Zayn Malik, former One Direction member had joined that list of pop stars who had taken off from a group to become a solo artist. Many fans were devastated when the 22-year old singer had announced that he is leaving One Direction to live a normal life, but the tears had barely dried when he was spotted chilling with the English producer and songwriter Naughty Boy. Many speculations then rose that the primary reason why Zayn had left the group is because he is planning on launching a solo career.
Now this news had appealed the most to the 39 year old rapper, 50 Cent who had stated in an interview with MTV News that Zayn Malik might be the next Justin Timberlake, who had also left his former band NSYNC to become a solo artist. Fifty approves of the singer's decision to break away from the boy band image and be a real pop star. He is even willing to sign Malik to his label and mentor the singer to reach his fullest potential as a performer. He also added that can help Zayn to work with the biggest names in the music industry.
"Like Justin Timberlake, as Justin Timberlake, away from the group. It's a lot of potential. That was ballsy of me to say that. Now Justin's mad at me. But it is one of those things that you can see something interesting come out of him selecting what he wants". 50 Cent had said during the interview.
But it seems that music is not what Zayn is after as he ejected himself out of One Direction. Recent reports would claim that Zayn Malik had quit One Direction to pursue an acting career. The 22 year old singer had recently met with the director of 'Bend it Like Beckham', Gurinder Chadha. The director said that she might even have a role for Zayn for her next movie.
Who knows what Zayn would be up to now that he is no longer part of the British boy band. Whether it would be a new album or a new movie, surely it will take the industry by storm.
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