{"id":72297,"date":"2026-09-08T19:29:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T19:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/08\/snoop-dogg-biopic-casts-dangelos-son-as-notorious-b-i-g\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T19:29:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T19:29:31","slug":"snoop-dogg-biopic-casts-dangelos-son-as-notorious-b-i-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/08\/snoop-dogg-biopic-casts-dangelos-son-as-notorious-b-i-g\/","title":{"rendered":"Snoop Dogg Biopic Casts D’Angelo’s Son as Notorious B.I.G."},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tThe Snoop Dogg<\/a> biopic has cast its Notorious B.I.G.<\/a>, with a famous son set to play Big Poppa.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Variety<\/a> <\/em>reports, SwayvoTwain \u2014 the musician born Michael D\u2019Angelo Archer II to late legendary artists D\u2019Angelo<\/a> and Angie Stone<\/a> \u2014 will portray Biggie in the film, which is expected to hit theaters in August 2027. While Archer has been regularly releasing music as SwayvoTwain over the past few years, this will be his first major acting role after scoring a small part in the 2022 straight-to-streaming film, Strictly for the Streets vol. 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tSwayvoTwain celebrated the announcement on Instagram<\/a>, sharing a montage of recent videos, including a short clip of him hanging out with Snoop himself. \u201cIt\u2019s all good baby, BABYYY,\u201d he wrote in the captioning, a nod to the opening lines of the Notorious B.I.G. classic, \u201cJuicy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s unclear how big of a role SwayvoTwain will have in the Snoop biopic. Biggie and Snoop were friendly, but not super close, and, geographically speaking, they sat on opposite ends of the infamous East Coast\/West Coast rap feud of the Nineties. But their paths crossed on a couple of occasions, and though there was mutual respect and admiration, their relationship was marred somewhat by the tensions of the day.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking with with Fatman Scoop a few years ago, Snoop explained the origins<\/a> of his song with Tha Dogg Pound, \u201cNew York, New York,\u201d long considered a Notorious B.I.G. diss because it used a beat DJ Pooh made for Biggie for a St. Ides commercial. Because B.I.G. wasn\u2019t using the beat for anything but the commercial, Snoop asked Pooh if he could use it because \u201cwe fucked with Biggie and we liked Biggie.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBut when Snoop and Tha Dogg Pound flew to New York City to film the video, Snoop claimed Biggie went on the radio and revealed where they were filming; not long after, some shots were fired near the set, but no one was hurt. Despite this, Snoop didn\u2019t seem to hold anything against Biggie, chalking it up to the nature of the feud. He then revealed the two rappers met not long after Tupac was murdered.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI can look in his eyes and I can see that he hurt,\u201d Snoop said<\/a> of Biggie\u2019s reaction to Tupac\u2019s death. \u201cHe didn\u2019t even have to say it\u2026 This is not a man that\u2019s happy or glamorized; this is his friend that\u2019s dead. They had a misunderstanding and he could never get no justice for his emotions \u2014 but he\u2019s showing me his emotions.\u201d\u00a0(Snoop added that he and Biggie never discussed \u201cthe Brooklyn incident\u201d because \u201cwhat\u2019s understood don\u2019t need to be talked about.\u201d) <\/p>\n

\n\tA few months later, Biggie invited Snoop to visit him in the studio, where he played an early version of \u201cSomebody\u2019s Gotta Die,\u201d which opens with the lyric, \u201cI\u2019m sitting in the crib, dreaming about Lear jets and coupes\/The way Salt shoops, and how to sell records like Snoop \u2014 oops!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tSpeaking to Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em> in 2021, Snoop said, \u201cIt was like the utmost respect for him to play that record for me. For me to know that he thought that much of me to put that shit on his album\u2026 That was growth. He had grown to a position of, \u2018I\u2019m at peace. I love Snoop. Snoop showed me love, let me show him a little love back. Trying to end this shit.\u2019 He knew that was an olive branch.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThough those encounters may have been brief, both would certainly provide good fodder for a biopic. Snoop <\/em>is set to star Jonathan Daviss in the lead role, with Myles Bullock as Dr. Dre, Camron Jones as Tupac, Tre Hale as Suge Knight, Lauren London as Snoop\u2019s mother Beverly Tate, and Laya DeLeon Hayes as his wife, Shante.Craig Brewer, who helmed Hustle and Flow <\/em>and Song Sung Blue<\/em>, is directing the film.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n