Myles Bullock Be is ready for some peepin’ and some creepin’ as he has nabbed the role of Dr. Dre in Snoop, Universal Pictures’ biopic of entertainment mogul and music icon Snoop Dogg.
Craig Brewer is directing the feature, which is being produced by Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, the veteran producer behind the semi-autobiographical Eminem drama 8 Mile, and the company’s Allan Mandelbaum. Snoop Dogg and Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker are also producing.
Jonathan Daviss, one of the stars of Netflix series Outer Banks, is portraying Snoop Dogg, who emerged from Long Beach, Calif. in the 1990s to become one of the biggest names in rap.
Key to his success was his relationship with Dre, one of the members of influential gangsta rap group N.W.A. In the early 1990s, as Dre made his seminal solo album The Chronic, he was given given a cassette of demo tracks featuring a young Snoop Dogg. He was impressed that he put Snoop Dogg on numerous tracks, including the mega-successful single ‘Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang.’
Dre became Snoop Dogg’s mentor and produced the latter’s debut album, Doggystyle, which is considered one of the key albums of 1990s.
