According to the Hollywood Reporter: Notorious B.I.G. Movie will begin filming soon and is slated to hit the streets January 2009. So who will play the illustrious, smooth story teller from Brooklyn… some Brooklyn rapper(I have to be honest I’ve never heard of him) Jamal Woolard a.k.a. Gravy. The top cast includes Angela Bassett as Voletta Wallace, Derek Luke as “Diddy” and Anthony Mack as Tupac. Fox Searchlight and the production held an open casting call late fall 2007 hoping to find someone to play B.I.G. Of course hundreds came out on droves swagger jacking but I guess gravy did his thing. Read the entire story HERE
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