The Notorious B.I.G.s mom Voletta Wallace dead at 72

She’s reunited with her son again.The Notorious B.I.G.’s mom, Voletta Wallace, has died at age 72.Wallace passed away on Friday morning at home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, the Monroe County Coroner, Thomas Yanac, confirmed to The Post.B.I.G.’s mom spent her final days in hospice care, with the coroner revealing she died of natural causes.TMZ was the first to report the news.Wallace was a legend in her own right in the hip-hop community, raising B.I.G.(real name Christopher Wallace) as a single mother in Brooklyn after his father walked out on the family in 1974.She was a Jamaican immigrant and worked as a school teacher.B.I.G.

was murdered on March 9, 1997, after leaving a Soul Train Awards afterparty.He was shot dead in a drive-by while sitting in a green Chevy Suburban, which was parked on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles.Six months earlier, B.I.G.’s rival Tupac Shakur had been killed, adding fuel to the already nasty East Coast-West Coast rap beef.

B.I.G.(also known as Biggie Smalls) was Sean “Diddy” Combs’ protégé, with many believing the mogul was somehow involved in Tupac’s murder; however, he was never charged in connection with the investigation.Former Los Angeles gang leader Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis was arrested in September 2023 and charged with first-degree murder for Tupac’s death.This is a developing story…...