Have you seen Rush Hour 3 yet? Chris Tucker is a riot. Notice that he was kind of off of the radar for a while? Well, now we know what he was up to.

Look to the Stars is reporting that Tucker took a six year break to explore Africa and set up resources to help in places where he saw need.

The actor first traveled to Africa in 2001 to publicize Rush Hour 2. However, he was both shocked and horrified at what he found there.

“I saw different situations in Africa – kids and orphans in villages with no clean drinking water because an animal had died in the water system, and they didn’t have $1500 for a new pump.”

This experience had a profound effect on Tucker, and really opened his eyes to the plight of the African population. The following year he visited the continent again, this time to make an MTV documentary with U2 singer Bono and former Treasury Secretary, Paul H O’Neill. The film, Diary of Bono and Chris Tucker: Aiding Africa, looked at how US money could help African countries deal with AIDS, unsanitary living conditions, and hunger. (source)

That's pretty amazing. I love that he took a six-year haitus and did what was important to him in the moment without being too afraid of finicky Hollywood turning its back on him. Makes me want to go see his movie as soon as I take off today.

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