Rumors are swirling across the Internet that DMX is set to play BMF gangster Big Meech in a major motion picture.
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BET and other blogs have been reporting the story as fact … however we’ve found out the real plans.
In a statement released on their Facebook page, the producers of the film entitled Blame It On The Hustle say they are in no way making a biopic about Meech.
According to a statement from Blame It On The Hustle LLC:
Blame It On The Hustle is an independent film produced by Blame It On The Hustle LLC. and is slated for a late 2013 box office release.
The film is set to star hip-hop artist DMX, Ving Rhames, Laila Odom, Jackie Long and Mekhi Phifer, along with Michael Imperioli, documenting the rise and fall of the first urban crime family “The Hit Boyz” in present day New York City.
A rep for the film states: “In the midst of a recent erroneous press release that has gone viral using our attached cast, we would like to inform the public that Blame it On The Hustle is in no way, shape or form attached to Program Pictures or BMF.
DMX will not be portraying Demetrius ‘Big Meech’ Flenory nor are we producing a BMF biopic.”
-Executive Producer Phil ‘Gates’ Jordan
-Executive Producer Philip Lawton
A few years ago, there were rumors that a film was being made about Big Meech, but it’s not this one.
