West Coast rapper Xzibit has reportedly joined the cast of the upcoming cop drama Bad Lieutenant which includes Nicholas Cage and Val Kilmer.

According to Daily Variety, the film  will be ia remake of the 1992 Bad Lieutenant film that starred Harvey Keitel.

Cage will play the lead character, a cop who lives on the edge and Kilmer will play his partner.  Xzibit will play a villain named 'Big Fade'.

The film's production is slated to begin this summer.