Diddy To Produce Phoenix Rap Album

Sometimes an idea will look bad on paper and magically come together, surprisingly everyone with its success outside of those who envisioned the bizarre notion. I’m really not sure this is one of those ideas. In fact, a Joaquin Phoenix rap album produced by P Diddy is beyond just a normal bad idea. It’s a terrible idea. It’s the Bay Of Pigs, Britney getting married to that random dude for about five minutes, a crack addict having more children. But I’ve been wrong before.

According to NME, Joaquin will begin playing gigs starting this weekend in Vegas. It’s unclear when the former actor will head into the studio, but that’s when Diddy will arrive, probably armed to the teeth with bizarre samples. I know Phoenix can sing (thanks Walk The Line), but has anyone even heard him rap? He doesn’t really come off like a loose-mouthed emcee.

Apparently, Casey Affleck will be documenting the entire rap transition in a currently filming feature-length documentary. It’ll probably premiere to copious amounts of hoopla and acclaim at Sundance in a few years. Joaquin Phoenix’s debut rap album--probably not so much.