Universal's Snoop Dogg biopic, Snoop, has found its Jimmy Iovine. Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) will play the billionaire music mogul whose Interscope Records distribution deal with Death Row Records helped carry Snoop's early music into the mainstream, Deadline reported Monday. Giovanni Ribisi (Avatar) joins as David Kenner, the celebrity and criminal defense attorney who represented Death Row in the late 1990s.
Jonathan Daviss, known as Pope Heyward on Netflix's Outer Banks, leads the film in the title role. The rest of the cast now reads like a roll call of West Coast hip-hop: Myles Bullock as Dr. Dre, Camron Jones as Tupac Shakur, Algee Smith as Warren G, Tre Hale as Death Row co-founder Suge Knight and SwayvoTwain as the Notorious B.I.G. Lauren London plays Snoop's mother, Beverly Tate, and Laya DeLeon Hayes plays his wife, Shante Broadus, according to reports. Olly Sholotan, Corey Champagne, Jonica Booth, Zachariah Rogers and Tyquan Givens are also in the ensemble.
Two castings Cup of Soul has already reported round out the lineup. Cynthia Erivo plays Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, and Master P's son Hercy Miller makes his movie debut playing his father.
Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Dolemite Is My Name) directs from his rewrite of Joe Robert Cole's original script. Snoop Dogg produces with Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker, alongside Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer, who produced 8 Mile, and Allan Mandelbaum. It is the first film under Death Row Pictures' overall deal with NBCUniversal, and it will draw on Snoop's catalog.
Universal releases Snoop in theaters Aug. 6, 2027.
Quick answers
Who plays Jimmy Iovine in the Snoop Dogg movie? Aaron Paul plays Jimmy Iovine, the Interscope Records co-founder whose deal with Death Row helped break Snoop's early records.
Who plays Snoop Dogg? Jonathan Daviss, best known as Pope on Outer Banks, stars as Snoop Dogg.
When does 'Snoop' come out? Universal opens Snoop in theaters on Aug. 6, 2027.
