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Jonathan Daviss To Star As Snoop Dogg In Universal’s Craig Brewer-Directed Biopic


Jonathan Daviss To Star As Snoop Dogg In Universal’s Craig Brewer-Directed Biopic

Daviss hails from Houston, and played the role of Pope in the Netflix YA drama Outer Banks. Taking the moniker Snoop Doggy Dogg (he’d later drop the middle name), Snoop brought his laid back drawling delivery and sharp lyrics to Death Row Records where he worked with Dr Dre on his smash debut album Doggystyle. The others include the Eminem-starrer 8 Mile, and Straight Outta Compton traced the roots of the seminal rap group N.W.A.

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