dosn't matter. I was a huge Big L fan(yes, prior to his death) and the only hip hop biopics that people haven't trashed are those written by and starring kkkrakkers. There have only been 5 hip hop biopic films(/wutang is a series)
Roxanne - Dope netflix release that went nowhere and flew under the radar
Biggie - was trashed before release and Gravy did a great job with a dope script.
2pac - was trashed before release and Shipp did a great job. the movie DOA
NWA - about 20% factual as they deleted the existence of Arabian Prince, had Ren and Yella as cameo appearances, saying Eazy E was broke after Dre left when he was worth about $30 million at the time of his death as he, Ren, and Bone all had plaques and sold millions of records. But since it was promoted by Good Morning America, the UFC, and other white outlets due to the euo small hat screen writers, no one black said a negative thing about it.
What 50 and eminem did were not REAL biopics hahaha. The question is, how can yu work white people into Big L's story or create a "white savior"(what Jerry Heller was in SOC) to sell it to white people? Because men buy what women like and women like what white people promote to them. There was a Juice Crew film years ago about to go into production. They had actors for the roles and everything. I think Evan Ross was going to play shan, David Banner to play Biz, Talib was playing Scott La rock, Keke Palmer as roxanne. That went nowhere. No white savior to sell to white folks.