{"id":964162,"date":"2026-11-14T12:26:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T12:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/964162\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T12:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T12:26:32","slug":"jamie-foxx-sings-kanye-west-in-melbourne-cbd-karaoke-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/964162\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Foxx sings Kanye West in Melbourne CBD karaoke session"},"content":{"rendered":"

At this rate Jamie Foxx might be given the keys to the city.<\/p>\n

The Oscar winner has endeared himself to Melbourne <\/a>so much that he can\u2019t get enough of the city \u2014 and one spot in particular.<\/p>\n

On Friday night Foxx was again dining at CBD hotspot Maison Batard, where he has eaten at least a dozen times since arriving in Melbourne last month to film new blockbuster movie Deadlocked.<\/p>\n

After dinner he decided to go downstairs to Le Club for some impromptu fun.<\/p>\n

It was the same spot where Canadian rapper Drake performed last year.<\/p>\n

Showing he\u2019s got the moves and the voice, Foxx took to the microphone with a drink in hand, singing in praise of Melbourne and then breaking out into Kanye West\u2019s Gold Digger.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe ain\u2019t messing with no broke \u2026 can\u2019t say that \u2026,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet down girl, go \u2018head, get down.\u201d<\/p>\n

About 100 people, mainly diners on the Terrace who followed him downstairs to Le Club, were applauding and cheering.<\/p>\n

Foxx partied with family and friends until after midnight but not his partner, Australian Alyce Huckstepp, who he has a newborn with.<\/p>\n

They celebrated Huckstepp\u2019s 30th birthday with a surprise dinner at Batard two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Foxx was reportedly paid $250,000 <\/a>to attend the Melbourne Cup with Don Julio tequila.<\/p>\n

He has told restaurateur Chris Lucas that he feels like Melbourne is a second home.<\/p>\n

Foxx has been staying at the $9000 a week Antony Catalano St Moritz penthouse in St Kilda.<\/p>\n

He told the Herald Sun he would be here filming the movie, which also features Luke Hemsworth, until December. He rated Melbourne a 20\/10.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been here before, I came here in 2003,\u2019\u2019 he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI went to the Formula One at that time. What\u2019s great about Melbourne is the hospitality of the people. I haven\u2019t had a bad day here. The food is amazing and the dance, exquisite.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At this rate Jamie Foxx might be given the keys to the city. The Oscar winner has endeared…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":964163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[531676,531685,531662,531658,72756,393297,8260,531667,506535,531663,381893,531670,531652,531668,381022,531672,531677,531657,531679,531686,64,63,531655,531656,508184,531669,447,120167,42884,531653,134,221866,531681,488932,32385,8852,392401,531665,365137,22831,67651,531684,531678,276556,531666,647,531683,531682,37309,35062,494255,531680,1900,531664,531659,531660,531675,376431,531654,222590,531674,383226,531661,386615,531671,378227,514571,382016,436508,381469,393148,379066,399663,531673,15576,531651,381069],"class_list":["post-964162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-s-30th-birthday","tag-s-gold-digger","tag-s-praises","tag-s-surprise-performance","tag-72756","tag-393297","tag-8260","tag-a-20-10","tag-a-bad-day","tag-a-cbd-hotspot","tag-a-drink","tag-a-newborn-with-they","tag-a-second-home-foxx","tag-a-surprise-dinner","tag-a-week","tag-about-100-people","tag-ago-foxx","tag-an-impromptu-performance","tag-antony-catalano-st-moritz-penthouse","tag-at-least-a-dozen-times","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-alyce-huckstepp","tag-batard","tag-canadian-rapper-drake","tag-cbd-hotspot-maison-batard","tag-celebrities","tag-december","tag-dinner","tag-don-julio-tequila-he","tag-entertainment","tag-family-and-friends","tag-film-new-blockbuster-movie-deadlocked-after","tag-foxx","tag-girl","tag-hand","tag-his-partner","tag-huckstepp","tag-jamie-foxx","tag-kanye-west","tag-last-month","tag-last-year-showing","tag-le-club","tag-luke-hemsworth","tag-mainly-diners","tag-melbourne","tag-melbourne-cbd-restaurant-maison-batard","tag-melbourne-hotspot","tag-midnight","tag-night","tag-one-spot","tag-particular-on-friday","tag-praise","tag-restaurateur-chris-lucas","tag-some-impromptu-fun-it","tag-st-kilda-he","tag-surprise-singing-performance","tag-that-time","tag-the-9000","tag-the-city","tag-the-dance","tag-the-food","tag-the-formula-one","tag-the-herald-sun","tag-the-hospitality","tag-the-keys","tag-the-melbourne-cup","tag-the-microphone","tag-the-moves","tag-the-movie","tag-the-oscar-winner","tag-the-people","tag-the-same-spot","tag-the-terrace","tag-the-voice","tag-this-rate","tag-two-weeks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=964162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/964163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}