Phoenix rises from the ashes… as a rapper!(?)

Former actor Joaquin Phoenix – best known to cinema-goers as the Emperor Commodus from Ridley Scott’s Oscar-winning movie Gladiator – has resurrected his career in the most unlikely of places. Last friday, Phoenix took the mic at a Las Vegas nightclub for the first time and officially entered the world of hip-hop, complete with, uh, requisite neckbeard?

Now, I know that some people can successfuly do an entertainment-biz career change like this, but I can’t help but feel that he might be the stupidest emcee since MC Frontalot. Hopefully he doesn’t take up puppeteering next…