Method Man, a media kingpin: The Wu-Tang Clan rapper, film and TV star is now adding the title game-show host to his ever-expanding show business resume

Roughneck rapper. Sitcom star. Pretty pimp. Congenial game-show host.

If career hopscotch were a sport, Method Man would be its world champion.

The performer, who rose to fame as a member of '90s New York rap collective the Wu-Tang Clan, has played gangsters, stoners and gangster/stoners in feature films, starred in his own wacky Fox sitcom "Method & Red" and been one of the few fortunate actors to land recurring roles in three critically lauded HBO series, including "Oz" and "The Wire."

Over the next few weeks alone, Method Man (given name, Clifford Smith) will wrap up his first season as "the pretty pimp" Rodney on David