Kanye West wants Jamie Foxx to play him in a biopic

nme.com:

Kanye West has revealed that, should a film based on his life ever be greenlit, he’d want Jamie Foxx to star in the lead role.The controversial rapper touted Foxx as his “pick” for the prospective role – which is, for now at least, purely hypothetical – in a new post on Instagram, asking fans who they wanted to see play West in a “Ye movie”.West called Foxx “one of the greatest geniuses”, but many fans seemed to disagree with his viability for the role – multiple commenters have instead jokingly suggested the likes of Danny DeVito, Danny McBride and Pete Davidson.A post shared by Ye (@kanyewest)Foxx and West have linked up several times in the past, though.

Their first collaboration came in 2003, when both artists joined Twista on the single ‘Slow Jamz’. Their next pairing came to be in 2005, when Foxx guested on West’s hit single ‘Gold Digger’.

That October, West returned the favour by guesting on Foxx’s ‘Extravaganza’. Most recently, West appeared alongside Drake and The-Dream on a remix of Foxx’s 2009 single ‘Digital Girl’.The recording of ‘Slow Jamz’ was featured in the recent Netflix documentary jeen-yuhs, which followed West’s career up until the start of the new decade.

Back in March, a clip from the film – which was ultimately cut from its final edit – showed West arguing about the creative direction of the single’s music video.Shortly before that clip emerged, West and Foxx reunited on Instagram Live, teasing that the pair would share a new collaboration in the future. “I told you, back at that time, man, that [Kanye] was young and hungry,” Foxx told viewers in reference to the ‘Slow Jamz’ clip. “Now look at us.