After a long search, Fox Searchlight has found its big-screen Biggie Smalls. Jamal Woolard, a Brooklyn-based rapper, will be cast in the role of the late rap icon Notorious B.I.G., in the upcoming biopic “Notorious.” Additional cast members are: Derek Luke, Angela Bassett and Anthony Mackie. Searchlight said. Luke will play Biggie record producer Sean “Diddy” Combs, who offscreen is an exec producer on the film. Mackie will play rival rapper Tupac Shakur, while Bassett will play Biggie’s mother Voletta Wallace.
