Jonathan Daviss has been cast in the lead role of Snoop Dogg in the upcoming film about the hip-hop legend for Universal. Daviss and Snoop Dogg confirmed the casting in separate posts shared to Instagram on Monday. "Let's go nefew !! it's time," Snoop Dogg captioned his post, tagging Daviss.

Memphis director Craig Brewer is set to a direct a Snoop Dogg biopic that will star Jonathan Daviss of "Outer Banks" fame.

EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Daviss is set to star as the venerable hip hop artist Snoop Dogg in the definitive biopic from Universal Pictures. Best known for Outer Banks, Daviss takes the lead role days after the studio set Craig Brewer to direct the film.