Voletta Wallace, mother of Notorious B.I.G., has died

Jamaica-born Voletta Wallace, the dedicated mother of the late great rapper The Notorious B.I.G. and protector of his legacy, died Friday morning. 

She was 78.

Wallace died at her home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, after a stint on hospice care.

She died of natural causes.

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