Is ten years after an artists life too soon to lionize them onscreen? The Notorious B.I.G. became a hip-hop icon not long after his untimely death in 1997 as almost all young stars do when they burn out too soon (or their flame is put out in his case). But something is always unsettling and odd about seeing a performer that you saw on the small screen just… well it feels just like yesterday, played by someone who is clearly not him.

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