Posted by | Cyrena Rose
Deadline reports BET has greenlighted an untitled Diggy Simmons Project, a two-hour backdoor comedy pilot/original movie starring 17-year-old rapper/blogger Daniel Dwayne Simmons, aka Diggy Simmons, and executive produced by Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil.
The Diggy Simmons project, said to have an Entourage vibe to it, is described as a fresh and edgy look at Diggy Simmons, his life as a blogger, and the close group of loyal friends who hold him down on his rise to the top.
Simmons will play the main character Blake. Also cast in the project are Allen Maldonado as Manny, Blake’s best friend. Manny lives with his twin sister Tae (Teyana Taylor), who is Blake’s ex-girlfriend, after their grandmother died. Chris Brew will play Dot, a tech geek, now a student at NYU, and a childhood friend of Blake and Manny. Bria Murphy will play Manny’s girlfriend Nia. Stephanie Charles will play Sheri, Dot’s ex-girlfriend.
Rapper Diggy Simmons has also been announced as a headliner for the 10th annual Scream Tour. The teen concert series is set to launch this September in Georgia, where the famous son of Rev. Run will be joined by up-and-comers like The New Boyz, Jacob Latimore and The OMG Girlz.
Diggy Simmons, who is considered to be an ol’ soul in a young body, continues to do big things!
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