Guest blogger: Jamie H1

Notorious is the story of Christopher Wallace, also known as The Notorious BIG. This movie tells the story of Notorious’s life from when he was a kid all the way to his death. The story shows how he was a young drug dealer, and all the struggles he went through in his life waiting for his rap career to take off. This major role of Notorious was briefly played by his own son Christopher Jordan Wallace during the younger years in the movie, but he was mostly played by Jamal Woolard. Jamal was perfect for this role because he had great acting, and a striking resemblance to Biggy himself. The characters in this movie are all real people in the world, portrayed through actors. Sean Combs is Biggy’s manager and is trying really hard to be a successful one. Also Biggy has a bunch of friends who are by his side the whole film. They are all working together to try and get Biggy to be a success in his rap game so they can all get off the streets. This movie tells a great story and shows that no matter how hard life gets you can never give up on your dreams. According to the Chicago Sun Times, Notorious is one of the better documentaries on Chris Wallace’s life. Notorious tells the story of Biggy from when he was a little kid to when he was all grown up. While other documentaries mainly just focus on what he was doing years just prior to his death. The critics gave this movie 6.4 stars out of a possible 10 stars. I think that this movie deserved at least 8 stars because it was such a motivational film. Overall, I think this movie was really good and if you are interested in music I would strongly advise seeing it.