Universal Pictures’ Snoop is adding more familiar faces from hip-hop history to its growing roster. Laya DeLeon Hayes, Olly Sholotan, Corey Champagne and Jonica Booth have joined the biopic, with production set to begin mid-September in and around Los Angeles.
DeLeon Hayes will portray Shante Broadus, Snoop’s wife. Sholotan will play rapper Kurupt. Champagne will portray Nate Dogg, and Booth will play The Lady of Rage.
The film chronicles the life of Calvin Broadus Jr., who emerged from Long Beach, California to become not only one of the biggest rappers of the 1990s but one of the most recognizable pop culture icons of his generation. The biopic traces his roots and rise, from his early days in Long Beach through his entry into the music industry and his world-defining partnership with Dr. Dre, which produced his landmark debut album Doggystyle and helped define West Coast hip-hop for a generation.
As previously reported, the cast also includes Jonathan Daviss as Snoop Dogg, Myles Bullock as Dr. Dre, Camron Jones as Tupac Shakur, Lauren London as Snoop’s late mother Beverly Tate, Algee Smith as Warren G and Lauren London as Beverly Tate.
Craig Brewer directs from a script he rewrote based on Joe Robert Cole’s original screenplay. The film is produced by Snoop Dogg and Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker alongside Brian Grazer and Allan Mandelbaum for Imagine Entertainment. Michael Beugg and Jeb Brody executive produce. The film will incorporate music from Snoop Dogg’s vast catalog and is the first project under Death Row Pictures’ overall deal with NBCUniversal Entertainment.
Snoop opens in theaters August 6, 2027.