10 Actors Who Are Actually Brilliant Musicians

9. Jada Pinkett Smith

If you were told that Jada Pinkett Smith had a parallel career as a singer, you'd be forgiven for not immediately assuming that she was a closet metal head. Yet, with her band, Wicked Wisdom, she is indeed a raw metal screamer with an impressive set of pipes and stage presence to match.

She launched her metal career in 2002, eventually releasing the debut Wicked Wisdom album, 'My Story' in 2004. It received strong reviews, with Pinkett Smith in particular singled out for her strong, expressive vocal approach. The band's self-titled follow up in 2006 also garnered critical acclaim.

Pinkett Smith recalled listening to a ton of metal when she was younger, particularly Metallica and Guns N Roses, so in actuality it isn't surprising that she followed the same route. Dates with Ozzy Osbourne on his Ozzfest tour in 2005 were a proving ground for the band, where some initial suspicion was quickly overcome by the quality of the band's music. She is long overdue for the follow-up album, perhaps 2021 will see the return of Wicked Wisdom.

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Lifelong music obsessive, regular contributor to US guitar magazines, sometime radio presenter, singer/guitarist in Star Studded Sham, true believer in the power of rock'n'roll and an amp turned up to 11, about to publish first novel, The Bulletproof Truth.