<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $44.4 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Notorious is a 2009 American biographical drama film directed by George Tillman Jr. that follows the life and murder of Christopher Wallace, an American rapper better known by the stage name "The Notorious B.I.G.". The film stars Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, and Anthony Mackie, and was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures . </P> <P> The film opens at a party in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997 . Just as The Notorious B.I.G. is about to be killed in a shooting, the film flashes back to Biggie's childhood in Brooklyn, New York where he lived during his childhood years as a hard - working school student, but begins dealing drugs . Chris, now older, sells drugs at the height of the crack epidemic, hustling with his friends, "D - Roc" and Lil' Cease . </P> <P> When his girlfriend, Jan Jackson, tells him that she is pregnant, he takes drug dealing more seriously, so he can earn more money to support his growing family . Christopher eventually participates in a rap battle, where he wins, but his mother, Voletta Wallace, kicks him out of the house after finding drugs underneath his bed and also, the fact letters were sent home about him not attending school . </P>

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