Whether they're invading your ear canals, setting girls' hearts aflutter or racking up awards nominations, it's becoming increasingly hard to drown out the buzz surrounding fast-rising kings of R&B Chris Brown and Ne-Yo.

Now Hollywood is taking notice, casting the friends and touring partners in starring roles in next month's "Stomp the Yard." While giving us a sneak preview of the flick, the chart-topping chick-magnets talked about kicking down Hollywood's door, the battle between their acting and singing careers and recording tracks together for their upcoming albums.

MTV: Can you give us a quick rundown of your characters?

Ne-Yo: The character I play in the movie is Rich Brown, the guy who eventually becomes the friend of the main character in the movie, whose name is DJ. Rich is from Atlanta, and he's a very loud, very energetic guy — he's kind of the comic relief for the film. And that tapped into me personally, because the role is fairly silly and it's never really been difficult for me to be silly — but you'll see as the movie progresses through the fellowship he has that Rich actually starts to take some things seriously.

Chris Brown: And I play DJ ... oh wait ... I play Duron [He laughs.]. DJ is the older brother, and Duron is the younger dude. I'm not the knucklehead, but I'm the sensible one out of all the knuckleheads — the one that tries to be older to my brother, trying to make him think about his choices and the obstacles that he got to go through.

Labels: Chris Brown, Ne-Yo