HOW'S THIS FOR NOTORIOUS?

BP MARKOWITZ INTRODUCES SPECIAL BROOKLYN PREMIERE OF NOTORIOUS B.I.G. BIOPIC "NOTORIOUS" AT BAM  

On Thursday, January 8, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz presented proclamations to the family of Brooklynite Christopher Wallace, aka "Biggie Smalls" and "Notorious B.I.G.," at a special Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) screening of the new biopic Notorious, presented by Fox Searchlight Pictures and the Brooklyn Borough President's Office. Wallace, a native of Bedford-Stuyvesant who was fatally shot in 1997 at the age of 24, is regarded as one of music's most influential rappers.

Among those attending the star-studded Brooklyn premiere were Wallace's mother, Voletta, the co-producer of Notorious who is played by Angela Bassett in the film; Jamal Woolard, who portrays Notorious B.I.G.; Derek Luke, cast as Sean "Diddy" Combs, the movie's executive producer; Faith Evans, Wallace's widow, and her son Joshua Russa; and Wallace's son, Christopher Wallace, Jr.

Notorious, directed by George Tillman, Jr. and produced by Wayne Barrow and Mark Pitts, opens nationwide January 16. 

In photo (left to right): Joshua Russa; Faith Evans, Christopher Wallace, Jr., BP Markowitz, Voletta Wallace

Photo credit:  Stephen Lipuma