A Star Is Born!

According to Rap Godfathers.com, Rihanna is set to make her big screen debut in the film, Mama Black Widow. The upcoming movie is based on Robert “Iceberg Slim” Beck’s 1969 novel, which “tells the story of a black family’s migration from the Southern Mississippi field, to Chicago in the 1930s”. The film also stars Mos Def, Anthony Anderson, Macy Gray, Brian J. White, and Kerry Washington; the film is going to be directed by Darren Grant. The film is set to hit theaters in 2009.