{"id":355,"date":"2015-04-29T05:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/?p=355"},"modified":"2023-12-20T10:59:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:59:57","slug":"12-famous-actors-who-turned-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/12-famous-actors-who-turned-musicians","title":{"rendered":"12 Famous Actors Who Turned Musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Let\u2019s start our top 12 list of actors who have some serious musical talent with some wordplay. The verb act<\/strong> is defined as \u2018taking action\/doing something<\/strong>\u2019. Don’t get us wrong, we do believe that there\u2019s so much more to acting and singing than what we are about to pull from this simple definition. Just for the sake of this wordplay, we’ll say that actors are taking action, and musicians are doing something. No offense, we\u2019ll explain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Hasselhoff – True Survivor (via YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Namely, actors are taking action in every sense of this word: they\u2019re saving the world, expressing every emotion known to humankind, they’re jumping, running, and some of them have great fighting skills – on and off-screen and etc. Ever wondered why movie directors say \u2018action<\/strong>\u2019 and not \u2018do something\u2019 right before shooting a scene? There is a pretty good reason for that, and unfortunately, this little wordplay won’t solve that mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As opposed to actors, musicians are doing something with their voices, and that something is truly amazing.  As defined by Wikipedia, what singers do is they \u2018produce musical sounds with their voice\u2019. They do something with their voice, and the result is beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, the whole point of this wordplay was to discretely point out that there\u2019s a connection between movies and music. Listing our top 12 actors who turned musicians, we\u2019ll discover what happens when two worlds, music and movies, collide. We won’t be talking about musicals, but actors who have started their musical career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Aubrey Drake Graham (Drake)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First on our list is Drake<\/a>, a multitalented genius who has 10<\/strong> number 1 singles<\/strong> on the Billboard Rap Chart. Now, Hold on won’t coming home<\/strong>. Well, we won\u2019t be exactly going home, but back to Drake\u2019s beginnings in the entertainment world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This talented actor\/singer appeared in several TV movies and series from 2001 to 2005. At the age of 15, Drake got a first real chance at acting on the Canadian TV show – Degrassi: The Next Generation. From there, his acting career took off, giving him big roles in The Hangover Part III, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Ice Age: Continental Drift\u2026 Need we say more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for his musical career, it began in 2006. He won an ASCAP award for Most Performed Songs in 2010, 2011, and 2012. At BET awards 2014, he brought home an award for Best Male Hip Hop Artist. Actor or singer, we’ll have to agree he\u2019s doing just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drake – Hold On, We’re Going Home with Majid Jordan (The Ellen Show)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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