Who Should Play DMX In a Movie? Mortal Kombat Star Mehcad Brooks Would Be Honored April 16, 2021 A Fall From Grace star Mehcad Brooks, who will play Jax in Mortal Kombat, the upcoming blockbuster from Warner Bros, is humbly and respectfully throwing his name in the proverbial hat. During an interview with SiriusXM’s The Clay Cane Show, Brooks was asked about DMX’s untimely passing and Cane planted the idea when he said he thinks the Mortal Kombat co-star would be a perfect choice to play the rapper. Advertisement “So everybody talks about like, DMX is not the greatest rapper alive,” he said. “I understand that. Everybody talks about Tupac. Everybody talks about Biggie. Everybody talks about Jay Z, Andre 3000, Eminem, Kendrick. Got it. But DMX spoke to me in a way that no other rapper did. DMX was our heavy metal. He was our heavy metal. And I liked Metallica, I liked Mötley Crüe, I liked that kind of stuff. I grew up with a varied taste in music, and so when I heard DMX, I was like, this is our rockstar. This is our heavy metal rockstar.”