Rapper Jay-Z will produce and perform on the soundtrack for the film adaptation "The Great Gatsby," according to a Warner Bros. press release. Jay-Z said he would work with score composer Craig Armstrong to modernize the energy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel of 1920s America.
"As soon as I spoke with Baz and Leonardo, I knew this was the right project," Jay-Z said. "'The Great Gatsby' is that classic American story of one's introduction to extravagance, decadence and illusion."