Rapper Notorious B.I.G. AKA Biggie Smalls (Christopher Wallace) receives Billboard Music Award on December 6, 1995 at The Coliseum in New York City. The Notorious B.I.G. was killed when he was 24 ...

Voletta Wallace, the mother of the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. who worked to elevate his short-lived but influential career to hip-hop greatness, has died. She was 78. “We suffered a tremendous loss ...

STROUDSBURG, Penn. (TNND) — Voletta Wallace, who was the mother of the late rapper known as "The Notorious B.I.G.," has died. Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac confirmed her death Friday afternoon.

The Notorious B.I.G. was killed when he was 24 years old, but he had already become known as one of the greatest rappers of all time. The musician — born Christopher George Latore Wallace on May 21, ...