Nothing says "rapper" like the unabashed overestimation of one's creative talents. Take Beanie Sigel, for instance, who tried out for the role as Biggie in the biopic, Notorious, which has been plagued with casting issues.

"Yeah," Beanie smiled, while sitting in the Def Jam offices on Tuesday, describing what inspired him to go out for the part. "The fact that I'm a huge Big fan from the gate is why I did it.

"Then taking myself outside of myself and looking back, who else better to play that role, man?" he added. "That's not me being biased or tooting my own horn. I'm not comparing myself to Biggie career-wise or lyrically, but to pull that off, and have people believing that, I don't think nobody else could play that role better than I could. I know how much passion I'd put into it. I know how far I would go. I would treat that like Jamie [Foxx] did 'Ray.' "

I'm nearly positive there is someone out there who could do Biggie justice. And I'm even more positive that person is not Beanie Sigel.

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