Christopher "Biggie" Wallace was larger than life, so it only made sense that his tale was ripe for Hollywood. We got that in "Notorious," a biopic which followed his life from the streets to the heights of fame, to his eventual murder in 1997. Along the way we're greeted by a flock of familiar faces, including 'Lil Kim and P. Diddy.

It was one of Fox Searchlight's biggest openings ever, and now its hitting store shelves in DVD and Blu-ray. Below check out one of his early rap battles, and then click here to check out more exclusive bonus clips.

There were more than a few controversies in the life of Biggie Smalls, and just one of them is the love triangle between the late-MC, his wife Faith Evans and budding rap superstar Lil 'Kim. The affair isn't danced around in "Notorious," the upcoming biopic on B.I.G., and we've got an exclusive scene from the film that showcases the scandalous relationship in all its awkward glory.

Check it out after the jump and then click here for the background. "Notorious" hits theaters January 16. Read more...

We've been following "Notorious" -- the biopic of legendary rap artist Notorious B.I.G. -- for a while now, from a set visit back in May to our extensive dissection of the trailer.

Now we have an exclusive featurette which features some of the first scenes of Jamal Woolard tearing up the stage as his alter-ego. You'll also hear from some familiar names, including our own MTV News correspondent Sway, the last reporter to interview Biggie. Check it out below, and then get the story behind the scenes you'll see, right here.

FROM NEWSROOM: It was all a dream ... come true.

The trailer for the Christopher "Biggie" Wallace biopic "Notorious" surfaced on the Net today. If MTV News hadn't done a set visit several months back, if Derrick "D-Dot" Angeletti and Diddy hadn't given me a personal co-sign of the film, and if the movie weren't being spearheaded in part by Big's managers Wayne Barrow and Mark Pitts, I might have been very nervous about pressing the play button today.

Read the rest of the report about the "Notorious" trailer in the Newsroom blog.

Whether we're taking biopics, or any other genre really, one of our most anticipated upcoming films around these parts is "Notorious," the much-hyped Notorious B.I.G. movie due in theaters in January. And when we recently caught up with the actors who’ll be portraying Diddy and Tupac, they promised a unique spin on their larger-than-life characters.

"I think the brother is deep," Derek Luke ("Antwone Fisher") said of Puffy. "Most people know him as a flamboyant giant and mouthpiece. But he was a guy with a dream and a vision, who helped transform a language for America, which is hip-hop."

As for "Half-Nelson" star Anthony Mackie, he insisted that he's always had a deep connection to the late Shakur, and it served him well on the set. "My first job as an actor came when my friend wrote this play called 'Up Against the Wind,' and it was about Tupac. We did it at school, and it went off-Broadway. That’s how I got '8 Mile,' after they saw me as Tupac in that." Read more...

See if you can guess who up and coming star Derek Luke is talking about when he says of this unnamed person, “I think the brother is deep.”

Spike Lee, who directs Luke in the upcoming “Miracle at St. Anna”? Denzel Washington, who Luke stared with in “Antwone Fisher”? Barack Obama?

Would you believe Sean “Diddy” Combs? I don’t, but then, Luke is here to testify:

“Most people know him as a flamboyant giant and mouthpiece but he was guy with a dream and a vision,” Luke said of Combs, who he is portraying in the upcoming “Notorious,” the story of the rise and fall of the Notorious B.I.G. “He helped transform a language for America, which is hip-hop.” Read more...

That's right, MTV News was first on location of "Notorious," the upcoming biopic of the acclaimed Brooklyn-born rapper, Notorious B.I.G. Below, check out the video of our visit along with the first two exclusive photos of the cast (Jamal Woolard as Biggie and Antonique Smith as Faith Evans), and then click here to read our full "Notorious" set report.

(After the jump, exclusive cast photos!) Read more...