Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Music news Jamie Foxx: The master of the entertainment universe
Posted by Ben Westhoff on Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Let’s face it — Jamie Foxx can do just about anything he wants. After he accidentally leaked a pickle shot onto the Internet, he claimed the nude self-portrait was for an upcoming movie role. After he joked on his satellite radio show that Miley Cyrus should make a sex tape and do some heroin, he simply apologized to her and all was immediately forgiven. No one holds anything against him because, well, he’s one of the great talents of his generation, a Rat Pack throwback who can act, tell jokes and sing.
Oddly, Foxx still feels like he has to prove himself when it comes to his musical prowess, despite his latest album, Intuition, being his second consecutive R&B smash. “Until you get a chance to define another side of your career, people will always say, ‘You’re doing it as a hobby,’” he imparts by phone.
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