GOAT potrayal of a Black Icon?

[GilSho]

A couple of contenders

Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in "Ray"

Laurence Fishburne as Ike Turner in "What's Love Got to Do with It"

Denzel Washington as Malcolm X in "Malcolm X"

Will Smith as Muhammad Ali in "Ali"

Chadwick Boseman as James Brown in "Get On Up"

Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in "Lady Sings the Blues"

Leon Robinson as David Ruffin in "The Temptations"

Flex Alexander as Michael Jackson in "The Man in the Mirror"

Feel free to add on.

 

[EBK String]

A couple of contenders





Will Smith as Muhammad Ali in "Ali"

Chadwick Boseman as James Brown in "Get On Up"

Flex Alexander as Michael Jackson in "The Man in the Mirror"

Feel free to add on.

 

[Collateral]

Woody McClain in the Booby Brown story

 

[KodeBlue]

It's damn near impossible to choose between Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles or Denzel as Malcolm X.


I'll go with Flex as the GOAT.

 

[blaccbeard]

i always loved that frankie lymon movie 'why do fools fall in love'

Also Chadwick Boseman don't get enough credit, man has played Jackie Robinson, James Brown, and Thurgood Marshall all to perfection. What a fukkin beast.

 

[Cadillac]

Antony Mackie as Tupac

Spoiler

 

[Easy-E]

X

 

[UpAndComing]

Denzel as Malcolm

As soon as I saw the list, I knew who to pick easily

 

[Neuromancer]

Either Denzel or Jamie.