The Notorious B.I.G. as soon as had goals of swapping the mic for a film function, revealing curiosity in portraying Fat Albert earlier than his life was reduce quick in 1997, based on his former enterprise associate.

Lance “Un” Rivera, who labored intently with Biggie throughout his rise, shared that the Brooklyn rap icon warmed as much as the concept of performing after his hit “One More Chance” took off.

“I remember coming to B.I.G. in the first part of his career and I said, ‘Yo, man, I think you should play Fat Albert in the movie.’ And he was like, ‘Man, yo, you bugging, Un.’ And then after ‘One More Chance’ came out, he said, ‘I’ll play Fat Albert now,” Rivera mentioned throughout an interview with The Art Of Dialogue.

Rivera added, “So yeah, he understood, man.”

The rapper had already dipped his toes into performing earlier than his demise. He made a memorable visitor look on the sitcom Martin within the episode “Blow, Baby, Blow,” which aired on September 23, 1995.

In the episode, Biggie performed himself as a music producer scouting for backup singers, with Martin’s spouse, Gina and her pal Pam hilariously attempting to land the gig.

That look marked his first on a scripted tv present. He additionally confirmed up as himself in different mid-90s tasks like New York Undercover, The Show, and Rhyme & Reason.

Rivera recalled Biggie’s inventive aptitude behind the scenes, particularly whereas making the “Crush on You” video.

“With ‘Crush on You,’ the video idea that he had, he wanted to play all these characters… he wanted to play a security guard, he was funny like that. He did a little acting on Martin, that’s where he wanted to be.”

Biggie’s performing ambitions by no means had the possibility to totally develop.

On March 9, 1997, he was killed in a drive-by taking pictures in Los Angeles at age 24. According to CNN, he was sitting at a pink mild when a black Chevrolet Impala pulled up beside his automobile and opened fireplace.

His homicide stays unsolved.

The live-action Fat Albert movie ultimately hit theaters on December 25, 2004, with Kenan Thompson within the lead function. By then, Biggie had been gone for practically eight years.

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