Notorious

"Notorious" tells the story of Christopher Wallace, a young man who rose from the tough streets of Brooklyn to become a hip-hop legend. Through raw talent and determination, he transformed himself from a street hustler to a world-renowned rapper. Eleven years after his tragic death, the film peels back his mythic image and reveals the tumultuous journey of a fiercely determined young man whose unforgettable rap stories captured the raw truth of inner-city life and became emblematic of a generation's brutal reality and its dreams of something bigger.

You can stream Notorious on: Disney+

Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Notorious include Cadillac Records, The Imitation Game, Coach Carter, Kingdom of Heaven, 12 Years a Slave, Public Enemies.