David Banner, Cuba Gooding Jr. Set to Star in Upcoming Film About the Juice Crew

 •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  21 Comments

Rapper David Banner and Academy Award winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. are set to appear in an upcoming independent film about Marley Marl’s legendary Juice Crew. Called The Vapors, the film will chronicle the rise of the groundbreaking Queens collective that counted MC Shan, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Craig G, Tragedy Khadafi, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Masta Ace, and Roxanne Shanté as members. According to Blackfilm.com, Banner will play Biz Markie, while Cuba Gooding Jr. will fill the role of pioneering DJ and crew founder Marley Marl. Other cast members include singer/actress Keke Palmer as Roxanne Shanté and The Wire’s Idris Elba as Tyronne Williams a.k.a Fly Ty. Marley founded the Juice Crew in the late 80’s and they went on to release the classic posse cut “The Symphony,” followed by a number of monumental solo records from individual members. MC Shan’s “The Bridge” famously ignited a battle with KRS-One and his Bronx based Boogie Down Productions, and Shanté’s “Roxanne’s Revenge” spawned a seemingly endless string of copycat and response tracks. Big Daddy Kane, Marley and Roxanne Shanté are all executive producing the film in conjunction with Questionmark Entertainment. Director Furqaan Clover is expected to helm the project, and filming is scheduled to begin in January 2008.

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  • Mac Sleepy

    I can’t wait 2 see this.. I always wondered how it all started. Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Biz Markie, Craig G & Roxanne Shante’… Mc Shan vs KRS-One, my big cousin still argue about who won that battle. This is gonna be good!

    http://www.myspace.com/macsleepy66

    • The Shogun

      Your “Big Cousin” still argues over who won the battle!?!?!?!?!

      KRS(BDP) ripped them fools(Shan)……

      tell your cousin to stop arguin…….lol

  • HO! HO! HO!

    Sounds Good…The Hip-Hop stars of yesterday are far more interesting than today’s rapp’n ringtone duffle-bag Jigs.

  • KFrizzle

    Hopefully Ace will get some shine in this flick…dude has always been slept on!

    • The Shogun

      @KFrizzle

      No doubt homeboy. Masta Ace last album was dope, i think it was his last one, “Long hot Summer”, right. The one with the “Fats Belvedere” skits, lol, shit had me rollin. Dope album.

  • EReal

    You know who would be perfect to play Biz Markie???

    BIZ FUCKING MARKIE!

    Ass backwards fucks.

    • nappy_pappy

      yo how stupid can u be?? yea that would look real, everyone playin all these artists back in their hayday, cept the only one that stands out would be 48 year old bizmarkie playin a 20 year old biz…getthefuggouttahea

  • http://xxlmag.com Tito Santana

    Labratz album(Atlantis Rising)available now on Itunes,Amazon, and Rhapsody.com feat Da Backwudz,Stik Man of Dead Prez, and Skinny Deville of Nappy Roots…Labratz are Da Backwudz new group… Check da myspace page at myspace.com\thelabratzmusic or myspace.com\dabackwudzmusic…New video on da way for their first single(Creation).. Dont Sleep…. Gotta Check thiz Juice Crew movie out Str8 up… How do u know where you’re goin if you don’t know where U came From

  • Young Deuce aka Princinnati

    Thats a good look for David Banner and Cuba. Also I like this for hip hop because it can show where a lot of this movement we call hip hop originated so a lot of young guys can pay hommage and show respect to those who started our lifestyle. Me being only 21 I know about some of the legnds but I don’t know all that I need to know when it comes to details. I will make sure I check this out the day it comes out.

  • BK Cyph

    Tell Omar Epps to grow his jUice Gumby and he can play Kane!

  • Durty

    Fuck Cuba Gooding Jr
    Fat Face Muthafucka

    • nappy_pappy

      wow you hatin so hard that you come off like a dick rider! lmao

  • http://www.hip-hopkings.com Stu

    I like Cuba Gooding Jr., but David Banner sucks big time.

  • http://XXLMAG DUN FIGURO

    YES YES YALL THE SYMPHANY….BOUT DAMN TIME A MOVIE THAT REPRESENTS US “HIP HOP HEADS”….QUEENS THE GLORY DAYS

  • Mean Greene

    Cuba Gooding Jr. in an important movie about hip-hop culture?

    Somewhere Blair Underwood is smiling…or plugging a white broad. Either one.

  • ron

    this is great news, hopefully new and old school will support. the juice crew represents one of greatest hip hop eras of all times. you must learn !!!!!!

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  • Derek

    How the hell is David Banner a ‘Nuh’ from the South going to play Bizmark?” That’s some bu##s**t.

  • Dirty

    ^^^ The same way Idris Elba a ‘Nuh’ from England is going to ply Fly Ty.

  • Big daddy

    This is a good move for hip hop, but they should get some younger actors to play the roles not these old fools

  • http://www.miclowreyintro.blogspot.com Mic Lowrey

    First and foremst, this is the blueprint as to all hip hop crews are made, that is the first thing, Bad Boy, DEATHROW, RAP A LOT, they all got the real blueprint from Marley Marl, I KNOW you are going to say Rush but Run DMC never signed to Def Jam or Kurtis Blow, so he only got half props for that.

    Mr Magic, Fly Ty, Marley Marl, they the originators of the new way hip hop is done, Kane, Rakim, G Rap, L.L, the fathers to this, they all got produced initially by Marley Marl, in Queens Bridge PROJECTS, (that place should get Historic Preservation Status) than you add in Biz, Shan, Shante (the first to make the beef really nuts) and Craig G, Master Ace and dont forget the DJ’s, Mister Cee and Action and Polo & Cool V, and the one who kept is moving and the original hook master to never release an album T.J. Swan.

    The Juice CREW > EVERYBODY (except Ra)