This is the actor playing Tupac Shakur in film about the legendary gangster rapper (Pics)

If you're going to make a film about one of the greatest rappers of all time then you'd better make sure you pick a dead-ringer.

Well they are...and they did. Filming is under way on the biopic of legendary American rapper Tupac Shakur who sold 75 million albums world wide before being gunned down in 1996. The man they have chosen to play the rap luminary in film All Eyez On Me bears a spooky resemblance to him. https://www.instagram.com/p/_fdB06IUfT/?taken-by=dshippjraeome Demetrius Shipp Jr wasn't even an actor when he was chosen for the role - but he looks so much like the famous Death Row Records artist that they just couldn't turn him down. https://www.instagram.com/p/_f_A1yoUfN/?taken-by=dshippjraeome According to TMZ, the film's producer L.T. Hutton approached Demetrius and has encouraged him to take acting lessons for the lead part of Tupac. While Demetrius' resemblance is uncanny, the same can't be said for his on-screen adversary - East Coast rap behemoth The Notorious BIG... https://www.instagram.com/p/_c8ZgPIUbK/?taken-by=dshippjraeome We still don't have a release date yet for the bopic, but we'll be first in line to see the story of Tupac's life https://twitter.com/NoahFairbanks/status/678422579665760256