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ESSENCE.COM: Overall, are you content with the film?

EVANS: I am happy. I can't say there aren't some discrepancies within the film because it's not like I was a creative partner in the film. Of course, there are things that I know aren't correct. For instance, a particular song might not have been out when a certain incident occurred. The people who are watching won't know but those of us who lived it will. A perfect example is the one scene in the studio with me, Lil' Kim and Biggie-I don't remember that happening and it might have been tension between them that I was unaware of, and it happened when we were separated. I didn't know that happened before. No matter what your walk in life is, you get to know B.I.G. through his words. The footage from the day of the funeral was one of my favorite scenes because I was right there in the limo, and although there is no footage of Ms. Wallace inside the car, Angela Bassett captured her exact look. It was powerful. Seeing all those people who were out there for Biggie that day made it more of a celebration. It was a perfect ending to that day.

Voletta Wallace, the mother of late rap legend The Notorious B.I.G., recently spoke to ESSENCE Magazine about seeing a side of her son she has never known. This of course came after watching the "Notorious" biopic film of the rapper. She also went to mention that she wanted to reach out to Lil' Kim about her relationship with Biggie...

"There were things about him that I never knew that I wanted to see for myself on film. I saw a side of my son that I heard of but I haven't accepted ... I'm angered by certain things, disappointed and shocked. So this film taught me tolerance and to be less critical ... I would love to speak to Lil' Kim, because I need to ask more about this love relationship because I really didn't like the way he treated her and I'm praying that that's not it. Only she can answer those questions. She's a sweet girl and I didn't think she deserved to be treated the way he treated her, if that's the case."Lil Kim recently voiced her disappointment in the upcoming biopic, even going as far as saying she would expose Ms Wallace and Biggie's wife, Faith Evans.

Lil' Kim recently chatted with Hip Hop Weekly where she slammed The Notorious B.I.G.'s mother, Voletta Wallace, and the late rappers wife, Faith Evans, for their involvement in the upcoming biopic of the rappers life entitled Notorious.

Kim is a bit upset for what she sees as an inaccurate depiction of herself in the film.

"I've had enough and I'm about to expose them both... I've been quiet for a long time. I'm very disappointed in Faith," Kim told the hip hop tabloid this week. "There's nothing Faith or Ms. Wallace could do to stop me from reppin' B.I.G. all day. I'm gonna always do that... It's time for Ms. Wallace to be exposed."

Former girl group member Naturi Naughton plays Kim in the film and acknowledged that she was not able to speak with Kim personally regarding the role. "I worked really had to capture the essence without having her at my side to help me,". "I was intimidated by how she seemed secondary in Big's life...always being rejected. The emotions that it took to go there [were] really tough," she said.

Notorious is set to release in theaters everywhere on January 16th!