The feature project from director Craig Brewer has cast Outer Banks actor Jonathan Daviss in the lead role. Brewer ( Coming 2 America, Hustle & Flow) is revising the script that was previously penned by Joe Robert Cole and tells the story of Calvin Broadus Jr.’s eventful journey along his path to fame as Snoop Dogg.

It has officially been announced that a star from the hit show "Outer Banks" has been cast as Snoop Dogg in the rapper's official biopic.

Jonathan Daviss is moving from the Outer Banks of North Carolina to the West Coast. The Outer Banks star has been tapped to play Snoop Dogg in the upcoming biopic being directed by Hustle & Flow filmmaker Craig Brewer for Universal Pictures,