50 Cent and Snoop Dogg to produce 'Murder Was the Case', Issa Rae produces 'Insecure' documentary, and more

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50 Cent is developing a new series for Starz, based on Snoop Dogg’s 1996 murder trial.

Named after Snoop’s 1993 hit song, “Murder Was the Case,” from his seven-times RIAA_certified Platinum Doggystyle album, the show will explore when the “Gin and Juice” rapper was charged with first-degree murder for the shooting of Philip Woldemariam, a member of a rival gang. Snoop, who was acquitted, was represented by the late Johnnie Cochran, famous for also representing O.J. Simpson in his 1995 trial for the murder of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman. 

“This was a pivotal moment in my life and career and I’ve