A&E’s revamped Biography series kicked off on Monday (September 4) with Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G., a three-hour documentary on the late rap legend, Christopher “Biggie” Wallace.
With appearances from integral figures in the Brooklyn native’s brief life, including Biggie’s widow Faith Evans, his mother Voletta Wallace, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Lil Cease, Nas and JAY-Z, the documentary dives into Biggie’s childhood, ascent to eternal rap notoriety and untimely demise at 25.
It also touches on the tumultuous relationship between Biggie and fellow Hip Hop luminary Tupac Shakur. Packed with plenty of archival footage and previously unreleased audio recordings, the Mark Ford-directed cinematic event has evidently captivated Hip Hop fans.
Evans, who recently released The King & I with her late husband’s vocals, took to Twitter on Monday night to post a trailer of the documentary with a caption that read, “The most personal and revealing documentary about the late Christopher Wallace that anyone has ever seen.”
The Breakfast Club‘s Charlamagne Tha God also posted to Twitter, writing,” The #LifeofBiggie doc on A&E is AWESOME.”
The premiere of Life of Notorious B.I.G. sparked seemingly endless comments on social media. Many Twitter users praised the documentary, while some recounted their own memories of Biggie’s music and subsequent impact.
Check out some of the reactions below.
whatever. i’ll check it out but, who within the target audience for this doesn’t know this story inside and out by now?
jevvs killed him
I hear you. And you’re right, there aren’t any new revelations per se. But as a fan, and as someone who was affected by his passing, it was really well put together. It had alot of heart. I randomly stumbled upon it on tv, and I still stuck around to watch the whole thing. Some really great interviews with Ms. Wallace, Ceas, Faith etc. And for people who don’t know the whole story, its a lot better than a majority of the bootleg docs out there. ( I HATE bad docs)
How could this documentary be complete with out lil kim? Hate or love her, she was a huge part of his life – the verdict should be good but not complete. The movie was wack because it was Hollywood and full of lies and the documentary is only from certain perspectives.
bish was prolly askin for a ton of money to be in it and they just said fuck it
Fuck everybody,rest in peace pac n biggie
Still got the man who knew Biggie was going to be murdered out on the west coast running his mouth like he cares he will pay dearly for what he did to this man
Will always love Bigg Papa! I can remember anticipating and waiting for his next album to drop he was and is the greatest rapper. I will never forget where I was and how I felt when the press release that the king of rap had been murdered 🙁
Big was definitely one of the greatest. He had lyrics, flow, style and a unique voice. He was in-the-pocket without trying to be. Super nice. Great documentary.