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Jamal "Gravy" Woolard, who made headlines in the spring of 2006 when he was shot in the butt outside the Hot 97 building, has been tapped to play the Notorious B.I.G. in Notorious , the Biggie Smalls biopic scheduled to hit theaters in 2009; the movie will also feature Angela Bassett as Biggie's mother, Voletta Wallace. According to Nah Right, Gravy has been at the front of the casting line ...
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The Role of Notorious B.I.G. to Be Played by That Guy Who Got Shot in the Ass
Published 3/6/2008 at Vulture
... It's been announced that Brooklyn rapper Jamal Woolard (a.k.a. Gravy) will play Notorious B.I.G. in the forthcoming Fox Searchlight biopic Notorious. Woolard, a non-actor, is probably best known as the guy who got shot in the ass near radio station Hot 97 in 2006 but went upstairs and gave an interview on the Funkmaster Flex show anyway. As Nah Right and Idolator point out, he'd been rumored to have won the role almost two years ago (pre-ass-shooting), so those open casting calls last October were probably just a publicity stunt (meaning ...
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Rapper Jamal Woolard (a.k.a. Gravy, pictured) has landed the lead in the biopic Notorious , based on the life of rapper Notorious B.I.G., killed in 1997. Woolard won the role after a nationwide search that began online in August, and stars Angela ...**EXCLUSIVE The Face Of Biggie Smalls in The Up Coming Bio Pic**
The Bosh found this 3/7/2008 on dyfuse.com
Jamal Woolard aka Gravy a rapper, has won the role of Biggie Smalls. He beat out big shots like Beanie Siegel and rising star Sean Kingston. He was picked out of the national search I wrote about last year in August. Who else is going to stretch it ...Most Beloved East Coast Rapper Of All Time? Meet A Dude Named ‘Gravy’
I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News ... found this 3/6/2008 on www.bestweekever.tv
Brooklyn-based rapper Jamal Woolard -- marginally better-known as "Gravy" -- has been pegged to play The Notorious B.I.G. in the upcoming biopic "Notorious". Upon hearing this news, I looked Gravy's Myspace page to see which amateur finally rose to ...Brooklyn Rapper Gravy Selected To Play B.I.G.
Gossip On This! found this 3/7/2008 on allhiphop.com
Brooklyn rapper Jamal “Gravy” Woolard has been chosen to play slain Hip-Hop superstar The Notorious B.I.G. in the upcoming movie, titled Notorious. Representatives for the rapper confirmed with AllHipHop.com that Gravy landed the role over ...Rapper Gravy Chosen for 'Notorious'--Is It a B.I.G. Mistake?
Dance On Glass found this 3/7/2008 on www.soulbounce.com
As you've probably heard by now, casting for the Christopher Wallace biopic Notorious was confirmed yesterday. And after thousands auditioned for the role, it was New York rapper/actor Jamal "Gravy" Woolard who won both the heart of ...
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Posted 3/7/2008 on URB Magazine Daily Blogs
Cast For Biggie Biopic Revealed Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 @ 12:21 in Culture by Paul Glanting The Playlist reports that the search for Big Poppa is over. Mr. Jamal Woolard AKA Brooklyn rapper, Gravy, shall play Biggie Smalls in the biographical film to be released by Fox Searchlight. The flick shall also feature Derek Luke as Puffy (he was indeed called Puffy back then), Anthony ...Brooklyn Rapper Jamal Woolard aka “Gravy” to play Notorious B.I.G. in New Biopic
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Brooklyn-based rapper Jamal Woolard , better known as “Gravy,” has been tapped to play rap icon Biggie Smalls, in the upcoming biopic Notorious , which is set for a January 2009 release, reports All Hip Hop . According to Variety, Notorious will also star Angela Bassett as Voletta Wallace, Derek Luke as Sean “Diddy” Combs and Anthony Mackie, who will play Tupac Shakur. ...Rapper Jamal ‘Gravy’ Woolard Set To Play Notorious B.I.G In Biopic
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Rapper Jamal ‘Gravy’ Woolard has been chosen to play Biggie Smalls, aka The Notorious B.I.G in a biopic due out next year. Woolard was chosen from a group of 100 rappers who were auditioned for the part, with movie bosses declaring that they wanted an unknown with no previous acting experience to play the rapper who died after being shot in Los Angeles in 1997. According ...Gravy to Play Biggie in 'Notorious'
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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 ...Angela Bassett: Playing Rapper Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother
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According to Reuters , Brooklyn rapper Gravy, has been officially cast to play the role of Biggie Smalls in Notorious , the forthcoming biopic about the rapper’s life. Gravy, who’s real name is Jamal Woolard, has somewhat of a shaky reputation in the music industry. The rapper had a sizable New York mixtape buzz a few years ago, and even re-made a bunch of Biggie joints on a ...Gravy to play Biggie Smalls
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Posted 3/6/2008 on Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
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Posted 3/6/2008 on Scooped Like Ice Cream::...I'm Over the Moon
The Notorious B.I.G biopic movie has been cast. Click read more to for the other cast members. Fox Searchlight has finally found its Notorious B.I.G. Jamal Woolard (aka rapper Gravy), will topline the biopic "Notorious," about the slain rapper. And Tupac will be played by Anthony Mackie. The story centers on the life of Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G., from his beginnings ...That's who they chose to play Biggie Smalls?!
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So the title role in Fox Searchlight's long-gestating Notorious B.I.G. biopic has finally been cast, and it's... Brooklyn rapper Gravy, best known as the dude who allegedly took a bullet in the buttocks moments before a radio interview on Hot...Notorious B.I.G. Film Has Been Cast
Posted 3/6/2008 on OH NO!!
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Posted 3/6/2008 on Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
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Posted 3/6/2008 on UNCUTmag.net
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Brooklyn rapper Gravy has been tapped to play late hip-hop icon Biggie Smalls, a.k.a. the Notorious B.I.G., in the upcoming biopic Notorious. Visit SOHH.com for the complete story.Gravy to Play Biggie in Notorious
Posted 3/6/2008 on FilmWad
Written by David Morgan The long search is over. Jamal "Gravy" Woolard will play Christopher Wallace aka The Notorious B.I.G. in Notorious , a biopic on the, uh, infamous rapper. According to Variety , the story will follow Biggie "from his beginnings as a Brooklyn crack dealer to his rise to the top of the world of hip-hop." Though he only lived to the age of 24, there's ...
