Czarface is made up of duo 7L & Esoteric and Wu-Tang Clan<\/a>\u2019s Inspectah Deck. <\/p>\n Fans in the know will already be aware of the Oscar-nominated British actor\u2019s<\/a> underground music career. In 2011 he spoke about recording \u201cloads of stuff\u201d that had never been released. <\/p>\n Well, now Hardy<\/a> has surprised them by finally releasing his debut rap album, which features plenty of references to films and comic books \u2013 as well as an X-rated reference to Hollywood veteran Kathy Bates<\/a>.<\/p>\n On \u201cRaw Forever\u201d, Hardy namechecks Martin Scorsese\u2019s 1999 movie Bringing Out the Dead, along with Willem Dafoe\u2019s depiction of the Green Goblin in 2002\u2019s Spider-Man.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, on \u201cMad Technology\u201d \u2013 also featuring Wu-Tang\u2019s Method Man \u2013 he references Stephen King film adaptations Cujo and Misery, sandwiching them around his NSFW Bates mention. <\/p>\n \u201cYou s***-for-brain no-name lame, that bites like Cujo,\u201d he raps. \u201cI\u2019d rather masturbate to Kathy Bates than hear you flow\/ And you know that Misery, it loves company.\u201d<\/p>\n Bates won the Oscar for Best Actress when she starred in the iconic 1990 film Misery, directed by the late Rob Reiner and based on King\u2019s 1987 novel, as obsessive fan Annie Wilkes who holds famed novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan) captive. <\/p>\n The Independent has contacted Bates\u2019s representative for comment. <\/p>\n Other collaborators on the project include Run the Jewels\u2019s LP on \u201cDragon Cannon\u201d, Kendra Morris on \u201cFrankie\u201d, and Busta Rhymes on \u201cRaw Forever\u201d. <\/p>\n Hardy deploys his voice-acting skills across the record, sounding a little like his character Eddie Brock from Marvel\u2019s Venom franchise as he raps: \u201cI eat people, break ribs, throw bodies off the Golden Gate bridge\/ And I get it how I live like a cannibal\/ I talk sick, toxic, highly flammable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Meanwhile, on \u201cGrim-Visaged War\u201d, fans will be reminded of his famous performance as Bane from Christopher Nolan<\/a>\u2019s Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, as he recites Shakespeare\u2019s Richard III monologue. <\/p>\n Hardy has not spoken publicly about his work as Frankie Pulitzer, but has appeared on previous Czarface albums and also released standalone singles. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n![\"Tom](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2207384390...jpeg\")
Tom Hardy raps about Martin Scorsese, Marvel comics and Kathy Bates on his new album (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n![\"Kathy](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-159833610.jpeg\")
Kathy Bates as the psychotic nurse Annie Wilkes opposite James Caan as Paul Sheldon in Rob Reiner’s ‘Misery’ (Getty Images)<\/p>\n