Voletta Wallace, Mother of The Notorious B.I.G., Dies at 78
Voletta Wallace, the mother of rap legend The Notorious B.I.G., has passed away at the age of 78. She died at her home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, on Friday (Feb. 21) while in hospice care, Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac confirmed. Wallace’s death was attributed to natural causes. TMZ first reported the news. A Jamaican immigrant, Wallace gave birth to Christopher Wallace—known to the world as The Notorious B.I.G.—on May 21, 1972, in Brooklyn. She worked as a preschool teacher while rais
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