I don't know how the source material would translate into anything but a comedy game.
A lot of this is raw emotions the likes of which I don't think 2d can handle.
Then again, I've never really thought any gangster/rapper game was all that good or could even be taken seriously.
Like, their lives are already an action-packed video game. And I know first hand because I used to be very close to a rapper and his "gang"