{"id":72000,"date":"2015-05-11T13:21:43","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T13:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2015\/05\/11\/exclusive-rapper-tyga-joins-barbershop-3\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:46:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:46:17","slug":"exclusive-rapper-tyga-joins-barbershop-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/exclusive-rapper-tyga-joins-barbershop-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Rapper Tyga Joins Barbershop 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Rapper Tyga Joins Barbershop 3<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

May 11, 2015<\/p>\n

\"Tyga\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Blackfilm.com has learned that rapper Tyga<\/strong> is the latest recording artist added to the\u00a0cast of Barbershop 3<\/strong>, joining Nicki Minaj<\/strong>,\u00a0and Eve<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Also added to the massive cast are\u00a0Margot Bingham<\/strong>, Diallo, Isaiah John<\/strong>, and Internet sensation and social media star\u00a0Auntie Fee.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

The film, which has begun production in Atlanta, and slated to hit theaters\u00a0on February 19, 2016, during Black History Month.
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\"Barbershop<\/a><\/p>\n

The film will be directed by Malcolm D. Lee<\/strong> from a script by Kenya Barris<\/strong> and Tracy Oliver<\/strong>.\u00a0Among the returning cast are Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Eve, Anthony Anderson, Jazsmin Lewis<\/strong>, and Sean Patrick Thomas<\/strong>. <\/strong>New cast members include Oscar winner Common, Regina Hall<\/strong>,\u00a0Nicki Minaj<\/a><\/strong>, Chyna Layne, <\/strong>Michael Rainey Jr., <\/strong>Deon Cole<\/strong>, Utkarsh Ambudkar<\/strong> (Pitch Perfect) and New Girl star Lamorne Morris.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cube Vision is producing through MGM, with Bob Teitel<\/strong> and George Tillman Jr<\/strong> of State Street Pictures on as lead producers.<\/p>\n

\"Barbershop<\/a><\/p>\n

MGM produced the 2002 original, which cost $12 million and grossed $75 million domestic while the 2004 sequel, Barbershop 2: Back in Business<\/strong>, cost $30 million and grossed $65 million. Tim Story<\/strong> (Ride Along) directed the first film, while Kevin Sullivan<\/strong> helmed the second.<\/p>\n

Tyga will also be seen in Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope<\/strong>, which premiered at Sundance this year and hits theaters this June, followed by a cameo appearance in Mike Elliot’s November Rule<\/strong>, which stars Tatyana Ali, Kali Hawk<\/strong> and La La Anthony<\/strong>.<\/p>\n