Pictured above, Joaquin himself without the beard and his sister Rain. Rain Phoenix is a musician and singer herself, she has a band that she still plays with called the Papercranes. Rain is the front woman, guitar player and singer for her band. Check them out here, they actually sound really good.

http://www.myspace.com/papercranesmusic

River Phoenix, the actor and brother of the family, was also a musician when he was alive. River himself played guitar and sang.

So, it’s a proven fact that Joaquin grew up in a musical family. Before Joaquin filmed, “Walk the Line”, he was never a musician, he had to learn how to be one for the film. After that film and knowing how his family members are musicians as well, Joaquin wanted to be like his family.

Why did Joaquin choose rap/hip hop? He claims in that People article below, he has chosen to do that genre because it’s good storytelling. I would like to see Joaquin get into rock/country ’cause he sounded so good when he sang those Johnny Cash songs on the “Walk the Line” soundtrack.

Anyway, as far as Phoenix’s Lavo performance goes, that may have started out pretty bad, but hey, all rappers start out bad and horrible when they first start so Joaquin has a lot more work.

Maybe Joaquin will impress us all with his rapping when his album comes out. Who knows. He’s producing the album with Sean Combs who is a profesional rapper and Combs will give Phoenix good rapping skills. Phoenix sucked at the Lavo ’cause I think he was simply so drunk and fucked up. Maybe the Phoenix will get better in his rapping in the future. This is only the beggining.

Kev