In a tribute to the late rapper Notorious B.I.G., Mayor Eric Adams at City Hall on Thursday hailed the life and legacy of the Brooklyn-born artist just days before he would have turned 50 years ...

EastEnders star claims Biggie Smalls would still be alive if he'd met him like planned EastEnders actor Richard Blackwood claimed he was set to interview rap legend Biggie Smalls, real name ...

SNYDE Biggie Smalls’ catalog acquired weeks after his mother’s death Notorious B.I.G., left, and Voletta Wallace and Wayne Barrow. (Getty Images) ...

Biggie Smalls’s mother, a preschool teacher and devout Jehovah’s Witness, didn’t listen to her son’s music until his death. After his killing in 1997, Voletta Wallace’s life’s work ...

Biggie’s estate partnered up with Primary Wave as they acquired a stake in BIG’s publishing and recordings, as well as certain name, image and likeness rights for $200M Voletta Wallace got the ...

Music Biggie Smalls’ exes Faith Evans and Lil’ Kim attend his mom Voletta Wallace’s funeral after her death at 78 By Sean Mandell Published March 12, 2025, 5:34 p.m. ET ...

Remembering Voletta Wallace, mother of murdered rapper The Notorious B.I.G., aka Biggie Smalls, and kept his story in the public eye until her own death at 78.

Voletta Wallace, mother of the late rapper Biggie Smalls (inset), is pictured at the unveiling of a mural honoring her son on Flushing Ave. in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019.

In 2005, she penned a memoir entitled “Biggie: Voletta Wallace Remembers Her Son, Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G.” Four years later, she’d put on a Hollywood hat to help produce ...

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However, after Biggie Smalls died, the rapper’s mother didn’t appreciate how Diddy treated her son’s legacy. So much so she was a bit relieved Smalls never got to see the real Diddy.