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Intro
Last week, Club Lil Jon—a porno film directed by the King of Crunk, Lil Jon—hit legitimate retailers adult video stores everywhere. According to Jon, the movie was filmed back in 2005 and he has since moved on professionally which is why he has denounced the film. Jon’s change of gears got us thinking about all of the other rappers that have taken the porn plunge throughout the years.
Ever since Snoop Dogg came through and crushed the buildings in 2000 with Doggystyle (no, not the album), the adult film industry has been a fairly common way for rappers to make a quick (albeit, dirty) buck. Sure, pornstars have crossed over into rap (like Brian Pumper) and plenty have popped up rap videos, but only a select few rappers have actually crossed-over into porn. Some of them even performed! That’s why we put together Doggystyle: When Rappers Make Porn cataloging the history of rappers making XXX-rated films. And although this post is generally suitable for work, most of these links are totally NSFW. You’ve been warned...
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Yella
DJ Yella
Involvement: Director, Actor (Host and performer)
Movie(s): Bangin’ In L.A. (2002), Sugarwalls 40 (2003), DJ Yella’s Reel 2 Reel (2003)
Famous co-stars: Ice La Fox, Adina Jewel
Critical review: “This is pure gonzo porn with Yella and his friend out trolling for girls and getting lucky at every turn.” (via RogReviews' review of DJ Yella’s Reel 2 Reel)
Complex says: Although we only listed three above, Yella has admitted to having directed over 250 porn films. He started directing in 1994 and he performed in the films for a couple of years starting in 2000. But according to his IAFD profile, he’s been out the game since 2005. The only part we can’t figure out is why he never made a porno called Fuck The Police. ZING!
Son Doobie
Son Doobie
Involvement: Actor (Performer)
Movie(s): Vivid 6: Son Doobie, Porn King (1997) & Son Doobie The Love Doctor (1999)
Famous co-stars: Ron Jeremy, Leanni Lei
Critical review: “Claudia appears at the radio station. She enters his booth as he goes to a commercial....Son Doobie plants his face between her butt cheeks.” (via LSB's review of Son Doobie The Love Doctor)
Complex says: Dr. Dre: “Man, ain't you ever seen that one movie Kids?” Eminem: “No, but I seen the porno with Son Doobiest!” Hey, at least Shady is a fan. Too bad the film has faces in butt cheeks, but (to the best of our limited knowledge) no nostril fucking. Sorry Em!
Uncle Luke
Uncle Luke
Involvement: Actor (Host)
Movie(s): Luke’s Freakshow Series (1999-early 2000s)
Famous co-stars: Gloria Velez
Critical review “You basically see big 'ol booties doing creative things with those booties and other body parts.” (via Amazon user's review of Luke's Freakshow, Vol. 6: Something Nasty)
Complex says: As you've probably heard, Luke is currently running for Mayor of Dade County and has a bold platform of taxing strippers. So we're guessing these Girls Gone Wild-style films he made way back when will become a political asset instead of a liability because it shows he has experience dealing with stippers. Either way, we really don't care, we're just glad this series gave us footage of Gloria Velez eating another chick out (Google it ya pervs!).
Kool Keith
Kool Keith
Involvement: Actor (Character)
Movie(s): Sex For Life Too (1999)
Famous co-stars: Ron Jeremy
Critical review: “Things get violent, yet somehow we move from a deranged guy accidentally beating his wife to death with a phone book, to our first sex scene.” (via RogReviews)
Complex says: Dr. Octagon has long let the world know about his love for porn, especially in interviews where he listed his favorite porn stars. What else would you expect from a rapper who made an album called Spankmaster which featured cover art like this.
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Involvement: Writer, Actor (Host)
Movie(s): Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle (2000), Snoop Dogg’s Hustlaz: Diary of A Pimp (2002), Sex And The Studio (2003), Doggystyle II (2005)
Famous co-stars: Lacey Duvalle, Ron Jeremy, Bishop Don Magic Juan
Review: “Entertaining? Yes, But not from a sexual standpoint.” (via Bobby Steele’s review of Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle)
Complex says: Overall, we're just glad Snoop was smart enough to let the pros knock the boots while he stuck to debuting exclusive songs. A well-known botanist, and getting up there in age, it's doubtful Snoop's got anything left in the tank for professional skeeo's these days.
Treach
Treach
Involvement: Actor (Simulated performer)
Movie(s): Treach’s Naturally Naughty Porn Movie (2002) & Sex and The Studio Vol. 1 (2002)
Famous co-stars: Obsession, Lacey Duvalle
Critical review: “The rappers were on there game here. I'm so glad Redman and Humpty Hump didn't whip their shit out.” (via Adult DVD Empire's review of Sex and The Studio)
Complex says: Simulated porn is like decafe coffee: Totally pointless. Not that we really wanna see Treach get it on, but you don’t decide you’re gonna do a movie with Obsession and then not actually do the deed. C’mon son!
Mystikal
Mystikal
Involvement: Actor (Host)
Movies: Liquid City (2002) & Liquid City 2 (2003)
Famous co-stars: Janet Jacme, Lexington Steele, Ice LaFox, Jada Fire
Critical review: “Chaos has a tight body with a gap in her teeth that would make David Letterman proud.” (via XCritic's review of Liquid City 2)
Complex says: Some of our favorite BET Uncut videos are from Mystikal's catalog, so it kinda made sense for him to make porn. Too bad he ended up hosting a bid up north afterward. Hopefully, no one asked him to shake it fast while he was locked up.
Too Short
Too $hort
Involvement: Actor (Performer)
Movie(s): Get In Where You Fit In 1(2003)
Famous co-stars: Mika Tan, Wesley Pipes
Critical review: “The next time a friend has a house party, this is definitely the DVD to stick in the player when no one is looking and possibly inspire the girls around you to do some of their own slutty tricks.” (via Rancho Carne)
Complex says: We thought about asking $hort about his film when we interviewed him the other day. But then we realized, we would rather not know what it like to meet a guy named Wesley Pipes.
G Unit
G-Unit
Involvement: Actors (Hosts)
Movie(s): Groupie Love (2004)
Famous co-stars: Taylor Rain, Kaylani Lei
Critical review: “All of the women are great looking, especially Monica and Kaylani. Women like this are the reason men get into music, sports, acting, law, politics or reviewing porn.” (via RogReviews)
Complex says: A few years removed from the classic G-Unit mixtape track "Porno Star," 50 and company went ahead and got into making porno films. And although G-Unit may not have many Grammys to their name, they won two AVN Awards (the Oscars of porn) for Groupie Love.
Lil Jon
Lil Jon
Involvement: Director, Actor (Host)
Movie(s): Lil Jon’s Vivid Vegas Party (2005), Lil Jon and The Eastside Boyz American Sex Series (2004), Club Lil Jon (2011)
Famous co-stars: Olivia O’Lovely, Ice La Fox, Brian Pumper
Review: “Whatever is in that Crunk Juice he's drinking, Lil' Jon sure knows his nookie.” (via XCritic's review of Lil Jon's Vivid Vegas Party)
Complex says: Before Lil Jon was trying to gain favor with the Donald on Celebrity Apprentice, he was on the come-up in the smut-film game. Now he wants no parts of the newly released Club Lil Jon, claiming he's moved on professionally. Hey, we've all got skeletons in the closet. Although, for most of us, it's not porno tapes with our faces on the cover.
Kurupt
Artist: Kurupt
Involvement: Actor (Host)
Movie(s): Uncut XXX (2005)
Famous co-stars: Cherokee D’Ass, Roxy Reynolds, Wesley Pipes
Critical review: “If you like watching the sistas and brothas doing the freaky-deaky, this is a good title. I even got a bit of the jungle fever myself after checking this one out.” (via Rancho Carne)
Complex says: Truth be told, Kurupt Young Gotti doesn’t even make an appearance in any fashion until the very end. Which means he’s winning in the “getting paid for some shit you’d do anyway” category.
Coolio
Coolio
Involvement: Actor
Movie(s): Coolio & The Gang Bang (2007)
Famous co-stars: Francesca Felucci
Review: N/A
Complex says: M.C. Hammer and Vanilla Ice may be two of the all-time greatest hip-hop punching bags, but (in some ways) even they didn’t fall off harder than Coolio did. Dude was a legitimate star in the early '90s and he spent 2000s doing guest spots on game shows like Fear Factor and Pyramid before succumbing to making porn (even if it had an inspired title). Couldn't he at least get a stint on Celebrity Rehab?