Notorious

Notorious is a 2009 American biographical drama film based on the life of Brooklyn-based hip-hop artist Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace/the Notorious B.I.G.. The film was directed by George Tillman Jr. and written by Reggie Rock Bythewood and Cheo Hodari Coker. Jamal Woolard stars as Wallace, with Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, and Anthony Mackie in supporting roles. The film dramatizes key events in Biggie's life: his criminal lifestyle, arrest and release from prison, his relationships with Sean Combs (who serves as executive producer), 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, 1997. Biggie's mother, Voletta, served as a producer for the film, alongside his forme