Key Takeaways
- Cynthia Erivo will play Tupac’s mother, Black Panther activist Afeni Shakur, in Craig Brewer’s Snoop Dogg biopic, Snoop.
- Erivo joins Jonathan Daviss as Snoop, Camron Jones as Tupac and Lauren London as Snoop’s mother, Beverly Tate.
- Snoop is shooting in southern California and hits theaters Aug. 6, 2027.
Cynthia Erivo is stepping into the role of Afeni Shakur, 2Pac Shakur's mother, for the upcoming Snoop Dogg biopic Snoop.
The casting news was first announced on Wednesday (Nov. 4) by The Hollywood Reporter. Per the magazine, the Craig Brewer-directed film is currently shooting in southern California.
Afeni Shakur was a Black Panther activist, who was arrested in 1969 and charged with conspiring to bomb multiple New York City landmarks. She was acquitted in 1971, about a month before 2Pac was born.
After Tupac's death in 1996, Afeni became arbiter of his estate. She died in 2016 at the age of 69.
Erivo joins an ensemble led by Outer Banks star Jonathan Daviss as Snoop Dogg, with Camron Jones as Tupac and Lauren London as Snoop's mother, Beverly Tate. Algee Smith (Warren G), Tre Hale (Suge Knight) and SwayvoTwain (The Notorious B.I.G.) are also in the cast.
Snoop began production in mid-September in southern California and is set to hit theaters Aug. 6, 2027.
