It looks like rapper Azealia Banks is looking to expand her horizons. She will be making her film debut as the star of the upcoming Coco. Coco will be directed by RZA with Banks starring in the titular role. Costars include Common, Jill Scott, Lucien Laviscount, and Lorraine Toussaint. The script was written by Nicole Jefferson Asher. The premise from Deadline is included below.

In the Brooklyn-set drama, Banks plays an aspiring twentysomething rapper who wants a career in hip-hop but is torn by her parents’ dreams that she finish college. She gives in. While matriculating, she finds herself in the classroom; she experiences the true calling of the power of the spoken word, which helps her goals as a hip-hop artist.

Production is set to start on Coco soon.

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