Biggie Wanted One More Chance with Faith
Today marks 13 years since the death of the Notorious B.I.G.
No song prepared me to cover the junket for his biopic “Notorious” last year where I met and interviewed the cast, and the film’s Executive Producer, his mother Voletta.
I could feel my heart beating in my hands when I walked in the room and sitting to the left was the star Jamal, and off to the side were Derek Luke and Naturi Naughton. You could feel the spirit of Biggie in that room.
It was an amazing experience to talk to them all, from Derek saying how he spooked Diddy with some of the reenactments to Voletta Wallace saying she wanted to talk to Lil Kim after seeing the movie, wanting to know if her son really treated the rapper that bad.
But the story that hit me the most was Antonique Smith speaking on her role as Big’s wife Faith Evans.
After sharing how the real Faith helped her with the role, and didn’t need Big’s money when they met since she had more than he did at the time, she said this:
“At the beginning of the movie they play an interview that was right before [Biggie's] death, and they asked where he saw himself in ten years and he said with his wife. He wanted to be with his wife, Faith.”
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No song prepared me to cover the junket for his biopic “Notorious” last year where I met and interviewed the cast, and the film’s Executive Producer, his mother Voletta.
I could feel my heart beating in my hands when I walked in the room and sitting to the left was the star Jamal, and off to the side were Derek Luke and Naturi Naughton. You could feel the spirit of Biggie in that room.
It was an amazing experience to talk to them all, from Derek saying how he spooked Diddy with some of the reenactments to Voletta Wallace saying she wanted to talk to Lil Kim after seeing the movie, wanting to know if her son really treated the rapper that bad.
But the story that hit me the most was Antonique Smith speaking on her role as Big’s wife Faith Evans.
After sharing how the real Faith helped her with the role, and didn’t need Big’s money when they met since she had more than he did at the time, she said this:
“At the beginning of the movie they play an interview that was right before [Biggie's] death, and they asked where he saw himself in ten years and he said with his wife. He wanted to be with his wife, Faith.”
Check out the rest at Love Jones Lane
http://lovejoneslane.com/?p=225
May his soul RIP & I pray for his mother that she will soon find justice.