In a recent interview with Details magazine, actor Idris Elba mentioned that when not filming HBO’s “The Wire” he and castmates, Wood Harris(Avon Barksdale) and Hassan Johnson(Wee Bey)would lay down hip hop tracks and record themselves rapping. Considering that Idris deejays and produces as a “side gig”, the idea isn’t really that farfetched.
Below is the intro he produced for Jay-Z’s, “American Gangster” album.
