The cast of Snoop Dogg’s biopic from Universal Studios titled Snoop, is expanding with the addition of Algee Smith, as Warren G.
Best known for his work in the early seasons of Euphoria, as football star Chris McKay, he broke through with his performance portraying singer Ralph Tresvant in BET’s highest-rated miniseries The New Edition Story and had roles in Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit and Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah. The latter two earned him NAACP Image Award nominations.
Smith is set to star as a series regular in HBO’s American Blue, starring opposite Milo Ventimiglia from showrunner Jeremy Carver and director David Ayer. He will also star alongside Jamie Foxx as boxing legend Pernell Whitaker in the upcoming Netflix drama Fight for 84.
Grammy nominee, Warren G, whose real name is Warren Griffin III, played an instrumental role in the West Coast hip-hop scene with his hits “Regulate” and “This D.J.” The rapper was pivotal in Snoop Dogg’s rise, forming a trio named the 213 in the early 1990s that also included Nate Dogg. It was Warren G who introduced Snoop Dogg to Dr. Dre, resulting in the later to take the young rapper under his wing.
As previously announced, Jonathan Daviss is portraying Snoop Dogg, who emerged from Long Beach, Calif. in the 1990s to become one of the biggest names in rap. Currently, Daviss can be seen as one of the stars of Netflix series Outer Banks. Myles Bullock Be will star as Dr. Dre, Camron Jones as the rapper Tupac Shakur, and Lauren London as Snoop Dogg’s mother.
Craig Brewer is directing Snoop, which is being produced by Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, the veteran producer behind the semi-autobiographical Eminem drama 8 Mile, and the company’s Allan Mandelbaum. Snoop Dogg and Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker are also producing.
Brewer, who recently directed Song Sung Blue for Universal’s specialty studio Focus Features, wrote the latest draft of the script, which was initially written by Joe Robert Cole. The feature will incorporate music from Snoop Dogg’s vast catalog.
Snoop will begin production mid-September in and around Los Angeles.
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