Mar 6 2008Gravy to Play Biggie in 'Notorious'
After months of searching for someone that wasn't Keenan Thompson, Fox Searchlight has announced that Brooklyn-based rapper Jamal Woolard will play slain rapper Biggie Smalls in the upcoming biopic Notorious. BWE managed to find the MySpace of the rapper--better known to his hypothetical fans as "Gravy"--and a music video that marries the standard production values of a Brooklyn Community Access rap video with the incessant, distracting shouting and graphics of a commercial for a gun & knife expo.
Enjoy a full serving of Gravy, under the cut.
Woolard to play Biggie [Hollywood Reporter]
Reader Comments
1. Justin - March 6, 2008 2:23 PM
awwwww yeeeaahhh son
2. PB&J - March 6, 2008 3:01 PM
Well I'm not going to watch it unless there is a least one black man dressed as a woman in a fat suit.
3. ALL of Red Sox Nation (The US) - March 6, 2008 3:36 PM
Yankees fucking suck. He raps like he's got a mouthful of gravy. That how he got his name?
4. Tupac - March 6, 2008 4:25 PM
This guy is terrible.
5. Stibbins - March 6, 2008 4:57 PM
This guy is one of the worst rappers I have ever heard. He doesn't look like Biggie, he doesn't flow like Biggie, he doesn't sound a THING like Biggie... the only thing that the two have in common is being fat and black.
6. spiritkittykat - March 6, 2008 5:50 PM
BILL GOODMAN'S GUN AND KNIFE SHOW CALL A BUDDY BRING A FRIEND!!!! SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY AT THE SILVERDOME!!!!
(Both of those are actually from commercials in Detroit, even though there is no more Silverdome and I think Bill Goodman maybe shouted himself to death)
That video is crap!
7. Derek - March 7, 2008 12:02 AM
Gravy isnt really that bad of a rapper...i just hope he can act
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9. Carl Medley III - March 9, 2008 6:22 PM
Congrats to the guy. Now he will be able to afford a real video shoot instead of having is best friend pull out a handy cam and getting a few lines in before the cops come up and ask him if he has a permit for what he's doing.
10. jo - March 9, 2008 9:50 PM
BCAT! Represent! My highschool E.R. Murrow had a weekly t.v. spot on BCAT.