Hip-hop's guilty pleasure is coming to the big screen.
According to XXL, Russell Simmons is working with Paramount's Insurge Pictures to make a movie about WorldStarHipHop.
The magazine's site reports that the idea for the film was pitched by How To Make It In America creator Ian Edelman.
Edelman is credited with coming up with the original pitch. He also plans to direct and is scripting the film.
Deadline reports that the movie's plot is being kept under wraps but it is said to have a similar tone to Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Simmons will produce the film along with Douglas Banks, Trevor Engelson and site founder Q Worldstar.
Def Pictures, Woven, Underground, and WorldStarHipHop respectively will also be credited.
The film is slated to begin filming in New York this fall.
WorldStarHipHop has gained popularity over the years for its music videos and viral "street fight" clips.
Simmons seemingly has a hand in just about everything now days and, of course, he still has an ear to the street on the music tip but as previously reported, he's had his eye on someone in particular.
Last week, Music Times reported Simmons saying he wishes he signed former NBA star Shaq to a record deal back in the day.
TMZ caught up with Simmons in NYC and asked which athlete he would have worked with back in the day.
"I wished I worked with Shaquille [O'Neal] earlier on as a rapper," Simmons said.
The Def Jam co-founder even said he would have signed the one-time Laker.
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