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Notorious Casting (no pun intended)

Jamal Woolard - The Notorious B.I.G.
Angela Bassett - Voletta Wallace
Derek Luke - Sean Combs f/k/a Puff Daddy
Anthony Mackie - Tupac Shakur

Here’s what the Hollywood Reporter had to say:

Woolard, who also is known as Gravy, is not a total unknown. He has
released a number of albums, though he’s perhaps best known for
being shot before a radio appearance outside the New York hip-hop
station Hot 97 two years ago, after which he proceeded with the
interview and became a part of hip-hop lore.

Like Biggie, Woolard was a drug dealer before he became a rapper.
He had released a number of albums on indie labels in the 1990s
before being signed by Warner Bros.

 
Getting shot in the ass and banned from Hot 97 - a key selling point for the starring role in a major motion picture? Who could have thunk it?

Before all the hating begins, keep in mind…  just under a year ago Sean Kingston was rumored to be starring as B.I.G. Principal photography begins end of this month.