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 ...

Voletta Wallace, mother to rap icon Notorious BIG, has died. She was 72. Wallace came to public prominence after her son’s drive-by murder in 1997 and was responsible for handling his estate and ...