Snoop Dogg's 1993 murder trial will get the Starz miniseries treatment from 50 Cent

TheWrap

The rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, has teamed with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson on the second season of the hip-hop anthology series A Moment in Time. Here's the logline for A Moment in Time: Murder was the Case: "In 1993, Snoop Dogg, aka Calvin Broadus, was charged with first degree murder for the shooting of Philip Woldermariam, a member of a rival gang who was actually killed by Snoop’s bodyguard, McKinley Lee, aka Malik. Snoop’s trial was going on during the release of Snoop’s debut album, Doggy Style, on which the most popular single was the song 'Murder was the Case.' The publicity of the case boosted sales to over 5 million albums, but the violent nature of Murder was the Case would go on to hurt Snoop’s case in his trial. Represented by defense attorney Johnnie Cochran, who repped OJ Simpson just the year before, Snoop and his defense claimed that his bodyguard was the shooter and acted in self-defense. This season will pull back the curtain on this very publicized story and show what Snoop dealt with in front of and behind cameras."