James Franco Appears in New Music Video

How has James Franco been spending his time post Oscar co-hosting duties? Making music. The thespian just turned up in a music video, which came out June 23rd but appears to have gone largely unwatched until today, by Kalup & Franco (the duo that Franco told New York Magazine is really more Kalup Linzy’s than his). Regardless, in the clip, Franco can be seen in the background.
 
“The music is a part of an ongoing collaboration,” Linzy said in a statement, Pitchfork reported today. The debut EP by the duo drops July 12, 2011.
 
Franco, of course, is quickly gaining a reputation in not just music circles for celebrating the obscure, but in the art world as well.

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"Additional footage” in the video below is by Franco, per the end credits of the promo.