STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Voletta Wallace, mother famed rapper Christopher Wallace, also known as Notorious B.I.G. passed away while in hospice care in the Poconos Friday morning.
Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac says the mother of late rapper Notorious B.I.G. has died in Stroudsburg.
Drug raid at residence leads to woman’s arrestYanac confirmed the death of 78-year-old Voletta Wallace. Wallace was the mother of Christopher George Latore Wallace, also known as The Notorious B.I.G.
Notorious B.I.G., who won rap artist and rap single of the year, clutches his awards at the podium during the annual Billboard Music Awards in New York, in this Dec. 6, 1995, file photo. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Voletta died in hospice care at her residence in Stroudsburg. The coroner said Voletta died of natural causes.