According to the Philadelphia Daily News (via SOHH), "both Dawson (Men In Black, Grindhouse) and Black Thought (whose real name is Tariq Trotter) have been cast in Explicit Ills, an independent film about the effects of drugs and poverty and the choices that people make."

 

The Roots frontman has acted before in Brooklyn Babylon and Bamboozled.  Explicit Ills' IMDB page can be found here.

 

Dude is praying right now that he gets to make out with Rosario...