From today’s paper of record:

January 3, 2006 — IN what’s surely the scariest development of the young new year, allhiphop.com reports that “Dirty Dancing” star Patrick Swayze wants to release a rap single. The actor, who had a massive hit in 1987 with “She’s Like the Wind,” told the site he’s working on a new tune which will show that “rap rhythms [are] an emotional undercurrent for ballads.” Swayze is no stranger to keepin’ it real – he starred in Ja Rule’s video for “Reign” – but didn’t have a “timeline” for when his foray into hip-hop would be released.