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Although some in the industry had called for Chris Rock to join the boycott of the 2016 Oscars, the actor and comedian will host the show as planned — though there will be some changes. Rock has reportedly tossed out much of his material in order to address the #OscarsSoWhite controversy that’s inspired Spike Lee, Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith to boycott the ceremony, while the Academy has announced a sweeping initiative to increase diversity.

50 Cent posted a message on Instagram urging Chris Rock to step down as host of the Academy Awards, in light of protests over the lack of Black acting nominees.

Oscar winner and 'The Force Awakens' actress Lupita Nyong'o has also expressed her disappointment with this year's Oscars via Instagram.

For the second year in a row, every actor nominated in all four acting categories for the Academy Awards is a white person. All 20 nominees for Best Actor and Actress and Best Supporting Actor and Actress are white people, reigniting the Twitter hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. And while many of us are comfortable in our power to merely comment via social media, there are a couple of strong voices who are fed up and ready to do something about it: director Spike Lee and actor Jada Pinkett-Smith have announced plans to boycott the Oscars this year, while the host of the 2016 awards himself has called the Academy out for their persistent negligence to nominate people of color.

Comedian/actor/writer/director Chris Rock has already proven that he can do just about everything -- and do it pretty well, if his upcoming feature 'Top Five' is any indication -- but the funny man almost had another major career move bulleted on his resume. Before Rock made it big as an actor, he dabbled in the disc jockey arts, deeming his own skills to be "nice!" After the DJing came a deal for a rap record, which was made, but never released, a weird bit of trivia that Rock shared with Jimmy Fallon on 'The Tonight Show' last night.

Chris Rock hasn't done standup in quite some time, but he reminded us all that he is still a hilarious dude with his opening monologue at the 2014 BET Awards.

Funny man Chris Rock is known for his "in your face" comedy, but a recent tweet from the comedian has the Twittersphere going ape. Chris may have put his name in the hat to claim the title of poster child for the phrase "too soon" with this tweet that angered some to the point of them doling out death threats. Maybe he was just trying lighten up the mood?