After reconciling with his mother and visiting his newborn daughter, T'yanna, he records a demo under the name "Biggie Smalls", which catches the attention of Sean "Puffy" Combs, an ambitious record producer working for Uptown. Christopher meets 16-year old Kim Jones, but Kim refuses to pursue a relationship with him due to her abusive past. However, his mother, Voletta, kicks him out of the house after finding crack underneath his bed and also because of the fact letters were sent home about him not attending school.Ĭhristopher gets caught with guns and drugs, and he serves nine months in jail before being bailed out. Christopher eventually participates in a rap battle, where he wins. When Christopher's girlfriend, ], tells him that she is pregnant, Christopher takes drug dealing more seriously so he can earn more money to support his growing family. Christopher, The Notorious B.I.G.'s real name, begins selling drugs at the height of the crack epidemic as he reaches adulthood, hustling with his friends Damion "D-Roc" Butler and Lil' Cease.
The film flashes back to Biggie's childhood in 1980s Brooklyn, New York, where he was a hard-working school student before being groomed into drug dealing. is stopped at a red light, an assailant in a Chevrolet Impala pulls up next to his SUV and opens fire. On March 9, 1997, in Los Angeles, just as The Notorious B.I.G. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $44.4 million on a $20 million budget. Notorious was released in the United States on January 16, 2009, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Biggie's mother, Voletta, served as a producer for the film, alongside his former managers Wayne Barrow and Mark Pitts.
The film stars Jamal Woolard as Wallace, with Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, and Anthony Mackie in supporting roles. Much of the film dramatizes key events in Biggie's life: his criminal lifestyle, arrest and release from prison, his relationships with Sean Combs, Tupac Shakur, Lil' Kim and Faith Evans, his involvement in the East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry and his drive-by-shooting murder on March 9.
It is based on the life of Brooklyn-based hip-hop artist Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace / The Notorious B.I.G. and written by Reggie Rock Bythewood and Cheo Hodari Coker. Notorious is a 2009 American biographical drama film directed by George Tillman Jr.
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