1.0 link 158865 <![CDATA[Watch Joaquin Phoenix Rap (VIDEO)]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/18/watch-joaquin-phoenix-rap_n_158865.html After announcing his retirement from acting in October, Joaquin Phoenix made his first public foray into the music world Friday, saying he was ready to put his real self out there and not hide behind movie characters.

"This is me saying this is who I am. This is my story," the actor-turned-aspiring rapper told PEOPLE before taking the stage at Las Vegas club LAVO.

For the skeptics, Phoenix says he's serious about his new line of work. Music, he told PEOPLE, is...

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