Jaden Smith Will Play A Young Kanye West In Showtime Series ‘Omniverse’

Showtime has ordered a script for Omniverse, an “anthology series examining the many doors of perception,” executive produced by Kanye West.
According to Uproxx, the show is also set to star Jaden Smith, portraying a younger version of West in an alternate reality.
Smith has had a lot of acting experience in recent years.
Smith starred in the Netflix series The Get Down, and he had a lead voice role in the Ezra Koenig-created animated Netflix series Neo Yokio.
As a child, he co-starred alongside his father Will Smith in The Pursuit Of Happyness.
Kanye notably worked on a pilot for MTV in 2008, titled Alligator Boots, which was described as “hip-hop meets the Muppets.”