BP MARKOWITZ TO INTRODUCE SPECIAL BROOKLYN SCREENING OF NOTORIOUS B.I.G. BIOPIC “NOTORIOUS” AT BAM

7:00 P.M.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC (BAM)
30 LAFAYETTE AVENUE
BETWEEN ASHLAND PLACE & ST. FELIX STREET
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN

On Thursday, January 8, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will present a proclamation to the family of Brooklynite Christopher Wallace, aka “Biggie Smalls” and “The 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. Scheduled to attend are Wallace’s mother, Voletta, the co-producer of Notorious who is played by Angela Bassett in the film; Jamal Woolard, who portrays the Notorious B.I.G.; Derek Luke, cast as Sean “Diddy” Combs, the movie’s executive producer; Faith Evans, Wallace’s widow; and Wallace’s son, Christopher Wallace, Jr.

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