In the early 1980s, when hip-hop was cementing itself in the Black community, so was a devastating new drug and a police force that didn't know what to do with either.
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March 7, 2021
How ‘Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell’ can show the way for how rappers are remembered
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Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell (2021). He stresses that the most touching moments in the film come with the focus on “the previously underappreciated role that Biggie’s Jamaican roots had in his life” and the family members (especially his mother and grandmother) who helped keep him in touch with his Caribbean heritage.
Since his death in 1997, The Notorious B.I.G.’s legacy has been cheapened by a fixation on using his life and career as a cautionary tale about a rap beef gone wrong. This has especially been perpetuated by movies and TV shows that have compartmentalized his life into three simple areas: his rise from corner boy Christopher Wallace to hip-hop superstardom; his complicated relationship with rapper Lil Kim; and how he and Tupac Shakur’s paths had fatal intersections. Netflix’s new documentary on the rapper, “Biggie: I G
The Netflix Biggie Doc Has a Very Specific Story to Tell theringer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theringer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.