Big Poppa: D’Angelo & Angie Stone’s Son SwayvoTwain Cast As Biggie In Snoop Dogg Biopic

Source: Tim Mosenfelder / GettyUniversal’s upcoming Snoop Dogg biopic continues to fill out its roster of Hip-Hop heavyweights, and the latest casting comes with some serious musical lineage of its own. As per Variety SwayvoTwain, the son of late R&B legends D’Angelo and Angie Stone, has been tapped to portray The Notorious B.I.G. in Snoop. Born Michael D’Angelo Archer II, SwayvoTwain is a recording artist and songwriter whose music blends elements of Hip-Hop, soul and R&B. While he has already begun carving out his own lane musically, portraying Christopher Wallace will mark his first major film role. The casting also adds another interesting layer to a movie already packed with actors portraying some of the most recognizable figures from Hip-Hop’s 1990s era.Although Biggie became the face of Bad Boy Records and East Coast Hip-Hop while Snoop rose to superstardom through Death Row Records on the West Coast, the two MCs maintained a mutual respect for one another before Biggie’s death in 1997. Their respective stories also became intertwined with one of the most turbulent periods in rap history, giving Wallace an obvious place within a film chronicling Snoop’s rise. Outer B...