#BBB NEWS| Jamie Foxx To Leonardo DiCaprio After Oscar Win: ‘You’re An Honorary Black Man’

Applause and confetti emojis go out to Leonardo DiCaprio for achieving another feat– the sought after ‘Black Card.’

The actor was given the title of an “honorary Black man” by his Django co-star, Jamie Foxx. Speaking with TMZ at LAX Monday afternoon (Feb. 29), the actor gave props to host Chris Rock and gave DiCaprio the title claiming “he’s as close to Tyrone as you can get.”

“My man Leo, come on man,” Foxx said. “You wanna talk about an honorary Black dude. Come on over Leo! You’re an honorary Black man. In Titanic he drowned, you know Black dudes can’t swim in the ocean.”

After two decades in Hollywood, the actor finally won his first leading actor Oscar for his role in The Revenant Sunday evening (Feb. 28).

#BBB NEWS| Eminem, Vince Staples, Jhene Aiko & Meek Mill Among Contenders For Oscar’s Best Original Song Nom

It looks like 2016 might start off on a high note for a few artists. The Hollywood Reporter revealed the list of contenders for the Academy Awards’ Best Original Song roster, which lists some of hip hop and R&B’s brightest.

Listing 74 songs from films released in 2015 include Eminem, Meek Mill and Vince Staples.

Em contributed to Southpaw’s soundtrack with “Phenomenal,” Meek recorded “Fighting Stronger” alongside Jhene Aiko, while Vince Staples, Childish Gambino and Aiko might make the cut with “Waiting For My Moment.” The two aforementioned tracks were both featured in Creed.