![]() It focuses on Wallace as a supremely gifted artist, whose lyricism and flow “transcended” all that preceded it, but also as a man constantly being torn between his undoubted promise as a rapper and a life of money-making crime on the streets of Brooklyn.Christopher Wallace's ability to free-flow about his gruff Brooklyn neighborhood caught the eye of Sean (then Puffy) Combs, who signed Wallace to his then fledgling Bad Boy Records label. Instead of treading much further into the mire, the documentary, directed by Emmett Malloy, tells another story. SPONSORED Texas Frontiers travel guide: what to do and where to go Daniel Craig ‘couldn’t be prouder’ Angela Lansbury stars in Knives Out sequel.Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery at the BFI London Film Festival gala.Geena Davis recalls George Clooney’s reaction at missing out on Thelma & Louise.After Shakur got shot for the first time in 1994, he publicly accused Biggie and Bad Boy of being involved in this documentary, his wife Faith Evans remembers Wallace “crying” down the phone after hearing the news of Shakur’s death. Later, in Biggie’s last ever interview from 1997, he seems upset at how his lyrics were misinterpreted as digs against the West Coast by those who wanted to heighten the tensions. We see footage from 1993, pre-beef, of Shakur and Wallace drinking together as friends. Those hungry to hear more about hip-hop’s most infamous true-crime drama are chucked a few tidbits. Do they feel like they’ve already said what needs to be said about the whole thing - something that, judging by their interviews here, still aches to talk about? You couldn’t blame them. They both appear as talking heads and executive producers on this documentary. Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, who signed Biggie to his Bad Boy label to release the seismic debut album Ready to Die, and the late rapper’s mother, Voletta Wallace, were involved in the making of the Notorious biopic, the 2009 film on Biggie’s life that went into detail on the feud. Still, there may well be good reason behind it. ![]() ![]() So when this new Netflix documentary about Biggie’s life finally picks up all that weighty baggage after about 80 minutes with only brief mention, and then more or less discards it in a matter of minutes, it jars. Both men were barely a few years into adulthood when they were shot dead, and the killings remain unsolved. The feud between the East and West Coast rap scenes that erupted in the Nineties is the stuff of grim legend - an escalated lyrical rivalry eventually took the lives of the two warring sides’ brightest talents, Los Angeles’ Tupac Shakur and New York’s Biggie Smalls. (real name Christopher Wallace, AKA Biggie Smalls) sits in the shadow of his death. Ny film about the life and work of The Notorious B.I.G. New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT. ![]()
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