One of Hip Hop’s most recognizable artists has been cast in the upcoming Snoop Dogg biopic, and the actor stepping into the role comes from a celebrated musical family of his own. SwayvoTwain, the son of D’Angelo and Angie Stone, will portray The Notorious B.I.G. in Universal Pictures’ Snoop.
The role will mark SwayvoTwain’s first major film appearance. Born Michael D’Angelo Archer II, he has primarily worked as a recording artist and songwriter, including releasing “Ms. Angie’s Son” and “DoveSoar.” His parents were two defining voices in R&B and Soul. Sadly, Stone died at 63 in a March 2025 highway crash in Alabama, while D’Angelo died at 51 that October after a battle with cancer.
Casting Biggie also gives a little more shape to the story Snoop intends to tell. Christopher Wallace and Snoop Dogg became major figures on opposite coasts as tensions surrounding Bad Boy Records and Death Row Records intensified during the 1990s. However, their relationship was more complicated than the rivalry that came to define that period publicly. Variety notes that the two shared mutual respect, even as conflict within their respective circles grew increasingly hostile.
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SwayvoTwain isn’t the only new addition. Bentley Green has been cast as Snoop’s cousin RBX, who was part of Death Row’s early roster, while Los Angeles rapper G Perico will play Big Reecie Cup, a figure tied to Snoop’s Long Beach history. The film already has Jonathan Daviss in the lead role, with Camron Jones portraying Tupac Shakur and Myles Bullock Be playing Dr. Dre. Lauren London will play Snoop’s late mother, Beverly Tate.
The growing cast suggests the film will spend substantial time with the people surrounding Snoop during his rise in the 1990s rather than treating that period as a quick stop on the way through a decades-long career. That includes the Death Row years that put him alongside Dre and Tupac while also placing him near one of hip-hop’s most volatile conflicts.
Craig Brewer is directing Snoop from his rewrite of a screenplay originally written by Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert Cole. Snoop is producing the film with Imagine Entertainment and Death Row Pictures, with music from his catalog expected to be incorporated throughout the movie. Universal has set Snoop for a theatrical release on August 6, 2027.
