The game developers decided that Al Pacino's current voice was "too old" for this 30-something character, so they gave him full control over his substitute instead, as a part of the "voice and likeness" agreement. This very same agreement also prevents Pacino from lending his voice or likeness to other film-based games, which is why he's not included in the cast of The Godfather (2006) (VG). André Sogliuzzo was handpicked from a vast selection of voice artists by Pacino himself, to deliver the voice of Tony Montana - who of course was played by Pacino in the film the game is based on, Scarface (1983).
An advertisement reading "Shaft week" can be seen outside the Oakley Drive-in Theater, Richard Roundtree, who voices the owner of the Oakley Drive-In Theater owner played Detective John Shaft in Shaft (1971), et al, in the 1970's.