{"id":9990,"date":"2011-09-19T15:18:03","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T19:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=9990"},"modified":"2011-09-19T14:50:17","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T18:50:17","slug":"snoop-dogg-stars-in-fillmore-slim-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=9990","title":{"rendered":"Snoop Dogg  Stars In  Fillmore Slim Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We can&#8217;t think of anyone better to fill the shoes of blues legend <strong>Fillmore Slim<\/strong> than rapper &#8212; and big pimping extraordinaire &#8212; <strong>Snoop Dogg<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snoop Dogg<\/strong> is set to star in the biopic\u00a0<em>The Legend of Fillmore Slim<\/em>. It was announced today by Ames Universal and SRI Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fillmore Slim<\/strong> &#8212; real name is <strong>Clarence Sims<\/strong> &#8212; is a blues singer and guitarist. And while you my be wondering why <strong>Snoop Dogg<\/strong>, of all people, is perfect for the role, let us tell you that <strong>Slim<\/strong> was known for more than just his music. During the 1960s and 70s, he was also a highly renowned pimp in San Francisco, often referred to as &#8220;The West Coast Godfather of the Game&#8221; and &#8220;The Pope of Pimping.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The film, co-written by newcomer <strong>Carole Parker<\/strong>, is set to start production in December, and with <strong>Slim<\/strong>, now 77-years-old, currently touring, &#8220;The Pope of Pimping&#8221; has a few tricks of the trade to teach<strong> Snoop<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can&#8217;t think of anyone better to fill the shoes of blues legend Fillmore Slim than rapper &#8212; and big pimping extraordinaire &#8212; Snoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg is set to star in the biopic\u00a0The Legend of Fillmore Slim. It was announced today by Ames Universal and SRI Entertainment. Fillmore Slim &#8212; real name is Clarence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}