USA Network’s got a story to tell about rap music loyalty.
The cable network on Friday announced a formal series order for Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.The true crime series, which is envisioned as an anthology, will spend Season 1 chronicling “the dual police investigations into the controversial murders of two of the rap industry’s most legendary players,” per USA’s official synopsis.
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Straight Outta Compton‘s Marcc Rose and newcomer Wavyy Jonez play Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls,...
The cable network on Friday announced a formal series order for Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.The true crime series, which is envisioned as an anthology, will spend Season 1 chronicling “the dual police investigations into the controversial murders of two of the rap industry’s most legendary players,” per USA’s official synopsis.
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- 5/12/2017
- TVLine.com
USA has found its Biggie and Tupac: Wavvy Jonez and Marcc Rose have been cast as Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls aka the Notorious B.I.G.) and Tupac Shakur in the USA Network pilot “Unsolved: The Murders of Biggie and Tupac.”
Both are relative unknowns who bear a resemblance to the late hip-hop superstars they will portray.
Rose previously played Shakur in the Universal feature “Straight Outta Compton,” while this is the first acting role for Jonez.
Jonez, a rapper who recently released the mixtape “R.E.D. D.O.P.E.” (Real Everyday Drama Doing Over People’s Expectation), was found during a nationwide open casting call and chosen via video audition out of hundreds of entries.
It’s now been 20 years since Shakur and Wallace were both killed within six months of each other,...
Both are relative unknowns who bear a resemblance to the late hip-hop superstars they will portray.
Rose previously played Shakur in the Universal feature “Straight Outta Compton,” while this is the first acting role for Jonez.
Jonez, a rapper who recently released the mixtape “R.E.D. D.O.P.E.” (Real Everyday Drama Doing Over People’s Expectation), was found during a nationwide open casting call and chosen via video audition out of hundreds of entries.
It’s now been 20 years since Shakur and Wallace were both killed within six months of each other,...
- 3/6/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Josh Duhamel (11.22.63), Jimmi Simpson (House of Cards) and Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo) have been cast in the USA Network pilot Unsolved, a docu-drama chronicling the investigations into the murders of Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur, our sister site Deadline reports.
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In the pilot, Duhamel plays former Lapd Detective Greg Kading, who oversaw multiple task forces investigating the murders. Simpson costars as Detective Russell Poole, who in 1997 was actively involved in the investigation into Smalls’ death and suspected the Lapd was attempting to cover something up. Woodbine will play Officer Daryn Dupree,...
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In the pilot, Duhamel plays former Lapd Detective Greg Kading, who oversaw multiple task forces investigating the murders. Simpson costars as Detective Russell Poole, who in 1997 was actively involved in the investigation into Smalls’ death and suspected the Lapd was attempting to cover something up. Woodbine will play Officer Daryn Dupree,...
- 2/23/2017
- TVLine.com
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