Critically acclaimed rapper/actor Mos Def has joined the list of high caliber performers in the forthcoming rock & roll movie, Cadillac Records.
According to the Hollywood Reporter Mos will portray guitar legend Chuck Berry in the big screen story based on the real success of the legendary Chess Records label.
As SOHH previously reported, Beyonce Knowles will star as soul icon Etta James in the picture, while Oscar winner Adrien Brody will play Chess co-founder Leonard Chess. Jeffrey Wright, Eamonn Walker and Cedric the Entertainer will also star in the film playing Chess artists Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Willie Dixon respectively. Gabrielle Union has signed on for the role of Waters' girlfriend, Geneva Wade.
Darnell Martin (Their Eyes Were Watching God) - who also penned the script - will direct Cadillac Records, which is currently filming in New Jersey.
Mos Def recently appeared in the Michel Gondry comedy Be Kind Rewind.
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