Nick Cannon was last seen starring as himself in TV movie Rags. (Image: AP)
Los Angeles:
Singer Nick Cannon has secured alead role in an upcoming biopic about notorious drug lordFreeway Rick Ross.
The 32-year-old husband of pop star Mariah Carey hasannounced the new big-screen project with the drug kingpinhimself in a YouTube video, reported Ace Showbiz.
"I've been wanting him to play my role since '96. We gothooked up, I met him. I loved his personality," Ross Said.
The America's Got Talent host added, "This is historyin the making right here. We family now. We gonna get thisthing right however long it take. The story gotta be told: thereal Rick Ross."
The movie is expected to use script written by NickCassavetes, who has penned Alpha Dog and Blow.
Cannon was last seen starring as himself in TV movieRags. His other on-screen credits include Up All Night,Day of the Dead and American Son.
The 32-year-old husband of pop star Mariah Carey hasannounced the new big-screen project with the drug kingpinhimself in a YouTube video, reported Ace Showbiz.
"I've been wanting him to play my role since '96. We gothooked up, I met him. I loved his personality," Ross Said.
The America's Got Talent host added, "This is historyin the making right here. We family now. We gonna get thisthing right however long it take. The story gotta be told: thereal Rick Ross."
The movie is expected to use script written by NickCassavetes, who has penned Alpha Dog and Blow.
Cannon was last seen starring as himself in TV movieRags. His other on-screen credits include Up All Night,Day of the Dead and American Son.
