Camron Jones to Play Tupac in Snoop Dogg Produced Biopic

Camron Jones will play Tupac Shakur in Snoop, Universal Pictures’ upcoming biopic about Snoop Dogg. The casting of Camron shows the opportunity given to young talented actors. There will be a theatrical release on August 6, 2027, but production starts in September.

Jones has been acting for many years. He played Bishop Moore in Panic. He acted in  Grown-ish, The Purge and Shameless. 

Tupac and Snoop were close at Death Row Records in the 1990s. They worked on songs including “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted”. The East Coast–West Coast rivalry intensified as artists and record labels from both regions exchanged insults, diss tracks, and public accusations, deepening the divide within hip-hop.

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Shakur was 25 when he was shot in Las Vegas in September 1996 and died six days later. Jones is the latest actor to portray Shakur on screen, following Demetrius Shipp Jr. in the 2017 biopic All Eyez on Me and Anthony Mackie in the 2009 film Notorious. 

Jonathan Daviss will play Snoop Dogg. Myles Bullock will portray Dr. Dre, while Lauren London portrays Snoop’s late mother, Beverly Tate.

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Dr. Dre introduced Snoop to a wider audience and produced his 1993 debut album, Doggystyle. The film will cover this period as Snoop established himself alongside Dre, Tupac and other major Death Row artists. 

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Craig Brewer will be directing the movie . Brewer’s previous films include Hustle & Flow and Dolemite Is My Name. The screenplay is based on Joe Robert Cole’s original script and Brewer’s rewrite. 

Snoop Dogg is producing the film alongside Brian Grazer, Death Row Pictures president Sara Ramaker and Allan Mandelbaum. The project is the first film connected to Death Row Pictures’ overall deal with NBCUniversal Entertainment and will feature music from Snoop’s catalogue.