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Notorious   2009         R, 120 min. Genre: Drama / Musical Director: George Tillman Jr.   Cast: Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, Naturi Naughton, Dennis L.A. White, Anthony Makie, Antonique Smith, Julia Pace Mitchell, John Ventimiglia, Marc John Jeffries, Christopher Jordan Wallace, Jasper Briggs, Cyrus Farmer, Aunjanue Ellis, Charles Malik Whitfield   Growing up in Brooklyn, young Christopher Wallace (Christopher Jordan Wallace, Jr.) lives with his religious mother Violetta (Angela Bassett). When he reaches his teenage years, Christopher (now played by Jamal Woolard) enters the criminal world of drugs and even serves some time in jail. Along the way, he realizes that he is great at dropping lines, signs a deal with Sean "Diddy" Combs (Derek Luke) to record his rap music, and becomes the phenomenon, Notorious B.I.G., aka Biggie. He lives life out on the edge with women and partying, but fate steps in, and Wallace is murdered in Los Angeles at the young age of 24. Cast Jamal Woolard Christopher "Biggie" Wallace Angela Bassett Voletta Wallace Derek Luke Sean "Puffy" Combs Naturi Naughton Lil Kim Dennis L.A. White Damion "D-Roc" Butler Anthony Makie Tupac Shakur Antonique Smith Faith Evans Julia Pace Mitchell Jan John Ventimiglia Detective Farelli Marc John Jeffries Lil Cease Christopher Jordan Wallace Biggie at Age 8-13 Jasper Briggs Damion at Age 8-13 Cyrus Farmer Selwyn Aunjanue Ellis Sandy Charles Malik Whitfield Wayne Barrow