Voletta Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Dies at 78

She played the rapper music as a child, stood by his side during his meteoric career and navigated the legal and artistic questions that arose after his killing.Voletta Wallace in 2022. She was forced into the hip-hop spotlight after her son, the rapper the Notorious B.I.G., died at 24 in a drive-by shooting.