Voletta Wallace, the mother of The Notorious B.I.G., passed away at 72.
Voletta Wallace, the mother of the Notorious B.I.G., has died at 72.
She passed away Friday morning while receiving hospice care in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, according to Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac. Her death was attributed to natural causes, as reported by TMZ.
A Jamaica native, Wallace welcomed Biggie with Jamaican welder and politician Selwyn George Latore, who left the family when her son was just two years old. She raised him as a single mother in their brownstone apartment in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, while working as a preschool teacher.
For years, Wallace was a strong advocate for her son, who was murdered in 1997. She managed his estate and worked to ensure his legacy and wealth were passed on to his family, including his daughter, T’yanna Wallace, and his son, Christopher Wallace Jr., whom he had with singer Faith Evans.
“He has touched so many people and so many people loved him and, you know, still do,” she said.
“[The film] made me angry, made me sad. I learned a lot… about my son — a lot that I never knew. But I still love him because he was from here [gestures to heart].”
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Source: Black Enterprise
