So we hear from Necole Bitchie that Lil Kim finally got to see the movie Notorious, even though she said she wanted nothing to do with going to see the biopic. Of course she is still unhappy as to how she was potrayed in the movie. According to a note on her facebook page, Lil Kim pens:

I feel like I was not portrayed how I should have been in this movie. I was in love with BIG and he was in love with me. I was never a JUMP-OFF, I know this and BIG knew this. I wasn’t even able to choose who I wanted to portray me in this movie. I would have never picked Naturi, she doesn’t have a Lil Kim aura at all! She looks nothing like I looked back then. We have NO similarities. Watching her on-screen was so “dreadful” as Simon Cowell would say. She is tasteless and talentless. Never once did she contact me for input or to get a feel of me for the character. A “TRUE” actress would contact the source to be the best they can be in portaying someone. That told me right there, she wasn’t right for the part and not to mention, Naturi has got to be one of THE worst actresses I’ve ever seen and I can’t believe they chose her. I really can’t!

Another thing is, I have been dealing with legal matters as far as them not wanting to pay me and sh*t for this movie, got a lawyer involved, so everything is cool with that, but it still doesn’t change my views and feelings. This is truly Faith and Ms. Wallace’s movie. And Ms. Wallace is right, this isn’t a Lil’ Kim movie and it’s not about me. I didn’t want it to be about me, I wanted it to be REAL though. And that it is NOT. I take no part in this movie and have nothing to do with it. I love BIG and will never stop reppin him. There is NOTHING anyone can do about it. The world will see the Lil Kim story, THE REAL ME! Not some made up bullshit portrayed by a talentless has-been back up singer.

WOW! Those were some harsh words. For those of you who saw the movie, do you think Naturi Naughton played the role of Lil Kim well? How do you feel about what Lil Kim said? Leave us your thoughts.

WOW! Once you get a lil fame, you can’t escape the media gettin’ a hold of all your dirt! Sheesh! Well we hear that Jamal “Gravy” Woolard is a wife beater! The rapper/actor who played Notorious B.I.G. in the recent biopic is due in court this month because he faces allegations that he assaulted his wife. I guess they are back on good terms because his wife was with him at the New York movie premiere! Wierd! Anywho, TMZ says that the court records reveal that the actor was arrested and charged on Sept. 14 with misdemeanor assault, menacing, and harassment following an alleged altercation with his wife, Trina Younger.       

He is due to appear in court on the charges Jan. 29. His mother-in-law, who lives with the couple, says the alleged incident is “impossible.”

Reports of violence weren’t enough to keep moviegoers away this past weekend from seeing Notorious, the much anticipated biopic of slain Hip-Hop icon The Notorious B.I.G. Released figures have confirmed the project grossed $21.5 million in its opening weekend.

This is just sad! Although the movie did well during its debut weekend, two tragic incidents went down at the Notorious premiere. News reports reveals that there was a shooting that took place in cinema in Greensboro, North Carolina where the Notorious Premiere was taking place. It resulted with one person getting shot in the stomach in the cinema’s lobby. Police confirmed that Jamal “Gravy” Wollard, the actor who plays Biggie, was in the movie theatre during the shooting, but escaped safely. Greensboro Police Lt. James Hinson speaking to ‘News and Record’ said “We can’t say whether or not this shooting is in direct relationship to the movie Notorious… We just can’t say.”We also hear that four people were stabbed at a New York “Notorious” official after party for the film. A 21-year-old victim is in critical condition after being stabbed at a Brooklyn nightclub.

Ridiculous!

Will you be at the premiere today? Do you think this movie will do well? Jamal Woolard thinks so (see video)!

UPDATE: Jim Jones and Juelz Santana want to give back to hip hop. Today at 9 p.m. they will be opening the doors to a movie theatre in Harlem to offer free admission for the premiere of Notorious (Biggie’s biopic). “I did it for hip-hop,” asserts Jones. “It’s as big asObama’s being the first black president. This is part of our history in the urban community; Biggie was our first Obama.”

“This is my way of saying thank you to Big. I never got a chance to meet him, so this is me as a Harlem dude saluting a cat from Brooklyn, in a small but meaningful way. Jim and I figured that so many people in the hip-hop community would be going to the see the movie individually; if we can make it so that everyone sees it together, that’s a great thing.”- Juelz Santana.

We previously reported that Lil Kim wants to take no part on promoting the movie “Notorious”. She felt as if she had no say so in how she was potrayed in the film. Well Faith Evans, who was once married to Biggie, wanted to clear the air about Lil Kim’s role in the movie. In an interview with MTV.com, Faith said  “I don’t know what [Kim] wanted. But we all signed the same agreement to be portrayed in the movie.”

“I try my best not to think about it. It’s kinda sad,” she continued. “I got four kids, and I definitely don’t have time for this type of sh**. It’s just sad. I don’t know Kim’s story like that. The part of my life that she was a part of, that’s what was in my book. This movie is not relative to my book other than that there are certain things in there. This is not my movie. I didn’t write the script. Any characters in the film had to agree for their life rights to be in the movie. I don’t think I would have signed anything had I felt I was not portrayed properly. I think she had the opportunity to do that. I could be mistaken. I wasn’t there.”

“It’s not like [the film's producers] are calling Faith to write something about somebody,” Evans added. “It’s based on a book that I think she participated in as well [Editor's note: 'Notorious' is based on the biography 'Unbelievable: The Life, Death and Afterlife of the Notorious B.I.G.,' by Cheo Hedari Coker.] I don’t know what to say. I think that beyond myself, Ms. Wallace or whoever else she wants to blame, everyone who was around Big at that time has had some things to say about [her relationship with Biggie] in order for Cheo to even write the book. He interviewed pretty much all of us. She’s sadly mistaken. I’m aware of what she has to say, and that’s fine. I don’t know what to say. God bless her.”

In related news, Mrs. Voletta Wallace told Essence.com that she wants to talk to Lil Kim about her relationship with her son, Biggie.

ESSENCE.COM:  (Laughs.) Definitely. Is there something you discovered about your son and his legacy while watching the film?

WALLACE: (Laughs.) I gained strength from it. There were things about him that I never knew that I wanted to see for myself on film. I saw a side of my son that I heard of but I haven’t accepted. I’m angered by certain things, disappointed and shocked. So this film taught me tolerance and to be less critical. I would love to speak to Lil’ Kim, because I need to ask more about this love relationship because I really didn’t like the way he treated her and I’m praying that that’s not it. Only she can answer those questions. She’s a sweet girl and I didn’t think she deserved to be treated the way he treated her, if that’s the case.

To all MissXpose.com readers: Why do you think Lil Kim is so Bitter?

source Essence.com and MTV.com

In an X-clusive interview with Yo Raps Magazine, Charlie Baltimore reveals her relationship with Notorious B.I.G, her exchange of words with Faith Evans, and Kim’s so called relationship with Biggie. She says that Lil Kim wasn’t Biggie’s girl! WOW! Kim will have a comeback soon! I’m sure Biggie is looking down and shaking his head upon all the girls fighting over him now! Check out some excerpts from the interview here:

Yo Raps: Well, I’m glad you brought that up because Faith Evans came out with a book called Keep The Faith.

Charlie B:  Hmmm.

Yo Raps: In the book she talks about her experience with B.I.G. and she discussed you a lot in the book, but she never calls you Charli Baltimore. She always refers to you as Tiffany.

Charlie B:  She shouldn’t. At the time I was Tiffany. When Biggie and I were in a car accident that’s when I became Charli Baltimore. It came from us being in the hospital together. I was already doing the rap thing but I didn’t have a rap name. So she would call me Tiffany. I had discussed this with Faith. Me and Faith had words and we definitely had our little moments but we never had any physical altercations. It wasn’t anything totally disrespectful. When B.I.G. passed, I called Faith and gave my condolences to her children because I thought that was the right thing to do. She knew about me and I knew that B.I.G. still had feelings for her. They were going through a separation, a divorce. The problem that comes is that Lil Kim made it seem like she had a relationship with BIG that they really didn’t have. I don’t aggressively go at it and try to dispute it, like if you want to make people think that y’all had a relationship that was outside of sex, then that’s fine. That’s your business. People believe that. So it’s always like well, where did Charli fit in? Or where did Tiffany come in? Me and BIG were in a relationship!

Well Faith says that! She definitely says that you and B.I.G. were in a relationship!

Well, I want you to hear it from the horse’s mouth so to speak. Kim goes out of her way to say she was B.I.G.’s girl. No, Kim wasn’t his girl! Straight up! She wasn’t! She benefited from the situation because she became Lil Kim. She has a career and she’s grateful to a nigga for helping her in that aspect, but she was never his girl! If you’re running around constantly saying it, you would think a person with half a brain would say… that don’t sound right! That’s like Faith constantly walking around saying Oh! I was B.I.G.’s wife! Like… we know you were his wife. You don’t have to say it 100,000 times. So, I don’t get into that. This is probably the first time that I ever went into that conversation publicly. It’s only because you and I have a vibe. Everybody that was around during that era knows I wasn’t some jawn he was dealing with. B.I.G. and I were together. He bought me a car. I mean niggas wasn’t doing stuff for no reason. It was no game!

She definitely says that you were B.I.G.’s girl.

I was his girl! I have no ill feelings toward Faith because they were going through a rough situation. Me and her would argue, but I always tried not to be disrespectful because at the end of the day, they were married. I mean you marry somebody after nine days, you know it’s not really going to work — especially when you’re both in the music business. I mean, Faith never really disrespected me at all. Not that I can recall. We definitely had words, but it was nothing like with Kim!

You know that was one of my questions because in the book Faith describes in detail how she would stomp out these chicks and the physical altercations she had with Kim but when it comes to you… she gives you respect. Like in a way, I was like well wait a minute if you acting like this with everybody else…

Even though B.I.G. and her weren’t together, you know, he loved her. And that’s real talk. I mean he might have loved her, but that shit didn’t work out. I never disrespected her to the level of saying anything out of pocket. Kim on the other hand, I don’t know what the hell she thought or maybe she’s delusional as to what B.I.G. and her had going on. I don’t know. A lot of people profited off of B.I.G.’s death but that was never ever my intention. And that’s why I don’t talk about it because I feel like there’s no need to. I don’t want to profit off of somebody’s death. B.I.G. recognized my talent. Obviously, he hasn’t written any rhymes for me because he died so I’m not going to sit around and constantly talk about B.I.G. My first deal, that’s basically what they wanted me to do. They wanted me to constantly discuss B.I.G. I was like, I’m not doing it! That’s not what he would want and I know him. We were together for 2 years. I think that people who should discuss it should be his mother, his wife or maybe his best friends. So other than that, I don’t feel as though nobody should be running around here claiming all this shit on B.I.G. because B.I.G. didn’t really like none of them like that! So that’s just my opinion [laughs].

My other question to you in regards to B.I.G. was did you ever have any negative experiences with Lil Kim?

The only thing that I can remember is having a really crazy argument over the phone. I never had… and she’s been in my presence many, many, many times because I used to go to the studio with B.I.G. to work on the album. I know Sub 0 said some shit about somebody rolling on me or something and I was like nigga [laughs]. You better do a little more of a background check on me before you start saying somebody rolled on me! Don’t let the light skin fool you!

I agree!

My experience with Kim was an argument over the phone. I didn’t know her and B.I.G. was dealing with each other. I didn’t know they were fucking!

Wow!

I’ve seen B.I.G. flip out on her a couple of times and I was like “Why is he flipping on her?” B.I.G. would tell me she ain’t doing what she’s supposed to be doing. But I did not know they were fucking for at least the first year we were together. I mean I was around that nigga everywhere! I was in that Get Money video! She was there, I mean come on, and it was their video! I didn’t know they were fucking! I had no clue! So one day we got into an argument over the phone. It started because I answered B.I.G.’s house phone and apparently she was claiming she had been there the night before and B.I.G. told her that we broke up. Fuck this! That’s what she was screaming and hollering at me. I’m like, well, obviously, we didn’t break up because I’m here and answered the phone [laughs]. I don’t know what to tell you. She was like really screaming. It was a heated argument and she was saying some crazy shit as far as… I guess… whatever they did the night before, but my whole thing is well, I’m here today and I don’t have to tell you, you’re not coming over here tonight!

[Laughs]

I mean you could be mad. I don’t know what to tell you. I wasn’t in shock. I mean he tried to deny it, but I was like “Yo! She had entirely too much information.” I remember one Christmas, B.I.G. had bought me this jewelry and I remember going to the studio and Kim came up to me and told me the jewelry was really nice. It was a bracelet and a ring. It was a diamond ring and she asked me “Did you get that for Christmas?” I was like “Yeah B.I.G. bought it for me for Christmas.” Then I remember looking at her face like… it was balling up! She said it was nice, but you could tell it wasn’t sincere, it wasn’t genuine. Even after that it still didn’t dawn on me. She was mad as shit though! I remember B.I.G. asking me what should he get Kim for Christmas and I was like shit! I don’t know! He was like maybe I’ll get her a watch and I was like “Oh! That’s nice. Whatever.” I was still not aware that they were fucking. I guess when she saw my shit, she just flipped. I thought about the incident that night but I had no clue. I thought they were cool. He wound up eventually telling me, but he never elaborated that it was anything deeper than that. After the confrontation over the phone, I remember her doing an interview on the radio and kind of like… they was asking B.I.G. was he in a relationship. He was like “Yeah, I’m in a relationship with a girl from Philly and her name is Tiffany.” I remember him calling me because I wasn’t speaking to him because I was like “You know this is crazy!” This is some real shit and he was calling me like “Yo! I just did an interview and I told everybody you were my girl.” Like, I guess that was supposed to make it better? [Laughs] I was like “Yo! You really need to get your shit together! You got too much shit going on!” But as far as taking it any further than that… once he died, Kim was like she was his girl. I thought that was really inappropriate because at the time of his death he was still married to Faith and she had just had a baby. As a woman, she should’ve had some consideration. Everybody’s different, you know, maybe she doesn’t understand that because she doesn’t have any kids. I don’t know. I know I was really hesitant about talking about B.I.G. at that time. I knew that, that baby was a newborn baby and regardless of whether or not they were together it had to be a crazy situation for Faith to deal with. Especially with a baby. So I never wanted to discuss it any further than you know, the people that knew.

I see.

I remember being at the funeral and Lil Kim fell out on the floor and I was just like “Yo! What the fuck!” Like, Faith was up there singing and she was very composed and very respectful. And here goes Lil Kim on the floor and she starts rolling around on the floor! I was like “What the fuck is going on?” I was in the back, in the cut. I had some black shades on. There was 100,000 bitches there and I don’t know what bitches was… Yo! I remember this girl Lil Kim walked up and damn near jumped in the casket!

Who? Kim?

At the funeral! I was like “Yo! This shit is crazy!” It was like a circus! I’ve been through a lot of deaths and I’ve seen a lot of people get killed. I’ve been to a lot of funerals and I’ve never seen anybody actually get into the aisle and roll! If anybody should’ve been doing that it should’ve been Faith!

Yeah.

Faith was up there singing, you know, it ain’t like she was crying. She was singing like this was her way of respecting her husband. Meanwhile, Kim was rolling on the floor. I just thought whatever! It was bugged out to me.

More Interview here: Yo Raps

Another interesting point in the interview was about her relationship with Jay-Z?

YO RAPS: Yes! Was there ever any type of relationship between you and Jay-Z?

CHARLIE B: We had a relationship that was based on a friendship at one point. Like with me, if I’m in any sort of relationship it has to be mutual. If you are mutual friends, then you are mutual friends. If you are mutual fucking, then you are mutually fucking! [Laughs] There should never be a point where one person is putting in 60% and the other person is putting in 150%. That goes with any kind of relationship. I don’t know how Jay is now, but back then, I felt as though Jay was all about Jay. I felt like in any sort of relationship, no matter what it is, it has to be mutual. You have to have a mutual respect to accomplish anything, especially if you are trying to do business. Of course, everybody knows B.I.G. was trying to do the “Commission”. It was supposed to be me, B.I.G. and Jay. When you’re a female, people always try to pigeon hole you and put you in a relationship with somebody you don’t even have a relationship with. You could walk down the street with any dude, I mean you could be hanging with Choke No Joke [a mutual friend of Charli] and somebody is gonna say y’all fucking!

More Interview here: Yo Raps

The New York Premiere of the Biggie Smalls biopic “Notorious” went down last night at the AMC Lincoln Square. Some of the cast also stopped by 106& Park to promote the movie that will hit the big screen next Friday, January 16th, 2008. Are you going to see the movie?

 Check out the pics from the star studded NYC premiere!

Faith Evans (Biggie’s ex wife) came thru with her kids.

Angela Bassett who plays Voletta Wallace (Bigs Mom to the left)

Tyrese and Fab

Maino

Irv and Ja Rule were there…I haven’t seen Ja in a minute!

Janice Combs Puff’s Mom

Voletta and Biggie Small’s oldest daughter

Derek Luke (plays Puffy in movie) and his wife

Woolard and his wife

Ciara showed up lookin’ fab

MJB

Jamal Woolard (Biggie) and Naturi Naughton (Lil Kim)

Beyonce…More Pics to Follow

Hubby, Jay-Z

Nas

Busta

Video vixxxen, Lola

Lil Mama

Angela Bassett and Hubby

We hear that Lil Kim is extremely unhappy about the new Biggie Biopic (Notorius) and the casting for the film. She said during an interview with Hip Hop Weekly that was unhappy that producers picked Naturi Naughton of 3LW fame to play her. It was also speculated that Kim felt her relationship with B.I.G. was sensationalized. She’s blaming Big’s mother, Ms. Wallace, and wife, Faith Evans, for their involvement. Check out an excerpt from the interview Lil Kim had with Hip Hop Weekly (HHW):

HHW: What are your thoughts on the Biggie movie?

LK: I want the world to be clear; I have NOTHING to do with that movie. That movie is Faith and Ms. Wallace’s story. Most of the story is bullshit especially the way my character is being depicted. There are a lot of lies in the movie. I had no idea it was even going into production, until one day I got a call from my manager at the time, Lance “Un” Riviera, and he said ” Yo! You know they caste this girl Naturi [Naughton] to play you in the Biggie movie,” I was outraged. I was upset, because to me, to do an autobiography about someone’s life, you want it to be as authentic as possible. I was not involved in the movie. They never came and asked me anything about Biggie, but again this was Faith and Ms. Wallace’s movie.

HHW: So it’s safe to say you didn’t approve of the casting?

LK: I couldn’t believe it. I was outraged.

HHW: So what did you do?

LK: I went with my lawyer and my manager over to the production company’s office in downtown Manhattan, (I never went to the set) and I demanded to see the script along with the audition tapes to see all of the people who auditioned for this role, and find out why they didn’t contact me to help pick who was gonna play me. When I viewed the tapes, Naturi was the worst out of all of them. Regardless of the fact she looked nothing like me, when I saw the audition tapes, she was the worst and I had no idea why they picked her. It seemed she was the total opposite of what I am. In my opinion a really seasoned actress would have contacted the original person they are portraying to deliver their best performance ever. The only two people who know me are God and myself so the audience is getting jiped in this movie.

HHW: Who was involved in selecting her?

LK: I have no idea. Again this is Faith and Ms. Wallace’s story. I would’ve never picked Naturi to play me, but I think they were just trying to depict me a certain way and that was so wrong. At the end of the day, if you want a damn good movie, you’re supposed to go to the sources themselves. I mean, you got Cease and some of the other mafia members playing themselves, but they didn’t want me to play myself ’cause it would’ve been to real. They didn’t even ask me as a common courtesy or out of respect, and the reason why is because they wanted to lie and make up a story. In Naturi’s defense though, I feel really sorry for her because they totally used her.
HHW: Did they ever approach you to be involved?

LK: No, Never

HHW: What are some of the discrepancies with the movie?

LK: There were so many. They were disrespecting me terrible in that script but the one that sticks out to me was in a scene allegedly when Ms. Wallace came to see one of Biggie’s shows for the first time and I was supposed to be so mad at him about something that I pulled my panties off on stage and mooned the crowd with my p—-. What the f—?! Come on, don’t you think that would’ve been in the history archives? They’re using Lil Kim to sensationalize their bulls— lying’-a– story. That was the last version of the script I saw, which somebody had snuck to me, ’cause people didn’t want me to see it.

HHW: How did you feel about who they cast to play Biggie and the other characters?

LK: Personally I would’ve never picked Gravy either, that’s not my baby as I knew him. I’m a realist. If he gave me that Biggie aura I would’ve been able to separate. But, there’s nothing that comes off of him that says; that’s Biggie to me. I know Biggie is like “come on, how they gone do me like that?” The only person who came close to who they portrayed in my opinion was the girl that Faith picked to play her. But again this is Faith’s story. I could never tell you what Faith and Biggie’s relationship was like so how in the hell can Faith or Ms. Wallace or anyone say what my relationship with Biggie was like?

HHW: What happened next?

LK: My lawyer told them they were going to have to do something, and in order to even use my likeness or my name they had to pay me. On top of that they got the writer to talk to me. I knew something was fishy about them having the writer call me, when I spoke to the writer I felt like he was trying to play me so I wouldn’t give up anything. I knew I wouldn’t have control of how I was depicted.

HHW: Did you tell them any other stuff they used?

LK: I corrected the writer about Biggie’s nickname for me. He had written that Biggie called me Big Momma. Biggie never called me Big Momma. As a matter of fact, he didn’t even like that name for me. He used to call me “Mookie” I told the writer that and he was like, “I didn’t know that.” I was like, “yeah, it’s a lot of things y’all don’t know ’cause y’all ain’t come and get the real from me. He even tried to get me to say things to go along with their story line, but I wasn’t having it, ’cause I peeped this bulls— from the beginning.

HHW: Did you see the King Magazine with Naturi on the cover?

LK: Yes

HHW: How did you feel about how she was made up to look like you?

LK: Although it was supposed to be a tribute to me, I didn’t like it because I didn’t feel like they captured the essence of that time period

HHW: Have you spoken with Faith and Ms. Wallace?

LK: No. Honestly, I don’t have no words for them. But, one thing I will say is, I’ve had enough and I’m about to expose them both. That’s it. I’ve been quiet for a long time. You don’t hear me talking about none of them, and to be honest with you I’m really disappointed in Faith. I remember a few years ago she did a magazine interview where she talked about having a lot of respect and love for me. She said, “Kim was Biggie’s girlfriend and I was Biggie’s wife,” and how that was hard for her to deal with. Then later on she writes a book and in it she tried to change it and say some stupid s— about how I was his jump off. I laugh at her because I remember years ago being in the studio with my then boyfriend at the time, Scott Storch. We’re in the studio, Faith was in another room and she called Scott’s phone and said “Oh Kim’s with you? Tell her I said hi and that I got love for her and hope that her and I can talk soon and be friends.” I was like “wow!” I thought that was really big, considering that I’m a woman who her husband was in love with. I felt like that was real big. Me and Scott even thought of doing a record with her, thinking about how big it would’ve been for hip hop and for the Biggie family. She even sent her daughter China, who I love and took care of sometimes down to me, and China was like, “I love you Kim and my mom told me to tell you she loves you and hi.” But, here we go years later, I guess the funds must be low; because somebody told Faith, “you gotta write a book and you gotta come at Kim in the book.” It shocked me, ’cause I thought we had come to some kind of unity. I thought it was really tasteless. She could never play poker because she already exposed her hand. Faith, you know me, I’m an extremist I go hard. Once I start I don’t stop. Why would you wake up this sleeping giant?

HHW: And, what about Ms. Wallace?

LK: There’s nothing Faith or Ms. Wallace could do to stop me from reppin’ B.I.G. all day. I’m gonna always do that. They want to talk about people exploiting Biggie, to me this is the worst way you could exploit his name; by disrespecting people who was around him who he had major love for. The truth is gonna be known. Like how a while back Ms. Wallace was on the radio talking about how we never mourned together and that she never knew me. It’s crazy ’cause she and I lived together in Biggie’s house for almost eight months after Biggie died. On top of all that, out of the kindness of my heart and the love I had for Biggie, I share five percent of my publishing with Ms. Wallace; just out of love, making sure that if I ate, she and the kids ate. And at the end of the day, this is how she repays me? It’s time for Ms. Wallace to be exposed.

HHW: Will you go see the movie when it comes out?

LK: Hell No! I might watch it on bootleg, for legal reasons. I don’t mess with Cease and them at all, but even they know this is not the real Biggie story. If they say something different, I ain’t mad, ’cause I know they’re rolling along for their little three minutes of fame, doing what they gotta do to hold on. I just want people to know, I have nothing to do with the film and I’m not supporting it. I’m Currently working on my life story where people will get the Naked Truth about Kimberly Denise Jones a/k/a Lil Kim.

source Hip Hop Weekly

(Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

Biggie’s mom says she taped her voice to help the “Notorious” actress get her Jamaican accent down.

Above is the movie poster for NOTORIOUS which will hit the big screen January 16, 2009! Will you go see it?

Naturi Naughton covers King Magazine’s new issue which she shows off how she can be also be a Queen B. The former 3LW singer plays the role of Lil Kim in the upcoming biopic NOTORIOUS, based on the life and career of Notorius B.I.G. Do you think Naturi was the right person to play the role of Lil Kim? Leave us your comments!

The film also stars Jamal Woodlard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, and Anthonie Mackie. “Notorious” will hit US theaters on January 16th, 2009.

Check out another Extended 2009 Movie Teaser for Notorius B.I.G., the biopic. Some people think that this movie doesn’t show a good depiction of Biggie…What do you think?

Check out the trailor for the movie Notorius, a biopic of Notorius BIG. It looks great. Gives me the chills just watching it…The movie is set to come out January of 2009.

Have any of you picked up Faith Evan’s book “Keeping the Faith” yet…It’s really good with juicy details on her marriage with BIG, her alleged affair with Pac, and beating down Lil Kim. Faith said that she caught Lil Kim butt naked in bed with her former husband Notorius B.I.G.. Here’s an excerpt from her book:

She pens in her memoire: I don’t know what got into my head. But I decided that I needed to know once and for all what Big was really trying to do. On that night before Christmas, I drove to Big’s house on a mission to find out where I really stood.

The security guard at the gate just waved me in when I pulled up. It was Christmas Eve and she’d seen me come into the complex with the kids, so I guess she didn’t think anything of it. I parked in the rear of Big’s town house and walked up to the garage. It was locked. I hadn’t been over to Big’s house a whole lot but I did know that you jiggle the garage door a certain way and unlock it.

I got into the garage, where there was an elevator that would take me to both floors of Big’s duplex. There I was, rocking a black skully cap and a heavy goose-down jacket, tiptoeing into the elevator and pressing the button to go up to the second floor, where his bedroom was located. I got to Big’s bedroom door, turned the knob, and went inside. As soon as I saw a small lump next to Big’s large frame, I flew into a rage, ran over to the side of the bed, and pulled back the covers. I grabbed some chick out of the bed and started beating her ass. At some point, the chick’s wig came off in my hand; it was a short, cropped wig. I stopped throwing punches for a minute to get a good look at the chick I was beating up. It was Lil Kim. She was completely butt-naked, yelling as I pushed her around the room.

“So you not f***king her, right?” I screamed at Big. “Yeah, you not messing with her anymore, right?”

When they heard all the commotion, Cease, D-Roc, and Gutter came running into the room. ‘Oh sh**!” they yelled in unison. “It’s Faye! How the hell she get in here?”

Big sat up in bed and pointed at Kim, who was standing in a corner of the room, trying to cover her naked body with her hands while I was still yelling at Big. “Yo, get her outta here,’ Big said. They led Kim out of the room and she screamed and cursed the whole way.

It was absolutely crazy in that house. Kim was naked and being led somewhere to get dressed. I was still screaming on Big. Damion, Cease, and Gutter were laughing in amazement that I would be so bold. And Big looked like he was just too through with all of us. He sat up in bed shaking his head. Kim left the house and I stayed, talking to Big about why he couldn’t be honest with me about her.

“I thought it was all about Tiffany?” I asked. “You still messing with Kim, too?” Big had nothing to say.

I have to say I actually felt some pity for Kim. Big had a wife, and she settled for messing with him. Then he started dating Tiffany and Big had a wife and a mistress. And Kim still settled for being the other other woman. It seemed pretty sad to settle for that.

When I left a few hours later to get the kids, I noticed that Kim had taken my key to my Land Cruiser and scratched up my entire car, from the hood to the back bumper. Even though we ended up having sex that day, at that point I decided I was 100 percent through. I was not going to be a ride or die chick, always going to lengths to show Big how I felt. I was the mother of his child and his wife. But I was going to have to let go.

Faith also talks about her encounter with the late TuPac:

“You know, I love New York,” [Tupac] said. “But I’m not f*cking with New York right now.”

The air in the room seemed to get really thick all of a sudden. His demeanor had changed so quickly that I was truly afraid.

“Really?” I asked. “Why is that!”

“‘Cause n*ggas set me up that night. You know that right!”

I swallowed hard and took a deep breath. He was staring at me like he thought I was the one who set him up.

“You don’t really believe that bullsh*I,” I said.

“I’m telling you … n*ggas set me up,” he said in a low voice.

“Look, Pac. I just need to get my check and then I have to go …”

“The situation with the money is like this,” he said. “If I give it to you, then you my b*tch.”

I got up and moved farther away from where he was standing.

“I’m not anybody’s b*tch,” I said, trying to keep my voice even and steady.

“You Biggie’s bitch.”

I thought about how people always got sh*t wrong. He was probably thinking about the song “Me & My B*tch.” And I wasn’t with Big when he made that record.

“I’m his wife.”

“I though y’all broke up?” he asked

“We still married.”

“Whatever.”

“Look,” I said. “You hired me to do a song, I did it. I want my money and that’s it.”

“Oh word, it’s like that? You just want your money?”

“You told me it wouldn’t be a problem,” I said. “The only reason I came up here is because you said …”

“So you not trying to suck my d*ck?”

“What!” I screamed. “What are you talking about!”

Tupac raised his voice. “You know you want to suck my d*ck, b*tch! Don’t f*cking lie.” I burst into tears and grabbed my phone. “I have to get out of here.”

Tupac kept going. He was making no sense, cursing and yelling. He said something about Big and the East Coast.

“But … but … I thought y’all was friends,” I said. At this point, I could barely speak clearly because I was crying so hard.

“Whatever. You know you wanna be my b*tch,” he said, before going into the bedroom area and slamming the door.

As soon as I got my things together to leave, Tupac came back to the common area.

“Where the f*ck are you going!” he asked.

“I don’t know what you thought,” I said. “I really don’t. But it’s not like that.”

Tupac nodded slowly, staring at me intently. He wasn’t ranting or screaming anymore. But he had this very sinister smile on his face. I kept looking around the room because I felt like something was about to happen to me. I wasn’t sure if these guys were coming back or what. But something was wrong.

“It’s not like that?” he kept saying over and over again and nodding. “Well ai-ight then, f*cking b*tch. You want to leave! Tell the driver to take you home. The limo is still out there. Get the f*ck out..”

You gotta go get this book! Trust me its good! If you did get it, what did you think about it?

(cast of “Notorious” posing as B.I.G. and Faith Evans 1995 Vibe Cover)

As part of the fashion feature, Vibe re-creates its memorable October 1995 cover featuring Biggie and his wife Faith Evans in the back of a 1968 Cadillac DeVille. To celebrate the rapper’s legacy, most of the magazine’s exclusive photos – styled by veteran Vibe Fashion Director Memsor Kamarake – were shot on St. James Place in Brooklyn, NY, the site of Biggie’s childhood home.

NOTORIOUS is scheduled for nationwide release on January 16, 2009 by Fox Searchlight Pictures. For more information, please visit www.Notorious09.com (official movie site) & www.NotoriousBlog.net (producer’s blog).

Fox released a “behind-the-scenes” footage of the “Notorious” biopic which is about the life and death of the legendary Notorious BIG. The footage captures interviews with Biggie’s mother Voletta Wallace, rapper Lil Cease, the director George Tillmand and more. Check out the footage at the Producer’s Blog at http://www.NotoriousBlog.net.

As previously posted, Brooklyn rapper Jamal “Gravy” Woolard will be playing the role of the Notorious BIG…(pictured above)

Yesterday Rick Ross swung by BET’S 106 & Park to promote his new video and single. Rocsi and Terrance talked about how Rick Ross is our current “Biggie Smalls/Notorius B.I.G.” because both MC’s have a similar swagger. Do you agree? Let us know your thoughts?