UK Daily Mail-Joaquin Phoenix's Cornball Hip Hop Hoax

Joaquin Phoenix as a rapper: I'm Still Here/UK Daily Mail

(Story reported by Lizzie Smith for the UK Daily Mail)

When a bushy bearded Joaquin Phoenix announced he was quitting acting to become a rapper he was met with a puzzled response.

Despite Phoenix's repeated insistence that he was serious about his hip-hop career, many suspected it was an elaborate hoax for a documentary filmed by his brother-in-law Casey Affleck.

Now with the release of the trailer for I'm Still Here, fans can finally get an insight into what the Oscar-nominated actor has been up to.

(click here to read the full story on the UK Daily Mail website. Below is a trailer for the documentary "I'm Still Here.)