Music entertainers are constantly making the transition from the world of singing to acting. The goal is usually to be a double, triple or quadruple threat via becoming an amazing musician/actor; musician/actor/producer or musician/actor/producer/director.

Rapper/actress Eve is launching her own film production company later this year - so she can retire from the entertainment industry financially secure.

Ever since Eve broke on the scene in 1999 she's had a knack for making stardom look easy. Grammy Award winner. Check. Starring in blockbuster films. Check. Achieving elite status as a fashion icon. Check. The "blonde bombshell" is a triple threat entertainer in the truest sense of the term.

Ice Cube has joined Ludacris and 50 Cent as the latest rapper to attack US media mogul Oprah Winfrey for her apparent dislike for hip-hop stars. Ludacris publicly criticized Winfrey for the way she treated him when he appeared on her talk show as a member of the cast of Oscar-winning movie Crash, and the TV host has since become a target for rap's top stars.