The Roots emcee Black Thought (Tariq Trotter) is set to film Explicit Ills with Rosario Dawson in Philadelphia next month. The independent film is about the effects of drugs and poverty and the choices that people make. Actor Mark Webber makes his directorial debut with the project, while Naomie Harris, Paul Franklin Dano and Lou Taylor Pucci round out the cast.
Previously, Black Thought has appeared in Brooklyn Babylon and Spike Lee’s Bamboozled. The Roots’ next album, Rising Down is scheduled for release April 29, 2008.
