Biggie Smalls' Mother Has a B.I.G. Problem with Diddy

In a statement, Voletta Wallace said that she wants to “slap the daylights out of him."

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Sean P. Diddy Combs and Voletta Wallace at the Exit in New York, New York.
Sean P. Diddy Combs and Voletta Wallace at the Exit in New York, New York.
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Everyone has something to say about Diddy and the number of alleged crimes he has been accused of, including the mother of one of the most legendary rappers of all time, The Notorious B.I.G.

On Thursday, Voletta Wallace gave her thoughts on the 2016 surveillance footage of Diddy brutally grabbing, shoving, dragging, kicking, and hitting his then-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, at a Los Angeles hotel.

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In an interview with Rolling Stone, Wallace said, “I’m sick to my stomach. I’m praying for Cassie. I’m praying for his mother. I don’t want to believe the things that I’ve heard, but I’ve seen [the hotel video]. I pray that he apologizes to her.”

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“I hope that I see Sean one day and the only thing I want to do is slap the daylights out of him. And you can quote me on that. Because I liked him. I didn’t want to believe all the awful things, but I’m so ashamed and embarrassed.”

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Although Diddy wasn’t accused of doing anything illegal against Biggie in Rolling Stone’s bombshell exposé, they did reveal that he expressed some weird behavior following his March 1997 death:

When Rolling Stone approached Bad Boy about a cover opportunity a few months after Biggie’s murder, Burrowes claims he advocated for the late rapper to take the spot. “I was telling Sean, ‘Let’s make it Biggie. You still have a chance [for a cover in the future],’” Burrowes recalls. “He’s like ‘No, he’s dead. I’m putting out [Combs’ debut album, No Way Out] in July. I need to be on the cover of Rolling Stone.’”

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The article also reported that Biggie allegedly had plans to leave Bad Boy Records just months before his death since the hip-hop mogul was unwilling to give back his publishing rights.

In Dan Charnas’ 2011 book, “The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop,” hip-hop photographer Monique Bunn claimed that Diddy said, “I will never give it up until I’m dead and my bones are crushed into powder” when it came to Biggie’s publishing rights.

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Although Wallace did not mention those claims during her interview with Rolling Stone, she clearly has other things to be mad about that directly affected the legacy and pocketbook of her and her son.