Camron Jones to Play Tupac, Lauren London Joins as Snoop's Mother in Universal's 'Snoop' Biopic

Camron Jones will play Tupac Shakur in Universal's upcoming Snoop Dogg biopic, Snoop, with Lauren London cast as Snoop's late mother, Beverly Tate. The additions round out a cast that already has Jonathan Daviss in the title role. Variety reported both castings on 25 August 2026.

Myles Bullock is also on board, playing Dr. Dre — the producer and rapper whose partnership with Snoop Dogg shaped West Coast hip-hop in the early 1990s. THR first reported Jones's casting as Tupac; Deadline noted London's involvement, with Variety confirming both. The film is directed by Craig Brewer, working from his rewrite of Joe Robert Cole's original script. Brewer's credits include Hustle & Flow and Dolemite Is My Name, both music-driven biographical dramas.

Daviss, known from the Netflix series Outer Banks, was announced as Snoop Dogg in June 2025 — days after Universal set Brewer to direct, per Deadline. The casting choices trace a circle of figures central to Snoop's life and career: his mother, his collaborator, and Tupac Shakur, the rapper and friend whose 1996 murder in Las Vegas remains one of music's most notorious unsolved killings.

Snoop Dogg is producing the biopic alongside Brian Grazer, Allan Mandelbaum, and Sara Ramaker, president of Death Row Pictures. The project is the first under Death Row Pictures' overall deal with NBCUniversal Entertainment & Studios — a first-look arrangement in which the production company develops projects exclusively for the NBCUniversal corporate family. Ryan Jones oversees the film for Universal, per The Hollywood Reporter.

Universal has dated Snoop for theatrical release on 6 August 2027 — a summer slot that positions it as a potential wide-release title in one of the most competitive corridors on the calendar. That gives Brewer and company roughly a year before production would need to wrap to meet the date.

For fans of the era, the cast reads like a roll call of a pivotal moment in hip-hop. The film will span Snoop's rise from Long Beach through the Death Row Records years, the period that produced his 1993 debut Doggystyle and cemented his place in popular culture. The involvement of Snoop himself as a producer suggests the film will carry his imprint on how that story is told — though the distance between producer approval and a finished cut is one the industry knows well.

Jones is represented by Clear Talent Group and Venture Entertainment Partners. London is represented by WME, Fox Rothschild, Yaneley Arty, and 1v1 Entertainment.