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The Word of God
I was actually the second God Shammgod. My father was the original. When I was young, he was a Five Percenter. It was the ...
Psychology Today21d
Remembering Voletta Wallace, Mother of Rapper Biggie Smalls
Source: Biggie SmallsSource: "Murder of Biggie Smalls/St. Martin's Press Voletta Wallace died this week at 78. Her only son was the late Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. hip-hop artist Biggie Smalls ...
Los Angeles Times23d
Voletta Wallace, mother of rapper Notorious B.I.G. and steward of his legacy, dies at 78
Yanac did not immediately respond to The Times’ requests for comment. Wallace’s son, who was also known as Biggie, was gunned down in 1997 following a music industry party in the Mid-Wilshire ...
New York Daily News23d
Biggie Smalls’ mom, Voletta Wallace, dead at 78
Voletta Wallace, the mother of late rapper Biggie Smalls, is dead at 78. Wallace, who raised her son Christopher Wallace in Brooklyn, died of natural causes Friday in Stroudsburg, Pa., according ...
The Journal News23d
Hip-hop community remembers Voletta Wallace, mother of The Notorious B.I.G., dead at 78
Wallace was known to be the mother of hip-hop royalty Christopher George Latore Wallace, otherwise known as The Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls. Biggie Smalls was killed March 9, 1997 ...
Philadelphia Inquirer23d
Voletta Wallace, mother of rapper Notorious B.I.G., dies in Stroudsburg at 78
She launched the Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation in the rapper’s honor, and in recent years served as an executive producer on the 2021 Netflix documentary Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell. In ...
USA Today23d
Voletta Wallace, mom of The Notorious B.I.G, dies at 78
New York rapper The Notorious B.I.G., also known as Biggie Smalls, died in 1997 at 24 in a shooting. After her son's death, Wallace was dedicated to keeping his memory alive through advocacy and ...
Pocono Record23d
Voletta Wallace, mother of the Notorious B.I.G., dies in Stroudsburg
The mother of the Notorious B.I.G has been pronounced dead in Stroudsburg. According to the Monroe County Coroner’s Office, 78-year-old Voletta Wallace was pronounced dead on Friday, Feb. 21.
Associated Press24d
Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.'s mother and keeper of his legacy, dies at 78
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. From AP’s Archives: Voletta Wallace reflects on the therapeutic experience of listening to the music of ...
E!24d
Notorious B.I.G.’s Mom Voletta Wallace Dead at 78
read Notorious B.I.G.’s Mom Voletta Wallace Says She Wants to “Slap the Daylights” Out of Sean “Diddy” Combs In wake of the tragic death of her son—who was also known as Biggie Smalls ...
Rolling Stone24d
Remembering Voletta Wallace, the Guardian of Biggie’s Legacy
On the unhappy occasion, I spoke this afternoon to the writer/director dream hampton, the journalist who came as close as Biggie Smalls had to a confidant/chronicler in his life and afterlife ...
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The Notorious B.I.G.’s Legacy Soared Thanks to Voletta Wallace – Now What Happens to His Estate After Her Passing?
While Biggie Smalls is, and always will be, one of the most iconic and influential figures in the rap game, he was simply known to Ms. Wallace as her son, Christopher. So, from the moment Frank ...