Camron Jones is headed to Death Row. Its big-screen version, that is.

The Panic actor has been cast as Tupac Shakur in Snoop, Universal Pictures’ upcoming biopic about Snoop Dogg, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film is set to arrive in theaters Aug. 6, 2027.

Jones joins Outer Banks actor Jonathan Daviss, who will take on the titular role as Snoop. The growing cast also includes Myles Bullock Be as Dr. Dre and Lauren London as Snoop’s mother, Beverly Tate.

Craig Brewer, whose credits include Hustle & Flow and Dolemite Is My Name, will direct the film and penned the latest version of the script, which Joe Robert Cole initially wrote. Snoop will produce alongside Death Row Pictures President Sara Ramaker, as well as Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Allan Mandelbaum. Grazer previously produced Eminem’s semi-autobiographical 2002 film, 8 Mile.

The biopic will trace Snoop’s rise from Long Beach, California, to one of hip-hop’s most recognizable figures, and Tupac played an important role in that story. The two rappers were labelmates at Death Row Records and collaborated on “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted,” from Tupac’s 1996 album All Eyez on Me.

The friendship became more complicated as Tupac reportedly took issue with Snoop’s refusal to publicly choose a side in the East and West Coast rap fued in the 1990s.

Jones now becomes the latest actor tasked with portraying one of hip-hop’s most mythologized figures. Demetrius Shipp Jr. starred as Tupac in the 2017 biopic All Eyez on Me, while Anthony Mackie portrayed him in Notorious, the 2009 film about Christopher Wallace, better known as the Notorious B.I.G.

Outside of Panic, Jones has appeared in grown-ish, The Purge, and Shameless. He is also slated to appear in the third season of P-Valley.

Jones’ casting comes as Tupac’s 1996 killing is once again the subject of national attention. This month, Duane “Keffe D” Davis went on trial in Las Vegas, nearly three years after authorities charged him with murder in connection with the rapper’s death. Davis, the only person ever charged in the case, has pleaded not guilty.

The case centers on the events of Sept. 7, 1996, when Tupac was shot while riding in a car near the Las Vegas Strip. Prosecutors allege Davis helped arrange the shooting following an altercation involving Tupac and Davis’ nephew, Orlando Anderson, at the MGM Grand earlier that night. Tupac died from his injuries six days later at 25.

Davis has denied responsibility for Tupac’s death, and his defense has challenged the reliability of statements he previously made about the shooting. The trial, which began this month, comes nearly 30 years after the killing that's remained one of hip-hop’s most talked about mysteries.