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Cynthia Erivo to Portray Afeni Shakur in Snoop Dogg Biopic

4 Nov

Summary

Cynthia Erivo will play Afeni Shakur, 2Pac's activist mother.
The Snoop Dogg biopic, directed by Craig Brewer, is filming now.
The film is scheduled for release on August 6, 2027.

Cynthia Erivo has been cast as Afeni Shakur, the mother of iconic rapper 2Pac, in the forthcoming Snoop Dogg biopic titled 'Snoop.' The film is under the direction of Craig Brewer and commenced production in mid-September in southern California. Afeni Shakur was a prominent Black Panther activist, arrested in 1969 on conspiracy charges, but was acquitted in 1971, shortly before Tupac's birth.

Following Tupac's death in 1996, Afeni Shakur became the executor of his estate. She passed away in 2016 at the age of 69. Erivo joins a notable cast, including Jonathan Daviss as Snoop Dogg, Camron Jones as Tupac, and Lauren London as Snoop's mother, Beverly Tate. The biopic 'Snoop' is scheduled to premiere in theaters on August 6, 2027.

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