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*Notorious* tells the story of Christopher Wallace, better known as The Notorious B.I.G., a young man from Brooklyn, New York, who rises from a difficult childhood and street life to become one of the most influential rappers in hip-hop history. With the help of producer Sean “Puffy” Combs, he launches a successful music career, gains fame, and earns recognition for his distinctive voice and storytelling lyrics.
As his popularity grows, Christopher struggles to balance his music career, relationships, family life, and the dangers surrounding the rap industry. His rivalry with Tupac Shakur intensifies the tensions between the East Coast and West Coast hip-hop scenes. Despite his success, betrayal, violence, and personal conflicts follow him, leading to a tragic ending that leaves a lasting impact on the music world.
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Main Cast
Jamal Woolard — Christopher “Biggie Smalls” Wallace / The Notorious B.I.G.
Christopher Jordan Wallace — Young Christopher Wallace
Angela Bassett — Voletta Wallace
Derek Luke — Sean “Puffy” Combs
Anthony Mackie — Tupac Shakur
Antonique Smith — Faith Evans
Naturi Naughton — Kimberly “Lil’ Kim” Jones
Marc John Jefferies — Lil’ Cease
Dennis L.A. White — Damion “D-Roc” Butler
Aunjanue Ellis — Sandy
Supporting Cast
Kevin Phillips — Mark Pitts
Julia Pace Mitchell — Jan Jackson
Edwin Freeman — Mister Cee
Valence Thomas — DJ 50 Grand
Sean Ringgold — Suge Knight
Anwan Glover — Snoop Dogg
Charles Malik Whitfield — Wayne Barrow
John Ventimiglia — Detective Farelli
David Costabile — Mr. Webber
Red Café — Primo
Naquon “Nino Brown” Jackson — Nino Brown
Amanda Christopher — Keisha
Ricky Smith — Wally
Cyrus Farmer — Selwyn
Jasper Briggs — Young Damion
Denae Innis — T’yanna Wallace
Additional Cast
Momo Dione — Record Executive at Party
Menyone DeVeaux — Hot Girl #1
Michael Rady — Not credited in this film
Miya Granatella — Hot Lady
Charles Malik Whitfield — Wayne
Susie Da Silva — Jessica
John Ventimiglia — Detective Farelli
Lamont “Money L” Mosley — Money L
Christopher Amitrano — Tony Mui
Sarah Delgado — Additional cast member
This video is not intended to infringe upon rights, impersonate others, or offend, threaten, defame, or discredit any content creator, audiovisual material, or person mentioned or shown within it. Furthermore, this video—including all images and clips used—constitutes a work of criticism and analysis and is protected under the doctrine of "fair use." Fair use is a legal exception that allows for the reuse of copyrighted material under certain circumstances without requiring the consent of the rights holder.
As his popularity grows, Christopher struggles to balance his music career, relationships, family life, and the dangers surrounding the rap industry. His rivalry with Tupac Shakur intensifies the tensions between the East Coast and West Coast hip-hop scenes. Despite his success, betrayal, violence, and personal conflicts follow him, leading to a tragic ending that leaves a lasting impact on the music world.
Notorious 2009 movie recap, Notorious movie explained, Notorious Big movie summary, The Notorious B.I.G. biography, Biggie Smalls story, Christopher Wallace life story, hip hop biopic recap, Tupac and Biggie rivalry, true story movie recap, music biographical drama
Main Cast
Jamal Woolard — Christopher “Biggie Smalls” Wallace / The Notorious B.I.G.
Christopher Jordan Wallace — Young Christopher Wallace
Angela Bassett — Voletta Wallace
Derek Luke — Sean “Puffy” Combs
Anthony Mackie — Tupac Shakur
Antonique Smith — Faith Evans
Naturi Naughton — Kimberly “Lil’ Kim” Jones
Marc John Jefferies — Lil’ Cease
Dennis L.A. White — Damion “D-Roc” Butler
Aunjanue Ellis — Sandy
Supporting Cast
Kevin Phillips — Mark Pitts
Julia Pace Mitchell — Jan Jackson
Edwin Freeman — Mister Cee
Valence Thomas — DJ 50 Grand
Sean Ringgold — Suge Knight
Anwan Glover — Snoop Dogg
Charles Malik Whitfield — Wayne Barrow
John Ventimiglia — Detective Farelli
David Costabile — Mr. Webber
Red Café — Primo
Naquon “Nino Brown” Jackson — Nino Brown
Amanda Christopher — Keisha
Ricky Smith — Wally
Cyrus Farmer — Selwyn
Jasper Briggs — Young Damion
Denae Innis — T’yanna Wallace
Additional Cast
Momo Dione — Record Executive at Party
Menyone DeVeaux — Hot Girl #1
Michael Rady — Not credited in this film
Miya Granatella — Hot Lady
Charles Malik Whitfield — Wayne
Susie Da Silva — Jessica
John Ventimiglia — Detective Farelli
Lamont “Money L” Mosley — Money L
Christopher Amitrano — Tony Mui
Sarah Delgado — Additional cast member
This video is not intended to infringe upon rights, impersonate others, or offend, threaten, defame, or discredit any content creator, audiovisual material, or person mentioned or shown within it. Furthermore, this video—including all images and clips used—constitutes a work of criticism and analysis and is protected under the doctrine of "fair use." Fair use is a legal exception that allows for the reuse of copyrighted material under certain circumstances without requiring the consent of the rights holder.
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00:00This movie is based on true events and begins in 1983 in Brooklyn, New York.
00:04Two students dream of becoming famous rappers, but according to their female classmates,
00:08Four Eyes Chris will never appear on the covers of magazines because he is chubby, black, and ugly.
00:12Christopher Wallace is an outstanding student who lives in a dangerous neighborhood in Bed Stewie.
00:16His mother does not let him go out alone, not even into the courtyard.
00:20In the next scene, Chris meets his father, who wants to get back together with the family.
00:24But Valetta, the boy's mother, rejects her ex because she doesn't want him back in their lives.
00:28With tears in his eyes, Chris supports his mother, saying that he is glad his father will not be coming
00:33back.
00:34The next day, we see the boy sitting outside his house while writing something in his notebook about his dad.
00:38As he writes, he observes some boys with their new sneakers and gold chains around their necks,
00:43and he realizes that he no longer wants to sit outside his house watching,
00:46but he wants to participate in the activities that would allow him to look like these imposing guys.
00:50So he asks Dirac, a local drug dealer who teaches him how to be a tough guy.
00:54He explains that when he sees a drug addict, he has to hold out his hand, take the bills,
00:57and give them the crack he has previously stored away.
01:00Chris is already 17 years old and continues making money by breaking the law.
01:04In one of the scenes, after talking to his mother, the young man does not go straight out into the
01:08street,
01:09but instead he climbs up to the rooftop where he has luxury clothes, gold, and even a gun stored away.
01:14Chris constantly annoys his teachers, but he is intelligent,
01:17and they show us how he easily solves the equation on the blackboard.
01:20His teacher predicts that the boy will barely manage to get a job as a garbage collector,
01:24and the young man replies that even with that job, he would earn $4,000 more a year than him.
01:28In another scene, Chris meets up with his girlfriend Jan, and there she confesses to him that she is pregnant.
01:33The young gangster becomes worried and then panics.
01:35Despite this, the method of serving drug addicts has not changed, and thanks to that,
01:39he and Dirac are the main distributors in the area.
01:42In his free time, Chris raps.
01:44People begin to learn about his talent, and suddenly, a guy named Primo challenges him to a freestyle battle.
01:48However, the young man easily defeats his rival because people like the way he raps about a luxurious lifestyle.
01:54Later, at home, Chris's mother is waiting for him.
01:56She is angry because her son had missed 20 days of school in the last month.
02:00He tells her that he simply does not want to be a beggar like the doctor or the system specialist
02:04who came to the school recently,
02:05and he tells her that he has better things to do, especially because he is about to become a father.
02:10This news shocks his mother.
02:11During the argument, Valetta mentions that she had thrown away the dried mashed potatoes she had found under the bed.
02:16Chris tells her that it was not mashed potatoes.
02:18But drugs, and justifies himself by showing off gold and a wad of cash.
02:23Valetta slaps her son and kicks him out of the house.
02:25Chris continues selling crack and even accepts money from a pregnant girl,
02:28something Dirac would not do because of his moral principles.
02:31He later manages to set up his own business and puts four young men out on the streets to sell
02:35the drugs.
02:36Chris no longer hangs out with the guys or has fun with women because he spends all day counting money.
02:41Some time later, the guy makes a mistake and ends up in jail.
02:44Valetta is only willing to pray for him, and she tells him that if he got himself into this trouble,
02:48he must get himself out of it on his own.
02:50In jail, out of boredom, Chris starts writing again, and over time, his handwriting improves.
02:55He is still in jail when he learns that his daughter has been born.
02:58Nine months later, Chris is released, and he finally sees his daughter, Tiana Wallace, for the first time.
03:03Then, the rapper meets up with his guys and announces that he is going back to his old business.
03:08According to him, supporting his daughter is just as difficult as being behind bars.
03:12Biggie Smalls, as he calls himself, is drawn to music and the microphone.
03:16His friends say he is a great rapper and advise him to record a demo tape.
03:19A little later, producer Sean Combs, known as Puff, invites Chris to come over.
03:24The first thing Puff does is find out whether the rapper is still selling drugs on the streets,
03:28since he does not want to work with a man who could go to jail at any moment.
03:31Puff argues that Chris is now 19 years old, but promises him that if he comes to his senses and
03:36trusts him, he will be a millionaire by the age of 21, and that Biggie Smalls could become as big
03:40a figure on the East Coast as Tupac or Dr. Dre are on the West Coast.
03:44In the next scene, Chris flirts with a girl from the neighborhood named Kim Jones,
03:47and the two end up having sex.
03:49Puff arrives at Vicky's house and informs him that he has been fired,
03:52which means the recording studio and the contract are lost.
03:55Despite this, he advises him not to go back to dealing drugs on the streets,
03:58but Chris does not listen to him, and soon the police arrest him and D-Rock.
04:02And that's not all.
04:03They tell them that they have found a gun in the possession of the two friends,
04:06so one of them has to take the fall for possessing an unregistered firearm,
04:09and they must decide between themselves which of the two will be responsible for the gun.
04:13Although the gun belongs to Chris, D-Rock wants to take the blame.
04:16After all, Vicky has the opportunity to succeed,
04:19and he also faces five years in prison because it would be his second time behind bars.
04:23D-Rock stands by his friend, and Chris is released immediately.
04:26After this, Chris goes straight to Puff's private studio.
04:29He is amazed to see the professional equipment,
04:31but the only thing Puff offers him so far is a college tour, the Notorious Big.
04:35That's how they introduce the unknown rapper on stage, and nobody pays him any attention.
04:39However, when Vicky starts rapping about the times when he skipped school,
04:42broke girls at the age of 13, and kept a gun under his shirt,
04:45the students begin to love the new rap star.
04:47The famous rapper Tupac Shakur is listening to him backstage.
04:51Suddenly, some people run toward the stage, and a fight breaks out,
04:54but it turns out to be staged as part of the show.
04:56And so, Notorious finally wins the audience's hearts.
04:59After that, Chris starts hanging out with Tupac more often, someone everyone respects.
05:04One day, Chris realizes that his girlfriend has a good voice when he hears her singing,
05:07and he promises to make her famous.
05:09Later, Chris's mother scolds him for not having visited his daughter for a long time,
05:13and asks him what kind of normal man would call himself Puff.
05:16Mark Pitts, Puff's producer and friend, appears on the scene and defends a young man,
05:20saying that he is working hard.
05:22Afterward, Valetta confesses to her son that she has been diagnosed with a tumor in her chest,
05:26and that she has to undergo surgery next week.
05:28To which Chris simply runs away from both his mother and the problem.
05:31Upon discovering why Chris is always sad,
05:33Mark tells him that he has to act like a man, and be there for his mother.
05:36A couple of weeks pass.
05:38During that time, Puff's business becomes a success.
05:41Then, the producer announces that he has created a record company called Bad Boys Records,
05:44and hands Chris to check for $60,000.
05:47Meanwhile, Valetta is discharged from the hospital.
05:50In another scene, Notorious' first single is being recorded in the studio,
05:53but in addition to gangsta rap, he had to make a dramatic song,
05:56so that it could be played on the radio.
05:57On the other hand, we discover that Chris does not want to talk to his daughter.
06:01In the studio, Chris barely does anything,
06:03but when he has to work, he gets going and delivers quality lyrics.
06:06And that's how a new star is born.
06:08Notorious B.I.G.
06:08Bad Boy Records releases its first album, called Ready to Die.
06:12And from this moment on, Chris feels like a big shot.
06:14At the album launch party, his friend Tupac approaches him to congratulate him.
06:18On the other hand, we see that Chris is still dating Kim Jones,
06:21but during a photo shoot, he meets the R&B singer named Faith Evans,
06:24and immediately starts trying to win her over.
06:26Very soon, Chris gets his way and kisses Faith.
06:29Just three weeks later, he proposes to her, and they get married.
06:32The problem is that she is promoting her ex's music career,
06:35and in one of the scenes, she made a scene in the middle of a recording session.
06:38The woman acknowledges that the man had lifted her out of poverty,
06:41but that kind of thing is very difficult to put up with.
06:43One day, Jen knocks on Faith's door and, with her daughter in her arms,
06:47asks her to tell Chris to at least visit the little girl from time to time.
06:50In another scene, while talking to his wife,
06:53Chris asks her not to call the hotel room where he is staying,
06:55because Mark and a girl would be there having fun.
06:57Faith realizes that something is wrong,
06:59so she pretends to be a waitress and enters the room.
07:02There, her suspicions are confirmed,
07:03as her husband is indeed cheating on her.
07:05The singer hits the mistress, confronts her husband, and leaves.
07:08Later, Chris goes to the studio to make amends with Faith
07:11for what happened and promises her that it will not happen again.
07:14Meanwhile, his relationship with Kim Jones,
07:16who became very famous and better known as Lil' Kim, only got worse.
07:19We then see that Biggie Smalls' new songs are at the top of the charts.
07:23One day, the guy visits his old neighborhood.
07:25Afterward, we see that he and Buff constantly appear on the covers of magazines.
07:29Only his good friend Tupac Shakur is perhaps more popular than him.
07:32In another scene, Tupac and his crew arrive at the skyscraper where Chris is recording.
07:37There, the rapper is attacked by armed men.
07:39Chris gets off the elevator to see what is happening,
07:41and at that moment, the police arrive.
07:43Tupac suffered five gunshot wounds,
07:45and he is convinced that the guys from the East Coast set him up.
07:47To be exact, Puff and Biggie Smalls.
07:49Later, at the awards ceremony,
07:51Tupac's producer, Shug Knight,
07:53Puff insults and advises all young rappers not to record with him.
07:56And so, a war breaks out between the East and West Coasts.
08:00Journalists add fuel to the fire by claiming that Chris's song,
08:03Who Shot Ya?
08:03is mocking the armed attack on Tupac.
08:05Although Notorious had already stopped performing it,
08:07Tupac releases his insulting song,
08:10Hit Him Up!
08:10in which he responds to Biggie.
08:12Chris ignores everything,
08:13but he is left speechless when he sees Tupac on the cover of a magazine with his wife, Faith.
08:17While the woman is giving an interview,
08:19Chris gets angry,
08:20grabs her clothes tightly,
08:21and shakes her,
08:22then accuses her of cheating on him.
08:24Puff asks him to calm down,
08:25especially because a contract has just been signed under which the artist can earn 5 million.
08:29Faith gathers her things,
08:30and Chris apologizes once again,
08:32but Faith is tired of forgiving him and leaves.
08:34Before a new award ceremony,
08:36Notorious receives a threatening phone call from the West,
08:38with death threats.
08:40The rapper talks to his producer,
08:41and tells him what happened.
08:42He also tells him that he recently found out that Faith is pregnant with his child.
08:46Finally,
08:46he becomes even more furious when,
08:48instead of a size 49 shoe,
08:50He is given a size 46.
08:52Faced with this,
08:53Puff have an honest conversation with him,
08:54and Notorious calms down.
08:56However,
08:56moments later,
08:57out on the street,
08:58Tupac and Suge Knight tease him.
09:00There is no way to get back on track with his former friend,
09:02as they have passed the point of no return.
09:04All rap fans are divided into two sides,
09:06arguing about which coast is better,
09:07and who is to blame for the conflict between Tupac and Notorious.
09:10During Chris's concert,
09:12The audience interrupts him,
09:13but the rapper is not overwhelmed,
09:14and demands that they play the song Who Shot Ya,
09:16claiming that it was written a long time ago,
09:18and it wasn't about Tupac.
09:19On September 13, 1996,
09:21Tupac Shakur is shot,
09:23and killed in his car in Las Vegas.
09:25The rapper died when he was only 25 years old.
09:27Upon hearing this story,
09:29Valletta calls her son,
09:30hoping that the war between the coasts will finally come to an end.
09:33Later,
09:33a saddened Chris watches the footage he recorded while he was with Tupac.
09:37Sometime later,
09:37the rapper suffers an accident in which he breaks his leg,
09:40and you have to be taken to the hospital.
09:41His best friend,
09:42D-Rock,
09:42is finally released from prison,
09:44and congratulates Biggie on his success.
09:46D-Rock wonders how his daughter Tiana is doing.
09:48Someone Biggie hasn't even thought about for a long time,
09:50and advises him to be a man not only on stage,
09:53but also in life.
09:54Christopher Wallace decides to rethink his attitude toward life,
09:56and finally reunites with his daughter.
09:58On the other hand,
09:59he ends his relationship with Lil' Kim,
10:01even though he had recently asked her to come see him.
10:03After insulting his ex-girlfriend,
10:05He turns to his daughter,
10:06and tells her never to let any man insult her.
10:08In his neighborhood,
10:09he sees from a distance the drug addict he used to sell drugs to,
10:12and you can see that the woman is happy,
10:13as she is raising a healthy child.
10:15Notorious announces to Puff,
10:17that he has become more serious,
10:18and wants to change his repertoire.
10:19Chris moves away from gangster rap,
10:21and ventures into soul.
10:22To put an end to the hostility,
10:24Chris agrees to fly to Los Angeles,
10:25on the West Coast,
10:26to promote a new album.
10:28His mother worries about him,
10:29and asks him to be careful.
10:30On March 8th, 1997,
10:32While Biggie walks through the streets of Los Angeles,
10:34with some
10:35planning to meet up with his daughter,
10:37someone watches them from a car.
10:38One of his guys receives a phone call,
10:40and is threatened that Notorious,
10:41will not leave there alive.
10:43At first,
10:44Chris didn't want to go to the party,
10:45but then he gathered his courage,
10:46and agreed to go out.
10:47Then,
10:48He called his ex-wife,
10:49to bring him his son.
10:50At the party,
10:51We see many hip-hop stars,
10:52and everything seems to be going wonderfully,
10:54but the fun suddenly comes to an end.
10:56Firefighters arrive at the scene,
10:57and shut down the party,
10:58because there are too many people in the room,
11:00as Notorious leaves the building.
11:02He calls Lil,
11:02Kim apologized.
11:03and proposes that they were things out.
11:05The car carrying Chris Wallace,
11:06stops at a red traffic light,
11:08and at that moment,
11:09another car pulls up beside it.
11:10The attacker rolls down the window,
11:12and fires six shots.
11:13After this,
11:14his friends immediately take him to the hospital,
11:16But half an hour later,
11:17Chris dies.
11:18Everyone close to him,
11:19attends the funeral.
11:20Valetta mourns the death of her son,
11:22who was not yet 25 years old.
11:24She asks for the funeral car,
11:25carrying Chris to pass through his home district.
11:28Many people line the road,
11:29to say goodbye,
11:30to the local celebrity.
11:31Notorious B.I.G.
11:32did not live,
11:33to see the release of his second album,
11:34called Life After Death,
11:35which sold 10 million copies.
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