What does a Beauty Pageant winning little girl from Boulder and a Black street thug turned rapper from New York have in common. There murders will never be solved.
The streets were crowded as they slowly rolled out of the parking lot and to the corner of Wilshire and S. Fairfax. It was 12:45 when the Suburban came to a stop and the dark Impala pulled along side rolled down his window and quickly firing several shots into the car. 30 minutes later the greatest rapper and one of the greatest storytellers ever to live died leaving behind 2 children, a loving mother and millions of fans
New comer Jamal Woodward does a fantastic job at portraying Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls. A drug dealing who just so happens to turn into the best rapper to ever touch a microphone Brooklyn kid who was abandoned by his father and raised by his mother a strong proud Jamaican woman played beautifully by Angela Basset. It is a rather bias film. I don’t think that Tupac was that big of an idiot but I do believe Lil’ Kim was that sexy and Faith could sing that good.
The film revolves around him growing up and when he finally does he is gunned down. The director George Tillman Jr. captures “the street” with a sense of real-ness missing in most movies today. There will not be a dry eye in the theater at the end even though you already know the ending it does a fantastic job of reveling it at the right time and the right way. Not to soon and not to late.
A must see for any Hip Hop / Biggie fans. 4½ out of 5 pot leaves. Loved it
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