Jonathan Daviss has been cast in the lead role of Snoop Dogg in the upcoming film about the hip-hop legend for Universal. Daviss and Snoop Dogg confirmed the casting in separate posts shared to Instagram on Monday. "Let's go nefew !! it's time," Snoop Dogg captioned his post, tagging Daviss.

After years of rumour and planning, the first official word on casting and production of a Snoop Dogg-inspired biopic has just broken cover.This isn’t the first time that Snoop’s vibrant and colourful backstory has been mooted as the kind of fare that could keep viewers pinned in their seats.

An upcoming biopic about Snoop Dogg that has been in the works for years is finally coming to fruition, with the lead role officially cast and going to Jonathan Daviss. The project, which has been in Universal Pictures’ pipeline for years,