Gravy to play Biggie Smalls
“Rapper Jamal Woolard (a.k.a. Gravy, pictured) has landed the lead
in the biopic Notorious, based on the life of rapper Notorious B.I.G.,
killed in 1997. Woolard won the role after a nationwide search that
began online in August, and stars Angela Bassett, who plays Biggie’s
mom, Voletta Wallace; Anthony Mackie (We Are Marshall), who’s been cast
as Wallace’s rival Tupac Shakur; and Derek Luke (Antwone Fisher) as
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Voletta Wallace poses for a photo with a wax figure of her slain son Christopher 'Biggie Smalls' Wallace on display at its debut at Madame Tussauds in Times Square on Thursday (October 25) in New York City. Voletta said at the event, "I think it look
Yea well I dont know what to make of this, At first glance a notion of tolerance ran through my dome (N/H) then I started comparing pictures and I thought it was attrocious. But when compared to videos a small penchant of sorts developed as it seemed a fairly accurate representation of the Brooklyn Beast. Still the pictures kind of weird me out, check out the Wax Frank White after the jump y’all. (more…)
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Exclusive VideoYo we may not be the most well known hip hop site out there but on the real, we do get the exclusive stuff for ya. Hey, heard about that new movie that Fox is trying to do on the life of Biggie? Well, Searchlight (which is affiliated with Fox) is doing casting calls for the part of Biggie. I got the exclusive videos of the cats from across the country who are tried out for the part. Here they are. Tell me, which one do you think we be good for the part?B.I.G CASTING CALL: ERRON FROM CHICAGO (click to view)B.I.G CASTING CALL: THATIUS FROM NYC (click to view)B.I.G CASTING CALL: BRYAN FROM GARDENA (click to view)B.I.G CASTING CALL: YEMI FROM PROVIDENCE (click to view)
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