Things We Learned From C.J. Wallace's Ebro In The Morning Interview
The Notorious B.I.G.'s son is all grown up.
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Life After Death - Biggie's baby boy, Christoper "C.J." Wallace, is 18 years old now and is turning into his own man. The son of the eternal "King of New York" stopped by Hot 97, chopped it up with Ebro and Peter Rosenberg about his future plans and kicked a freestyle as well.Read on to see why the sky's the limit for the son of the Notorious One and the former First Lady of Bad Boy.—Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: Hot 97 via YouTube)
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Going Back to Cali - Christopher Jordan Wallace has plans of conquering Hollywood. With a few acting roles under his belt, which includes playing opposite Will Ferrell in Everything Must Go and playing his famous dad as a youngster in Notorious, C.J. revealed that he just returned from Oakland, where he was shooting another film called Kicks, which will be dropping next summer. (Photo: Temple Hill Entertainment)
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Kill the Noise - C.J. grew up in Los Angeles and sparked controversy this summer when he posed holding another male student from behind. Young Big deaded the gay rumors head on and explained the flick. "I took a picture with a friend four years ago during my freshman year and we reenacted The Titanic pose that they did on the boat as a joke. Four years later wearing the caps and gowns... [we did it again]. Not feeling the drama behind the pic, he's since deleted it from IG.(Photo: C.J. Wallace via Instagram)
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Party and Bulls**t - Young C.J. is following in his pop's footsteps and has plans of rocking mics. He's in a group called Origami Prophets and one of his rhyme partners, Tedy Andreas, accompanied C.J. on his station visit and kicked a serious freestyle. Not worried about the pressure of filling some B.I.G. shoes, he explained his trials so far. "People immediately want to hear it [my music] but if it's not what they expect then it's like an almost immediate diss. But I don't really care what people think. I'm gon' keep doing music whether people like it or not."(Photo: C.J. Wallace via Instagram)
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Diggin' in the Crates - A student of hip hop, C.J. revealed that he's an underground follower. "One of my favorite groups is Slum Village. My step dad [record executive Todd Russaw] put me on to so much music. I like the Pharcyde, I could go on forever." His current iPod playlist favorites include Curren$y, Big K.R.I.T. and Joey Bada$ and the whole Beast Coast movement. (Photo: C.J. Wallace via Instagram)
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Keep the Faith - The Origami Prophets aren't pressed to sign a deal, although they've spoken to a few labels. There aren't even plans to sign with Bad Boy, although he speaks to Puff frequently. Christopher Jordan explained, "I'm not really trying to sign anything. I want to do the independent thing. I want to stay consistent and stay dropping music and tour."He also revealed that his mother, Faith Evans, serves as the group's manager.(Photo: Faith Evans via Instagram)
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One More Chance - Biggie's story was brought to the big screen in 2009's Notorious and C.J. played his Big Poppa as a kid. C.J. however feels that an in-depth documentary would do his father a little more justice. "It was cool," he said of making the film. "I liked it but I'd like to see it way more detailed. It was a lot of stuff that they left out."(Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
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Miss U - Surprisingly, young Christopher doesn't rock out to his father's music as some might expect. He stated, "I listen to it but I'm not just going to play my dad's music all the time. But I love his music."He also explained that he doesn't feel sadness or pain when listening to B.I.G.'s catalog but it sometimes makes him wish he was older before his father passed because he doesn't have a real recollection of him. Everything he's learned about who the person his dad was was through his friends and family because C.J. was only 1 when B.I.G. was murdered. (Photo: C.J. Wallace via Instagram)
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Like Father, Like Son - Besides being the spitting image of his dad, C.J. also inherited some of the sinus and respiratory problems that plagued his father –– they both have that clogged nasal voice tone. Chris said he suffers from asthma like his Big Poppa. "I got bad allergies and asthma so when they both collide I sound all f**ked up."(Photo: C.J. Wallace via Instagram)
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Heirs to the Throne - B.I.G.'s daughter, T'yanna, is trying to make a name for herself in the fashion industry and launched her line Notoriouss Clothing last year. C.J. revealed that he may work with his sister in the future when it's time to create his tour merchandise, but he'd create his own brand separate from hers. "I definitely would work with her on [merchandise] but I really like her clothing on its own. I want to try and do something on my own if the opportunity comes." (Photo: C.J. Wallace via Instagram)
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Talent Runs in the Family - The gift of music seems to run rampant in Faith's household as C.J. revealed that his group, Origami Prophets, encompasses a lot of soul in their music, spearheaded by his brother, Joshua Russaw. "My brother sings like my mother, he's really good and he can rap too."(Photo: Faith Evans via Instagram)