Notorious

Bringing Back a Dead Rapper, and the Tears

THE less everyone around him said, the better Jamal Woolard knew he was doing.
For several months beginning in November 2007 he would spend every day learning how to morph into Biggie Smalls (the murdered rapper also known as the Notorious B.I.G.) for the biopic “Notorious.” Memorized his albums front to back. Watched concert footage and tapes of old interviews. Practiced holding his head back, and at an angle. Wondered why Biggie never took his sunglasses off. Did some stuff he didn't quite understand the meaning of at first: crawling around on the floor like a cat, rapping while gripping his tongue. [...]

di Jon Caramanica, articolo completo (8155 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 11 gennaio 2009