Lil Yachty doesn’t smoke weed but that’s not stopping him from participating in the sequel to one of the most beloved stoner comedies in film and Hip Hop. Lil Boat has landed the lead role in the upcoming movie How High 2, which is scheduled to debut on MTV in 2019.
“I’ve got some exciting news for all my fans and all my haters out there,” Yachty said in a video shared on Twitter. “I want to be the first to announce that we are in production of shooting the long-awaited sequel of How High 2, starring me.”
Along with the clip, he tweeted, “I’m so hype to announce i’m starring in my first film #HowHigh2. Lets Get It @MTV @Universalent. Stay tuned for more details on @howhighmovie. COMING 2019.”
According to Variety, Yachty will play Roger, who is described as “an entrepreneur and the younger brother of one of the protagonists from the original film.”
The original How High, which hit theaters in 2001, starred Method Man and Redman. It is unclear if the two will be involved in the sequel despite both men campaigning for it in the past.
Shauna Garr, one of the producers of the original, is returning as a producer. Variety also reports Quality Control’s Kevin “Coach K” Lee, Pierre “Pee” Thomas and Brian Sher will serve as executive producers along with Yachty.
How High 2 will be Yachty’s first leading role in a film, but he does have some acting experience. Earlier this year, he voiced Green Lantern in the animated comedy Teen Titans Go! To The Movies.
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I wont see this BS! They gonna mess the whole franchise with this move. SMH! Like it or not, this movie is a classic.
Yep and just with that move they messed the whole thing up
I wouldn’t call one movie that came out over a decade ago a franchise.
They are making another so now its a franchise since its done without the original cast. DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are you fucking kidding me? what the fuck is wrong with Meth and Red? i can’t believe they let this fucking clown in the movie….extremely upset to say I WILL NOT watch it if this fucking douche canoe is in it.
Why you all going mad for, this could be completely different from what Method Man and Redman are doing, they probably aren’t even involved in Universal’s sequel.
So the sequel is ruined and you ask why we getting mad for? They calling it how high 2 and placed the worst rapper in the game as the star, sounds shitty to me regardless of what red and meth are up to
It wouldn’t bother me if Red & Meth went and made their own sequel. They’ve spoken before about trying to buy the rights to the movie to use the same character names and that. I’m just saying I don’t really care because it won’t be a real sequel, the true fans of How High want the original characters and all that so that’s still a possibility, just under different names!
*facepalm* Welp, there goes that. Might as well throw Lil Uzi or Lil Pump in there too, SMH.
lil yachty b3st rapp3r Ever! Skillz n Barz boiiiiiiiiiii
lil yachty the father of H1P H0P
I personally don’t think Lil Yacthy is the “best” rapper but he is definitely in my top 5. in my opinion, Smokepurpp is #1 rapper of all time. This is coming from a person who has listened to rap for 1 and a half years and has lots of experience by the way.
All of this gave me cancer
Perpetrators. All rap is now is a bunch of walking talking falsehoods. Fugazi…
That’s some BS, i have zero interest in that
I refer them to use Molly instead of Mary Jane
This will be like a belly 2.
House Party 4
Hip hop’s ghostbusters, you seen what they did with the new one, yikes
And….. now I’m not interested in the project anymore
Hype ruined, I’m out
How High 2: Pill Edition
Might as well just be a crappy reboot.
I was ight with yatchy but if method and red aint staring in it I don’t think i will have any interest watching the sequel. Now Maybe if they had a bunch of new aged rapper on the same concept it might be worth seeing. For those who dont understand what I mean by all the rappers for example childish gambinos feels like summer music video.
smoking weed and having learning disabilities aren’t the same thing. plus, yachty admittedly doesn’t smoke, so his “acting” will have to convince us…
What the fuck? Damn. This is disappointing news. Makes me not wanna see How High 2. #CrabAssNewJacks
And you wonder why Slash made the comment about rap being top 40 music with no originality. This guy and his contemporaries are the reason why hip-hop fell off this hard. Has Lil Yachty ever made anything that even his fans can see themselves listening to five years from now? Are there any lines he’s had that have any substance to them whatsoever? No way.
lil floater in the toilet
Anything released on mtv is pure shit, just like this turd.