It is impossible to talk about hip-hop without speaking about the contribution and legacy of Christopher Wallace, better known as Biggie Smalls. March 9 makes it 27 years since the rapper’s tragic ...

Voletta Wallace, the mother of Christopher "Norotious B.I.G." Wallace (Image source: YouTube/Ticket TV) Voletta Wallace, the mother of all-time great rapper Notorious B.I.G., has died. She was 72.

Faith Evans and Lil’ Kim, along with Biggie Smalls’ children and Sean “Diddy” Combs’ son Christian, came together on Wednesday for the funeral of the late rapper’s mother, Voletta Wallace, who passed ...

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 became fighting for ...