EXCLUSIVE : Corey Hendrix ( The Bear ) and Ahmad Ferguson ( The Chi ) have joined Omar Epps, Wiz Khalifa, Quavo and Chukwudi Iwuji in gangland drama Moses the Black .
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and his G-Unit Film and Television are on board as executive producers with filming due to begin next week.
The pic is a story about a gangster in modern-day Chicago, inspired by the repentance story of the fifth-century saint of the same name. Epps plays Chicago gang leader and lead character Malik, with Khalifa as 2wo-3ree, the confident and volatile leader of Malik’s young crew. It marks the Grammy-nominated rapper’s second movie role and his first as one of the leads. Quavo plays Straw, Malik’s arch-nemesis. The title character, St. Moses the Black, is played by Iwuji.
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