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Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

This documentary features rare footage filmed by Christopher Wallace's best friend, Damion "D-Roc" Butler, and interviews with his closest friends and family, revealing a side of Biggie Smalls that the world never knew.

Director

Emmett Malloy

Year

Genre

documentary, biography, music

Box Office

N/A

Production

Submarine Entertainment,Bystorm Films

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

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https://www.netflix.com/title/80202829

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I've got this camera
pointed toward this door - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

I've got this camera pointed toward this door

I can't really speak on it,
but, there you go, baby. It's startin'. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

I can't really speak on it, but, there you go, baby. It...

Yeah, I can't be, you know, looking like,
you know, I'm 21 and shit, you know. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Yeah, I can't be, you know, looking like, you know, I&#...

It's hard when you grow up
with somebody that ends up successful, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

It's hard when you grow up with somebody that ends up s...

I'd be looking at people:
"Y'all doing all of this for Chris?" - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

I'd be looking at people: "Y'all doing all of...

Throw your hands in the air!
Everybody throw your hands in the air! - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Throw your hands in the air! Everybody throw your hands in t...

Come on!
Let me hear you say, "Ho!" - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Come on! Let me hear you say, "Ho!"

- Ho!
- Now all the ladies say, "Oww!" - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

- Ho! - Now all the ladies say, "Oww!"

I was like,
"Well, fuck, what would a video do?" - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

I was like, "Well, fuck, what would a video do?"

Chris Wallace is a conscious person.
He knows what is going on. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Chris Wallace is a conscious person. He knows what is going ...

Notorious B.I.G.,
he really didn't give a fuck. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Notorious B.I.G., he really didn't give a fuck.

I usually like listening to slow songs,
like slow old songs. Like The Stylistics. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

I usually like listening to slow songs, like slow old songs....

A hidden secret is that Biggie
was really like a R&B writer. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

A hidden secret is that Biggie was really like a R&B wri...

He was like a R&B singer.
So that's why you get the melodies. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

He was like a R&B singer. So that's why you get the...

He would always be singing
somebody's songs. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

He would always be singing somebody's songs.

As a hip-hop historian, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

As a hip-hop historian,

This guy, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

You have no origins for what planet, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

You have no origins for what planet,

We both really didn't have no fathers.
We both was the only child. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

We both really didn't have no fathers. We both was the ...

- No other pictures, yo.
- We bonded little bit more. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

- No other pictures, yo. - We bonded little bit more.

When you're the only child, you tend
to gravitate toward your friends closer. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

When you're the only child, you tend to gravitate towar...

I really believe Damion
was very, very close to him. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

I really believe Damion was very, very close to him.

It was five o'clock
that morning the phone rang. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

It was five o'clock that morning the phone rang.

"Hello?" - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

He couldn't even come out with the words.
I just heard him crying. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

He couldn't even come out with the words. I just heard ...

And I knew… - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

I never knew
that you could feel so sad - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

I never knew that you could feel so sad

And then,
we came over that bridge in Brooklyn… - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

And then, we came over that bridge in Brooklyn…

Their memories of Biggie was like the joy,
was the dancing, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Their memories of Biggie was like the joy, was the dancing,

And this story
doesn't have to have - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

And this story doesn't have to have

We got a couple shows,
so this is the beginning of the tape, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

We got a couple shows, so this is the beginning of the tape,

Like, I would just pop one in,
and our whole day. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Like, I would just pop one in, and our whole day.

This was a kid straight up the block, now, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

This was a kid straight up the block, now,

Biggie blew up, like, you know,
like, overnight. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Biggie blew up, like, you know, like, overnight.

It was during a time
where Dre and Snoop and them, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

It was during a time where Dre and Snoop and them,

So they were really inspiring
and motivating us to step up our game. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

So they were really inspiring and motivating us to step up o...

As New York, as the home of hip-hop, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

As New York, as the home of hip-hop,

You couldn't tell me that he wasn't - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

You couldn't tell me that he wasn't

I was saying shit like that
when he was alive, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

I was saying shit like that when he was alive,

And the winner is… - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

And the winner is…

And the winner is… - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

And the winner is…

The award
for album of the year - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

The award for album of the year

He went in deep,
and on that Ready to Die album, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

He went in deep, and on that Ready to Die album,

Yo, I want to give mad love
to my daughter, to my moms. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Yo, I want to give mad love to my daughter, to my moms.

When Ready to Die came out, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

When Ready to Die came out,

Then she told me, "Oh my God,
I listened to the album, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Then she told me, "Oh my God, I listened to the album,

She don't know that I be doing shows
for near $10,000, four shows a week. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

She don't know that I be doing shows for near $10,000, ...

She just think that I'm over here
just doing little thousand dollar shows - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

She just think that I'm over here just doing little tho...

You know Marley takes it miles
to come see me. You know what I mean? - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

You know Marley takes it miles to come see me. You know what...

Yeah! Check it out! - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Yeah! Check it out!

"One of my friend bought your album,
and they told me - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

"One of my friend bought your album, and they told me

It's for nobody over 35 years old!" - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

It's for nobody over 35 years old!"

I said, "You know what?
He told me don't listen to it." - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

I said, "You know what? He told me don't listen to...

I'm trying to get out of this house
so she can get out my hair. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

I'm trying to get out of this house so she can get out ...

His world, the rap world, and my world, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

His world, the rap world, and my world,

If it wasn't for him,
I wouldn't be listening to rap music. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be listening to r...

And even back home in Jamaica, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

And even back home in Jamaica,

I would save up money every year - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

I would save up money every year

He loved Jamaica
because they spoiled him rotten. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

He loved Jamaica because they spoiled him rotten.

Once he placed his eyes on me, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Once he placed his eyes on me,

He loved hanging out
with his Uncle Dave - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

He loved hanging out with his Uncle Dave

And he swore when he became famous - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

And he swore when he became famous

And from the first time
Biggie hear me start to sing, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

And from the first time Biggie hear me start to sing,

Many times we were out there, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Many times we were out there,

But I always daydream - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

But I always daydream

A lady of great means with three children. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

A lady of great means with three children.

I did not see that in the country for me. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

I did not see that in the country for me.

When I became a teenager, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

When I became a teenager,

I was saddened, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

I was saddened,

But in Jamaica,
it was just fun and sun time. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

But in Jamaica, it was just fun and sun time.

Big grew up on Saint James
between Fulton and Gates. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Big grew up on Saint James between Fulton and Gates.

It was about a eight block difference
from where we grew up at. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

It was about a eight block difference from where we grew up ...

You know, Big was kind of like - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

You know, Big was kind of like

A lot of people didn't view that
as Clinton Hills in that time, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

A lot of people didn't view that as Clinton Hills in th...

You know, people sold drugs, did drugs. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

You know, people sold drugs, did drugs.

People got robbed and all that - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

People got robbed and all that

The only place that you could tell was bad - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

The only place that you could tell was bad

Now, at the time, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Now, at the time,

"Christopher, where are you going?" - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

"Christopher, where are you going?"

Ms. Wallace always called him
Christopher. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Ms. Wallace always called him Christopher.

I never even heard her call him Chris.
"Christopher." - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

I never even heard her call him Chris. "Christopher.&qu...

You know, he goes to,
I mean, a Catholic school. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

You know, he goes to, I mean, a Catholic school.

Chris was my first friend in life, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Chris was my first friend in life,

Growing up as children of immigrants, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Growing up as children of immigrants,

Our mothers came from a struggle, but, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Our mothers came from a struggle, but,

Our friends would be
a little bit more street, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Our friends would be a little bit more street,

I grew up to that shit.
When my moms got me a radio for Christmas, - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

I grew up to that shit. When my moms got me a radio for Chri...

That was the era of us
staying in tune with everything hip-hop. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

That was the era of us staying in tune with everything hip-h...

He had different rhyme books, and we would
all link up and start doing routines. - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

He had different rhyme books, and we would all link up and s...

When I heard him in his room,
I thought it was noise - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

When I heard him in his room, I thought it was noise

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This documentary features rare footage filmed by Christopher Wallace's best friend, Damion "D-Roc" Butler, and interviews with his closest friends and family, revealing a side of Biggie Smalls that the world never knew.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Emmett Malloy

Writer: Sam Sweet

Production: Submarine Entertainment,Bystorm Films

Genre: documentary, biography, music

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 62/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 01 Mar 2021

Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/80202829