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Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Dies at 78
Voletta Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G.'s mother who was integral in keeping his legacy alive, has died at the age of 72.
Born in Jamaica, Wallace was an integral figure in her son’s music, and the rapper (born Christopher Wallace) mentioned her in several of his songs, including his 1994 hit “Juicy” and “Things Done Changed.” She conceived her son with a Jamaican welder and politician named Selwyn George Latore, who left the family when Biggie was around two years old. She raised him as a single mother and worked as a preschool teacher, keeping a close eye on him at the brownstone where they lived in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. Celebrations of his life continued in the months that followed with the release of a special edition MetroCard featuring his image, as well as an orchestral tribute to his music at Lincoln Center.
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