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Cynthia Erivo to play Afeni Shakur in Snoop Dogg biopic

Archive photograph, for illustration. Cynthia Erivo in an interview. · 2018 · MTV UK · CC BY 3.0
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Cynthia Erivo will portray Afeni Shakur in *Snoop*, a forthcoming biopic about rapper Snoop Dogg. Jonathan Daviss has been announced in the title role.

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Cynthia Erivo will play Afeni Shakur, the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur, in an upcoming biopic about Snoop Dogg, Nieuws.nl reports. Jonathan Daviss was previously announced as the actor playing Snoop Dogg.

The film, titled *Snoop*, will be directed by Craig Brewer. Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur were friends and collaborated on the song “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted”. Shakur died in 1996. No release date has been announced.

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