MOS DEF should have taken Snoops role

Thank you for saying this. I was trying to come up with a title for a thread and saw yours. Mos Def would have brought a nuance to the character that was sorely needed. Snoop can't act and played Willie as a one-dimensional thug/gangsta, hip-hop style.

As someone who was there during the time period, the persona that you see of blacks was WAY different. Trust me, Willie Spearment was a much fuller character than what Snoop played. Back then, a black man trying to write, working at a typewriter each day was someone who was enlightened on many levels, not just street. Snoop was one-dimensional and he certainly didn't come off like a Brooklynite. He was awful.