The film, currently in preproduction, stars Oscar winner Adrien Brody as Leonard Chess, the founder of blues label Chess Records, and Jeffrey Wright as blues legend Muddy Waters. Others who have signed on for the project include Cedric the Entertainer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, and Columbus Short. Filming is scheduled for later this year in New Jersey and Mississippi.

Meanwhile, Beyonce is scheduled to perform a duet with Tina Turner on the 50th annual Grammy Awards telecast, February 10th from Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The show’s supervising music director, Paul Glass, told the New York Post’s Page Six, “I’m a huge fan of Snoop and I’d love to hear what he’d come up with.”

In related news, while Snoop Dogg may be affiliated with Los Angeles’ Crips street gang, the rapper is all about peace. He explained: “I dream about peace in the world, you know what I’m sayin’? Just non-violent, you know no wars, no deaths, no accidents, you know positive stuff like that where it can be happy all the time ’cause that’s how I like to get down.”

According to The Richmond-Times Dispatch, Wayne muddled through performances of “I’m a D-Boy ” and “Duffle Bag Boy,” before walking off the stage. Some frustrated fans began to leave the venue when the artist finally returned with new energy and an apology for his erratic behavior.

“I just flew in 10 minutes ago. I just had to deal with a whole lot of bulls**t today, but I guess you know that,” Lil Wayne reportedly told the crowd. “I want you to know that no one in this building had nothing to do with the attitude I got right now- some sh*t happened today that made me look at life in a different way. I’m pissed off to the highest point right now and trying to get it together for y’all.”

Lil Wayne performed for the next hour and received an enthusiastic response, the paper reported.

Meanwhile, the New Orleans native is due back in Yuma County for a preliminary hearing on Feb. 12. As previously reported, Wayne’s tour bus was flagged by a Border Patrol canine unit that detected the presence of illegal drugs. A search of the bus yielded nearly 4 ounces of marijuana, just over an ounce of cocaine, 41 grams of ecstasy and miscellaneous drug paraphernalia.

Officials also found a .40-caliber pistol registered to Wayne, who has a concealed weapons permit in Florida.