Stiller mitigates his awfulness by having Brandon T. Jackson's rapper-turned-actor Alpa Chino remind Lazarus time and again that he isn't Black, that what he's doing is immoral — the aspect of ...

First off, Alpa Chino is probably the best damn name I've come across in a long while. Upping the funny even further, Chino's trademark products are an energy drink called Booty Sweat and a candy ...

Ben Stiller and Justin Theroux probably thought they were riding that perfect line of parody in ‘Tropic Thunder’ when they wrote in a rapper named ‘Alpa Chino,’ which was close enough to ...

The movie-within-a-movie is directed by Damian Cockburn (Steve Coogan) and stars chubby clown Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), rapper Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson), action beefcake Tugg Speedman ...

Does that make sense?" The newly engaged Hart also admitted that he turned down the role of Alpa Chino in 2008's Tropic Thunder, which ultimately went to Brandon T. Jackson. "The dude, he was ...

In Tropic Thunder, Jackson played Alpa Chino, a rapper and actor who is not yet out and coyly admits to having feelings for a friend named Lance in one of the movie's big ensemble scenes.