New York (AP) – voletta wallace, The late Grey Trapper's devoted mother Notorious Big And the guardian of his inheritance passed away Friday morning. She was 78 years old.
Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yannack confirmed her death with the Associated Press Friday, saying she died at her home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania after a hospice care mission. She died of natural causes.
Representatives from the infamous Big Real Estate did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The infamous Big, one of rap's best performers, He was shot dead at the age of 24 In 1997, the case remains unsolved. He was survived by his wife, Faith Evans, a musician and actress, and his two children, Christopher Jordan Wallace and Tirena Dream Wallace.
Wallace was a dedicated keeper of his Christopher Wallace-born son's legacy. When he first appeared on the scene as one of rap's most distinctive talents in a song that skillfully detailed street life in Brooklyn, she labeled his music as “noise.”
Since his death, his gifts have taken on a new meaning to her. She recalled in 2017 that she told the Associated Press 20 years after his death, “My son said, 'Don't listen to my music.' And I had never heard his music. I've heard it on the radio and it sounded nice because it was beautiful. But I said, “You know what, I have to do. I have to listen to that music.” And that's what I did. ”
“I cried so much that day, just listening to music. I remember sitting, I was standing. I just put my head on the stereo and crying like a baby. And it was a treatment for me. And I said, “Oh, my God – it was a young man with the talent to put those words together.” He had a beautiful voice. I love his voice,” she continued.
Wallace has launched the Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation following the death of his son, an organization that provides educational resources to his children. In 2003, she praised the mother of another musician who was the premature death – Aaliyah, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopez, Tupac Shakur, Jam Master Jay, Big Pun, Big L, Freaky Tah – Foundation benefits with “Big Night Out.”
“That's how we say it, 'Look up your head,'” Wallace told the Associated Press at the time. “It's the foundation's way of making these parents know that we love them.”
She also took legal action on behalf of her son. In 2004, she stopped illegal death lawsuits against a former suspect in the murder of a rap star – Amir Muhammad, aka Harry Billup. The 2002 lawsuit also named Los Angeles police officer David A. Mack, a former university roommate of Los Angeles and Muhammad. Mac hired Muhammad to shoot hip-hop artists and police, accusing her of not properly investigating a fellow police officer after being suspected.
In 2021, Wallace worked as an executive producer in the Netflix documentary Biggie: Talking I Story, and spoke to the Associated Press about her role in Public Eye.
“They never knew me. The public never knew me. I was thrust into this environment, because after he passed away I am a very private person. Very private That's it,” she said. “I probably knew that he was there, but honestly, I didn't. And to this day, someone who says, 'Oh, she knew' There is. (Whisper) But I didn't know. ”
Notorious Big's 1994 Bad Boy Records “Ready To Die” debut album, sold over 6 million units as of 2018, according to the American Recording Industry Association, and the hits “Big Poppa” and ” “Juicy” included.
His sophomore album, Life After Death, was released two weeks after his death, selling over 11 million units. It launched multiple hits, including the timeless No. 1 hits, “Mo Money Mo Issues” and “Hypnotize.” In 1997, Wallace accepted the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video for “Hypnotism” on behalf of his son.
