To call 'Notorious' big is an understatement. Pardon the pun, but the movie about the Notorious B.I.G., the self-proclaimed and industry- and audience-validated 'greatest rapper of all time,' goes above and beyond the bounds of the traditional bioflick. The film took 11 years to make - nearly the same amount of time that's elapsed since B.I.G., aka Biggie Smalls, aka Christopher Wallace, was killed in a still-unsolved Los Angeles shooting in March 1997, months after the murder of his former friend and rap rival Tupac Shakur. 'Notorious,' starring Hollywood newcomer Jamal Woolard as the infamous Brooklyn, N.Y., rapper, finally hits theaters today.
On the eve of the movie's release, ABCNews.com spoke with Voletta Wallace, B.I.G.' S mother and a producer of 'Notorious,' about the making of the movie, her thoughts on the reported 'East Coast/West Coast' rap feud of the '90s and how she's handling the ongoing mystery surrounding her son's death. Q: Talk about the process of making 'Notorious': A: The thought process, I would put it at 11 years.
About six years ago, the final script was done. It was not an easy process.
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It was an arduous one, finding the right people, finding Fox Searchlight. It was tough to find people to believe in the project. Searchlight believed in us. Q: What were you looking for when casting someone to play your son?
A:I was looking for someone not only of Christopher's stature but someone with his personality - someone smart, intelligent. When I read Jamal Woolard's bio, I was not very impressed. There were so many up-and-coming rap artists with the same bio. Looking at his picture, I didn't think he was right.
But the first day I actually met him. He came in for an audition; he walked in with the Biggie attitude. He was dressed the part, he knew his lines, he was very sure of himself. When he was leaving, I said to myself, 'That's my son.' He displayed everything that was my son. Q: How did you feel about showing the dark sides of your son - the drug dealing, the violence?
A: That was something I discovered during the process. When I read the script, I read my part. When I spoke to the writer author Cheo Hedari Coker I told him he had to interview Christopher's friends. I hadn't read their part. I saw it on the screen and in filming. It was very, very hard. There were days during filming when I was not there.
Then seeing certain things happening, putting it together, seeing it in its entirety - it was completely different. I wanted to be shocked, and shocked I was. Angry I was, very very, angry.
As a mother, you're trying to make a life for your son. To find out that during the time when he was supposed to be in school, he was not in school; knowing that he was selling drugs - that pissed me off. I thought that was disrespectful.
He jeopardized me, he manipulated me, he disrespected my home. I could've been in jail. Was I angry about that? Of course I was angry. That character I didn't like very much. My love for my son has not changed, but the fact is, I'm angry at him.
And if he were here, it would be a different story. Q: What are your thoughts on the reported 'East Coast/West Coast' rap feud of the 1990s? A: I don't think there was any East Coast/West Coast feud. I feel that the media and some really annoying people took a situation and blew it out of proportion. They took a wonderful friendship and obliterated it, destroyed it. Q: How are you handling the case of who murdered your son? A: Today, I'm in waiting mode.
This I will not discuss. Any questions pertaining to the case must be directed to my attorney. But I'm waiting like everyone else. (Wallace, Biggie's estate and his widow, singer Faith Evans, sued the City of Los Angeles in 2001. After a July 2005 mistrial, the case is currently in a holding pattern, according to Wallace's attorney Perry Sanders. Sanders said the suit 'alleges that certain (Los Angeles) police officers were involved in his (Biggie's) homicide,' and that the city has 'a pattern and practice in place that facilitated officers participating in unlawful conduct.' The criminal case also remains open and an 'active criminal investigation is going on as we speak,' according to Sanders.) Q: Are you in touch with any of Tupac Shakur's family or friends?
A: A few days after my son's death, Afeni Shakur Tupac's mom and I started talking. Today, to this moment, have a wonderful relationship. We talk, we compliment each other, we bless each other. The relationship is as smooth as a baby's bottom. Q: What did you want to accomplish with 'Notorious,' and what do you hope audiences come away with? A: Everyone who's going to see the movie, they're going to see a lot of negative things. But they need to not focus on the negative.
They need to see a life that was going the wrong way but made it into something good. The message is make the best of it. Take the talent you have, take the energy, and make the best of it. Don't focus on the negative, focus on the positive.
EXCLUSIVE: 'I have a very good idea who murdered my son.' Biggie Smalls' mother speaks out on the 20th anniversary of rapper's brutal death - and claims the LAPD knows who is responsible for the 1997 drive-by shooting. Biggie Smalls, aka Notorious B.I.G. The mother of Biggie Smalls, aka Notorious B.I.G., has spoken of her anguish on the 20th anniversary of the hip hop legend’s unsolved murder, revealing that the pain of losing her son has never gone away. Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, Voletta Wallace, 64, admits she hurts 'every single day' knowing that she will never see her son again and that his killer is still at large.
And in a shocking claim, the matriarch of hip hop reveals that she and LAPD detectives investigating the murder DO know who is responsible for her son’s death but a 'conspiracy' prevents the case from ever being solved. This comes as a source who was in Biggie'sinner circle tells DailyMail.com that the rapper may have been the unintended target of the shooting. Biggie, whose real name was Christopher Wallace, was gunned down in cold blood on March 9, 1997 in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles, aged just 24. Pictured, the car and crime scene where he was shot and killed Biggie, whose real name was Christopher Wallace, was gunned down in cold blood on March 9, 1997 in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles, aged just 24. The ‘Juicy’ singer had earlier delivered his final performance at the Soul Train Awards before he was killed after leaving an after-party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in a two-vehicle convoy. Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, Wallace admitted she hurts 'every single day' knowing that she will never see her son again and that his killer is still at large Trailed by fellow artist P.
Diddy, who opted to travel in a separate car, his friend could only watch as the Brooklyn-born star was hit by four bullets from a driver in a Chevrolet Impala that pulled alongside his GMC Suburban SUV. Speaking from her home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Voletta choked back tears as she recalled the shooting. She said: ‘It hurts me every single day to know what happened to Christopher and that I won’t see him ever again. ‘And it’s not just me that is devastated, his sister T’yanna hurts every day because of his loss. As a family, we’ve collectedly grieved and it doesn’t ever get any better for us. ‘Any mother who has lost a child knows exactly the devastation I feel, it’s the worst pain in the world and one that I wouldn’t wish upon my worst enemy. ‘He was so young, so talented and his life was taken far too soon.
It’s unnecessary that Christopher lost his life at just 24. He was my baby, and I think about him every day. ‘When it comes to the anniversary of the passing of his death, I don’t really like to talk about it. I know there will be a few tributes in honor of Christopher, and that’s great he’s still remembered, but it’s very tough for me and my family.’. Many in the aftermath of Biggie's death claim the bullets were actually meant for P. Diddy (pictured), whose real name is Sean Combs, as a revenge killing six months after Biggie’s rap rival Tupac Shakur was also gunned down Voletta, who is a devout Christian, admits she has turned to God for answers since the murder. However, as comforting as the church is, it can never replace her son.
‘I get by, using religion to ease my pain. But that’s not easy.
It helps a little, but it’s a far cry from bringing Christopher back to life,' she said. ‘I have had lots of support from friends at church, and I’m thankful for that over the years. People have been very nice to me, and that’s also because Christopher was such a glowing figure in their lives too.’.
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They claim Diddy is somehow linked to Shakur’s (pictured) murder in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996, a theory often rumored in hip hop circles Voletta blames the LAPD for not solving the crime and claims detectives know exactly who was responsible. ‘I have a very good idea who murdered Christopher and I genuinely believe that the LAPD know exactly who did too,’ she said. ‘They’ve done their investigation, but they just refuse to move forward. I don’t know why they haven’t arrested who was involved. ‘It seems to me that it’s one giant conspiracy, and someone is definitely being protected somewhere down the line.’ The longer the case goes unsolved Voletta, who is executor of Biggie's estate, knows it’s unlikely she will ever be able to put her son’s senseless killing behind her. ‘There’s no closure for me until that murderer is behind bars and sentenced,' she said.
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‘That may give me some closure to grab onto, but it sure won’t ever bring my son back.' Born on May 21, 1972, Biggie was raised in Brooklyn by single-mom Voletta, a Jamaican immigrant, who worked as a pre-school teacher. It was a tough start to life and Biggie was selling crack on street corners by age 12 landing him with a long rap sheet and a stint in jail aged 17. But in the late 1980s the troubled teen, who liked to rap as a sideline to dealing drugs, got his big break. At 6ft 3ins and nearly 400lbs, he used the fitting stage name Biggie Smalls after Calvin Lockhart’s gangster character in the 1975 movie Let’s Do It Again. One of his mixtapes was sent to an editor at hip-hop magazine The Source and Biggie was soon signed by Sean 'Puffy' Combs, then working for Uptown Records.
‘That soon escalated, and it is known in the circles that Suge (Knight) wanted to get revenge for losing his prized asset. He held Puff responsible and wanted to go after him,' the source said.
Pictured, the black car in which Tupac was fatally shot In September 1994 Biggie released his debut album, 'Ready to Die.' Under Combs' newly formed Bad Boy Records. Backed with hits like 'Juicy' and 'Big Poppa,' the record went platinum selling four million copies and the young hip-hop artist became a full-fledged star. The album earned several awards including Billboard’s Rap Artist of the Year and Rap Single of the Year. By then he had dropped his original name in place of The Notorious B.I.G.
After Lockhart sued him over 'Biggie Smalls'. The rapper's career went from strength to strength and he backed several other artists even working with Michael Jackson, on his 1995 album, 'HIStory.' By the close of 1995, Biggie was one of hip hop's best-selling and most sought after performers. He was married to R&B singer Faith Evans and they had a son, Christopher 'CJ' Wallace Jr., in 1996. Biggie already had a three-year-old daughter, T’yanna, with another woman. Theories around the shooting - now a part of hip hop lore - have reemerged in one form or another over the years as journalists and fans attempted to tackle the case.
But a source who was with Biggie the night he died is convinced the bullets were meant for P. Diddy, not him. The source says he believes the bullets were meant for Diddy, aka Sean Combs, as a revenge killing six months after Biggie’s rap rival Tupac Shakur was also gunned down.
The claim that Diddy is somehow linked to Shakur’s murder in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996 has long been rumored in hip hop circles. Share Earlier this week it emerged that the car in which Biggie was murdered in is now being sold by memorabilia dealer, Moments in Time for a staggering $1.5 million. It was originally picked up by a woman in an auction in 1997, who had no idea how famous the vehicle was, according to TMZ.
Apparently, the passenger door was replaced after police officers removed it during their investigation. Ironically, both rappers are still competing posthumously. Last week, the BMW that Tupac was riding in when he was shot dead also went on sale for $1.5 million.