Jeremy Allen White recently went deep in his DVD bag and pulled out a deep cut.
While promoting the season 4 premiere of the critically acclaimed FX on Hulu series The Bear, White included a picture of the 2003 cult-classic film Death of a Dynasty in his Instagram carousel as a nod to his co-star Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who starred in both.
Produced by Roc-A-Fella Records, directed by Dame Dash and featuring one of Jay-Z‘s rare acting roles (he played himself while also being portrayed by Rob Stapleton), Death of a Dynasty is a parody of the hip-hop music industry and documents the rise and fall of a music label, centered around Roc-A-Fella. Moss-Bachrach stars as journalist Dave Katz, whose assignment is to cover Dash (played by Capone) and Jay as the label they built seemingly begins to falter over personal differences.
The film has aged well, given the fact that it sort of predicted the storied label’s future, as Dame and Jigga had a very public falling-out. Former Roc-A-Fella signee and Jay-Z protégé Memphis Bleek recently spoke on the record label’s last days, saying that he knew Jay had to distance himself from what was going on at the label during that period in order to climb the corporate ladder. He also added that he saw the writing on the wall and tried to tell his peers that the end was near. “They’ll tell you that I told these guys this was coming,” he revealed to The Breakfast Club.
Death of a Dynasty also stars Kevin Hart as Diddy, Rashida Jones, Devon Aoki, Charlie Murphy, Chloë Sevigny, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Beanie Sigel, Funkmaster Flex and a bunch of other guest appearances and cameos.
In other Jeremy Allen White news, the actor will portray Bruce Springsteen in the biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere.
All episodes of The Bear’s fourth season will premiere Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on Hulu.
