Tom Hardy, best known for his work in ‘Peaky Blinders’ and ‘Venom’, is about to take on a whole new persona. The actor recently confirmed that he will be making his musical debut as Frankie Pulitzer, aka Face Puller, and will release a rap album soon.
Tom Hardy drops first rap album
In collaboration with Czarface, a popular hip-hop supergroup, Tom Hardy will bring his rap persona, Face Puller, back to the main stage. While this isn’t the first time the actor has dabbled with rap music, this will be his first official release in a few years. The actor went viral a few years ago after his 1999 rap mixtape was leaked online.Billboard reports that he will be working with Czarface, which consists of 7L & Esoteric and Wu-Tang Clan’s Inspectah Deck. The album is set to be titled ‘Jerface Meets Frankie Pulitzer’, and is scheduled for release on August 28th. To announce the album release, the group have already dropped their lead single from the upcoming album titled ‘Brothers Grimm’.What makes it even more exciting is that some of the album’s collaborations include Busta Rhymes, Method Man and EL-P (Jaime Melin). This isn’t the first time Hardy and Jarface have collaborated, as the star featured on some of the group’s songs from their ‘Good Guys, Bad Guys’ EP.
About Busta Rhymes and Tom Hardy
In 2024, Busta Rhymes and Tom Hardy made headlines when the rapper met the star on the set of his movie. Not only that, she also shared a post about their meeting online and hinted at the time that they will be working together soon. The caption read, “I tell you all that there is no blessing, so we will never stop. The incredible Tom Hardy and Dragon, stay tuned.”Hardy also mentioned that Rhimes is one of his inspirations for the voice he uses when portraying Venom on the big screen. During a conversation with BBC Radio 1, he said that “I mix a little bit of Busta Rhymes, a little bit of Method and Redman, a little bit of James Brown and a little bit of Richard Burton.”
Tom Hardy’s uncertain stance on ‘Mobland’
At the same time there were reports about the actor’s uncertain future with ‘Mobland’. Since last month, there have been reports that the actor has been removed from his lead role on the show as the Harrigan family’s chief fixer, Harry da Souza. Pak reported the news, noting that some of the reasons he was allegedly fired from the show included that he was often late to work, tried to change dialogues, and clashed with the show’s producers on multiple occasions.
