JOEY BADA$$ : SIGN ME UP FOR A BIG L BIOPIC!!!

[LevelUp]

Joey Badass is looking get his acting career up to the level of his rap game -- especially after his first movie role was in an Oscar-winner -- so now he's got his eye on a biopic.

In a new interview with Revolt, the Pro Era rapper boldly expressed his wish to play late MC Big L, who died in 1999


Joey says aside from various people telling him how much he favors the Harlem rapper, he hopes to bring more visibility to Big L’s story.


We spoke with Brian Shafton, a partner at RBC Records, which owns several masters to Big L’s music, and he thinks Joey would literally crush it.

Brian also agrees the film would be huge for Big L’s legacy, especially in these streaming times.

Joey’s 2020 film “Two Distant Strangers” -- a big Netflix hit -- took home the Oscar for Best Short Live Action, so the audience potential is definitely there. Brian says the only potential problem is that Big L’s songs are riddled with so many samples ... it would be near impossible to license all the tracks for a film.

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[KFBF]

Is there enough of an audience for this movie for the studios to want to risk millions of dollars in these uncertain financial times? I say no. MAYBE BET does some direct to TV shyt.

 

[LevelUp]

Who knows

 

[ADP]

You got biopics on nwa, wu, pac and big and... big l next ?!

In hiphop dreamland would be great but financing a project like this to make it dope would be a bit difficult

 

[Negro Caesar]

Doubt L gets a movie but if he did , I think Joey would be perfect for the role

 

[LevelUp]

Doubt L gets a movie but if he did , I think Joey would be perfect for the role

Same

 

[spliz]

Joey would be perfect but number one. He’s tall and Big L wasn’t. Number 2. He favors Mr Cheeks more than Big L imo.

 

[Mindfield333]

Is there enough of an audience for this movie for the studios to want to risk millions of dollars in these uncertain financial times? I say no. MAYBE BET does some direct to TV shyt.

Tommy Wright III is probably known way less than Big L but Hustle & Flow did well.

Edit: I think if they push the story and don’t market it as a Big L bio pic it could do well. I think. 8Ball and MJG, UGK & especially 2 Live Crew could have dope movies

 

[AMcV'88]

a Big L biopic is basically a Law & Order episode

I think a 'Dangerzone' series about the Lenox area of Harlem would be a more interesting way of doing it
considering so many murders are intertwined and it would give more time and weight to the characters based on real people.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Joey would be perfect for this role.

 

[Max Goonberg]

Nah if done right shyt could be official. Big L big bros was official nikkas and they from a wild block the stories just from his block could be movie. AZ rich and alpo wasn't nationally known before paid in full. The story still resonate so why not Lamont. Plus Joey starting to get a face card as an actor. shyt could be dope in the right hands.

 

[LevelUp]

Definitely

 

[ISO]

He don’t look like L and his voice is wayyy different

 

[steadyrighteous]

As a medium level fan of Big L, who the hell wants to see a Big L biopic?

 

[CHICAGOrilla]

Nah b, Bloody Osiris is Big L reborn

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