Washington, Sept. 9 -- Universal's upcoming Snoop Dogg biopic has cast SwayvoTwain, the son of late music legends D'Angelo and Angie Stone, as The Notorious B.I.G., adding another major hip-hop figure to the film's growing ensemble.

SwayvoTwain, whose real name is Michael D'Angelo Archer II, will portray Christopher Wallace, better known as Biggie, in Snoop, Variety has confirmed.

Jonathan Daviss stars in the film, which is described as the "definitive biopic of the entertainment mogul and icon," Snoop Dogg.

Wallace was one of the most influential hip-hop artists of the 1990s and a defining figure in East Coast gangsta rap until his death in 1997. Despite Snoop Dogg's association with West Coast powerhouse Death Row Records, the two ar...