Actor Eddie Murphy has teamed up with rapper Snoop Lion to record a reggae song.

The Dreamgirls star joined Twitter.com on Tuesday and released the track Red Light to fans on the social media site.

Murphy also announced that he would be releasing a reggae album titled 9.

This isn't the first musical venture for the actor, who first began making music in the 1980s and has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, including Stevie Wonder, Rick James, Nile Rodgers and Michael Jackson.