“Every time people find out they ask me if I got a lot of money out of it,” says Keithroy Yearwood, who was handpicked from by a modeling agency for the gig and made $150 for the two-hour photoshoot.

Wax figures of slain rap legends Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. will be posed together for three months in an exhibit opening this week at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Washington DC.

“Tupac and Biggie are widely recognized as two of the greatest hip-hop artists and rappers of all time. Their influence on and absence from the hip-hop community can still be felt today — more than a decade after their tragic deaths. At Madame Tussauds Washington D.C., their figures will be displayed together for the first time in the attraction’s Glamour Room,” Madame Tussauds representatives said in a presser issued Tuesday.

The Tupac figure was borrowed Madame Tussauds Las Vegas, while the Biggie waxwork is on loan from Madame Tussauds New York.

The figures will go on display in the Nation’s Cap. on Wednesday, which would have been Shakur’s 39th birthday.

Good luck getting Lil Kim to shut up about the Notorious biopic.

The Dancing With The Stars contestant insists her hip-hop legend ex is furious about the movie biopic of his life…..because he speaks to her from the grave.

She tells RapRadar.com: “I’m a very spiritual person and he’s come to me many times in my dreams. I don’t think he’s happy at all, at all! Because Ms. Wallace doesn’t know Biggie at all and she barely knows Christopher, if you know what I mean. At all! And I was around. Even before he blew up so crazy, so I know how he felt about his mom.”

Kim adds, “And Biggie was so much more than what they put him out to be in that movie. And to be honest with you, I know for a fact he’s not happy. He’s not satisfied at all. At all.”

Lil Kim has publicly slammed The Notorious B.I.G.’s widow, singer Faith Evans, and the rap legend’s mother, Voletta Wallace, insisting the pair helped producers of the new Biggie biopic, Notorious, portray her in a negative light.

However, the female MC has now admitted that she recently watched the film to ensure she hadn’t been totally defamed, and what do ya know, her disdain for the project has remained unchanged!

According to Necole Bitchie, Kim recently posted a blog on her official Facebook page bustin’ her guns at Naturi Naughton, the actress who plays the Grammy Award winner in the film.

“I feel like I was not portrayed how I should have been in this movie. I was in love with BIG and he was in love with me. I was never a JUMP-OFF, I know this and BIG knew this. I wasn’t even able to choose who I wanted to portray me in this movie. I would have never picked Naturi, she doesn’t have a Lil Kim aura at all! She looks nothing like I looked back then. We have NO similarities. Watching her on-screen was so “dreadful” as Simon Cowell would say. She is tasteless and talentless. Never once did she contact me for input or to get a feel of me for the character. A “ TRUE” actress would contact the source to be the best they can be in portaying someone. That told me right there, she wasn’t right for the part and not to mention, Naturi has got to be one of THE worst actresses I’ve ever seen and I can’t believe they chose her. I really can’t!

Another thing is, I have been dealing with legal matters as far as them not wanting to pay me and sh*t for this movie, got a lawyer involved, so everything is cool with that, but it still doesn’t change my views and feelings. This is truly Faith and Ms. Wallace’s movie. And Ms. Wallace is right, this isn’t a Lil’ Kim movie and it’s not about me. I didn’t want it to be about me, I wanted it to be REAL though. And that it is NOT. I take no part in this movie and have nothing to do with it. I love BIG and will never stop reppin him. There is NOTHING anyone can do about it. The world will see the Lil Kim story, THE REAL ME! Not some made up bullshit portrayed by a talentless has-been back up singer”

LMAO….I’m sorry, but did Lil Kim just have the temerity to call someone else “tasteless?” Is this the same “I used to be scared of the dick, Now I throw lips to the shit, Handle it like a real bitch” Lil Kim?!

Futhermore, when you’re getting you back pounded out by a dude for years and he up and wifes a chick he literally knew for days, that makes you what we in the hood call “a jump,” sweetie.

In recent weeks, the plastic surgery addict has sparked speculation that Naturi’s dark skin tone-and not her acting- is her real qualm with the former 3LW singer’s selection.

According to the February 2009 issue of VIBE, Kim wanted light-skinned Cuban-American singer Christina Milian to play her in the motion picture.

Ummm..just because Christina Milian looks how you wish you looked, doesn’t mean she can play you in a movie. Can I get a hit of whatever she’s smoking?

“She wanted an Asian girl to play her. So we’re all praying for Lil’ Kim’s mental stability and everything,” says actor Dennis White, who plays Damion “D-Roc” Butler in Notorious.

Four men were stabbed at a New York nightclub during an after-party for the premiere of Notorious– the new biopic about the Notorious B.I.G, who was killed in Los Angeles in 1997.

According to The Associated Press, a 21-year-old man was left in critical condition after being stabbed several times during the party at the Djumbala Club in Brooklyn Saturday night. Three others were listed in stable condition after the incident.

Notorious, which stars Jamal Woolard, opened at No. 4 at this weekend’s box office, taking in an estimated $24 million.

R&B singer Faith Evans sat down for Q&A with Essence.com in advance of Friday’s release of Notorious.

In the piece, titled “Holding Her Own,” the widow of the Notorious B.I.G. discusses what first attracted her to the iconic rapper.

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.

Read The Entire Essence.com Interview With Faith Evans Here

Femcee Charli Baltimore is opening up about many of the private details surrounding her relationship with the Notorious B.I.G. and her feelings on B.I.G.’s “other woman” Lil Kim in a new interview with Yo! Raps Magazine.

I remember being at the funeral and Lil Kim fell out on the floor and I was just like “Yo! What the fuck!” Like, Faith was up there singing and she was very composed and very respectful. And here goes Lil Kim on the floor and she starts rolling around on the floor! I was like “What the fuck is going on?” I was in the back, in the cut. I had some black shades on. There was 100,000 bitches there and I don’t know what bitches was… Yo! I remember this girl Lil Kim walked up and damn near jumped in the casket!

In an interview with Essence.com on Thursday, hip-hop mom Voletta Wallace said she would like to have a “sit-down” with her late son’s former mistress, rapper Lil Kim.

Ms. Wallace said that she discovered some things about the Notorious B.I.G. that she hadn’t known – including the sometimes abusive nature of his relationship with Kim.

“I saw a side of my son [Biggie] that I heard of but I haven’t accepted. I’m angered by certain things, disappointed and shocked,” she told Essence. “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.”

The Notorious B.I.G’s mom and son, Voletta Wallace and CJ Wallace, ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell.