It’s a surprising and unconventional combination — rap music and one of America’s most classic novels.
But director Baz Luhrmann has reportedly signed rapper, Jay-Z, to produce an original score for his ambitious upcoming adaptation of The Great Gatsby.
The news leaked out when Jeymes Samuels of the The Bullitts tweeted yesterday, “Jay-Z and myself have been working tirelessly on the score for the upcoming #CLASSIC The Great Gatsby! It is too DOPE for words!”
No official statement from Jay-Z has been released regarding his involvement.
“On my first day he had Jay-Z pumped up full, and we did the entire scene with, you know, Jay-Z in our ear on full blast while acting, and it was just so liberating,” Isla Fisher, who plays Myrtle Wilson, told MTV.
And this isn’t the first time that the Aussie-native director has juxtaposed modern music with classic stories – Romeo + Juliet with Radiohead in 1996 and Moulin Rouge! with Madonna in 2001.
The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire hits theaters May 10th, 2013. See the trailer, featuring Jay-Z and Kanye West’s ‘No Church In The Wild’ below.
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