Joaquin Phoenix (again)

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Joaquin Phoenix appears to be getting into the act of being a petulant hip-hop star.

He jumped off the stage during a short performance at a Miami Beach nightclub early Thursday morning and confronted an audience member who was heckling him. Security guards dragged him back on stage and escorted him away.

It's unknown whether the confrontation — and his pledge to quit acting and start rapping — was real or a put-on, but actor Casey Affleck recorded the performance on camera.

In October, Phoenix's publicist confirmed he was making the career switch. In January he performed at a Las Vegas nightclub and the next month he made a strange appearance on David Letterman's "Late Show." Actor Ben Stiller lampooned that appearance at the Oscars.

Hundreds of people packed the nightclub at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel after the doors opened at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday night.

Several of those in the audience said they came just to see Phoenix, who left them cooling their heels for almost four hours while disc jockeys played house and hip-hop music.

Phoenix came out on stage before 2 a.m., smoking a cigarette and wearing a disheveled dark suit, sneakers and his scraggly long hair and beard.

He began rapping to a beat played by the DJ and nodding to the music, although most of the lyrics were unintelligible. Then he responded to someone who appeared to be heckling him in the audience near the stage.

"We have a (double-expletive) in the audience," he said before jumping into the crowd. It was not immediately clear whether the two men exchanged any blows.

"I saw the guy screaming at Joaquin, and Joaquin just came down," said Jorge Lledo, 30, of Miami Beach.

Security guards swarmed the scene and dragged Phoenix away.

The bizarre spectacle struck many in the audience as the latest prank in an extended farce staged by Phoenix. Affleck, an Oscar-nominated actor who is also Phoenix's brother-in-law, is making a documentary about Phoenix's career shift.

"(Affleck's) camera was filming the whole time, so it makes me think he has ulterior motives," said Luis Gendron, 23, of Miami.

"He knows the game he's playing, and he's good at it," Gendron said of Phoenix.
 

GHP

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big publicity stunt, i don't buy anything celebs do anymore. they are saying the rihanna chris brown shit is a play to make that bitch out to be like shes tina turner or some shit
 
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Here's the video of it...


My honest opinion? This whole Joaquin Phoenix rap thing is heavily inspired by the late Andy Kaufman.

 
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what this juoquin pheonix character is doing is just dumb and it's an embarassment to hip-hop
get the fuck out of here with your poor attempt at comedy
whoever imitated him at the grammies was funnier than him altogether
 
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http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1606852/20090312/story.jhtml

During a performance at LIV, the swanky nightclub located at Miami's Fountainebleau Hotel, early Thursday morning (March 12), Phoenix — who was reportedly scheduled to take the stage at 10 p.m. but didn't do so until 2 a.m. — took issue with a heckler in the audience, leaping off the stage and attempting to pound on the man before being dragged away by security.

Of course, before he could get to the beatdown, Phoenix gave the unidentified heckler a sound tongue-lashing, stopping mid-rap to announce "We have a b---h in the audience!" before pointing at the heckler and shouting, "I've got a million dollars in my f----ing bank account, what the f--- have you got?"

As clubgoers cheered, Phoenix, dressed in a dark suit with matching shades, his hair and beard wild as ever, dropped his mic and proceeded to pounce into the crowd. He scuffled with the heckler while LIV security attempted to separate the two and the crowd chanted, "Joa-quin! Joa-quin!"

Phoenix was then escorted back to the stage by security, while the house DJ urged the crowd to "make some noise!" and then playfully asked, "Is that it?" Phoenix then resumed his set.

Hours after the incident, footage had already appeared on YouTube, and several outlets reported that Phoenix's brother-in-law, Casey Affleck, was also on hand to shoot the fight, leading some to believe that this is just another step in an increasingly complex prank the pair are playing on the media.

As of press time, no charges had been filed as a result of the scuffle, and an e-mail to Phoenix's rep seeking comment was not returned.


i cant stand fuckin celebrities braggin to normal people out there and using their wealth as ammo to talk back...fuck that mutherfucker no shit he gots a million dollars in his account because its the people who fuckin pay him by buy buyin his shit ....
 

L.D.S.

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It's certainly a prank. Joaquin isn't a celebrity that regularly flaunts his wealth. He's actually a really approachable person outside of this stunt they're filming.
 
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Looks like he got socked up.



Who knows, it's probably a stunt though just to show how EASY it is to make money in Hiphop today if you can make a name for yourself or already have name like he does. Sounds like he has the crowd manipulated enough to create a fan base. :ermm:
 
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Looks like he got socked up.



Who knows, it's probably a stunt though just to show how EASY it is to make money in Hiphop today if you can make a name for yourself or already have name like he does. Sounds like he has the crowd manipulated enough to create a fan base. :ermm:
i doubt he would sell much if he made an album. Tell that same thing to K-Fed.


Anyway, this is genius.