Chance The Rapper To Star In Mystery Film, ‘Slice’

Chance the Rapper has been bit by the acting bug, again. The Chi-town rapper has been tapped to star in a mystery flick, Slice. According to reports, the film, which is directed by Austin Vesley, follows characters as they try to find out who killed a local pizza delivery man. Slice is due out in 2016. Chance will play a character named Dax. No word on how his role fits into the plot.

Our first character poster for the upcoming feature film #SLICE. @chancetherapper as 'Dax.'

A photo posted by S L I C E (@slicefilm) on Jun 25, 2015 at 5:24pm PDT

“When a pizza delivery driver is murdered on the job, the city searches for someone to blame: ghosts? drug dealers? a disgraced werewolf?,” reads the IMDb page. Chance is also listed as a producer for the film.

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The “Juice” rapper also starred in a short film earlier this year, Mr. Happy,  where he played a suicidal loner who has had many unsuccessful attempts at killing himself.