-row guest Jaden Smith\u00a0left the show immediately\u00a0when he saw the designs. West was\u00a0subsequently criticized by a phalanx of\u00a0journalists, activists and public figures.<\/p>\n<p>Supermodel Gigi Hadid\u00a0is among his most notable detractors. She blasted West while defending Vogue editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson in a heated Instagram comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-12.png\" alt=\"Kanye West wants Jamie Foxx to play him in a movie\" class=\"wp-image-10032183333 lazy\"  data- title=\"Kanye West wants Jamie Foxx to play him in a movie\"\/><figcaption>The pair have collaborated on a series of songs throughout their respective glittering careers. WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-13-700x1024.png\" alt=\"Kanye West wants Jamie Foxx to play him in a movie\" class=\"wp-image-10032183335 lazy\"  data- title=\"Kanye West wants Jamie Foxx to play him in a movie\"\/><figcaption>West called Foxx \u201cone of the greatest geniuses.\u201d Kevin Winter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou wish u had a percentage of her intellect. You have no idea haha\u2026If there\u2019s actually a point to any of your s\u2013t she might be the only person that could save u,\u201d\u00a0Hadid, 27,\u00a0wrote\u00a0under\u00a0a post West shared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vogue ultimately\u00a0shared a statement in support\u00a0of their employee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVogue stands with Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, our global fashion editor at large and longtime contributor. She was personally targeted and bullied. It is unacceptable,\u201d the magazine wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow more than ever, voices like hers are needed and in a private meeting with Ye today she once again spoke her truth in a way she felt best, on her terms.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/kanye-west-wants-jamie-foxx-to-play-him-in-a-movie\/\">Source<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Without a movie deal in the works, Kanye West has already cast a lead role. The rapper, who has once again found himself\u00a0at the centre of yet another controversy this week, revealed he wants Jamie Foxx to play him should a film based on his life ever be made. 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