Johnny Depp is set to star in the Tupac and Notorious BIG film Labyrinth as Russell Poole, the detective who investigated the unsolved murders of the two rappers who defined east and west coast rap in the 90s.
The film is adapted from Labyrinth: A Detective Investigates the Murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious BIG, the Implication of Death Row Records’ Suge Knight, and the Origins of the Los Angeles Police Scandal – Randall Sullivan’s account of the murders and their investigation.
This theory served as the basis for a legal case brought against the city of Los Angeles by Wallace’s mother, Voletta Wallace.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Depp will play the role of the Los Angeles police detective who, after spending months investigating the murder of Notorious BIG (real name Christopher Wallace), came to the conclusion that “gangsta cops” in his own force carried out the shooting.