Notorious B.I.G. Catalog Case May Turn on Fight Over Mom’s Will

The Notorious B.I.G.'s widow, R&B Singer Faith Evans, is seeking to pause a court fight over his musical legacy after his children accused a record executive of manipulating the iconic rap star’s mother into naming him executor of her estate.

Evans filed the motion in Delaware’s Chancery Court, where she and music manager Wayne Barrow have been battling for control of Notorious B.I.G. LLC since July. Further proceedings in that case should await the outcome of separate litigation led by half-siblings Christopher J. and T’yanna Dream Wallace, who are challenging their grandmother’s will in a Pennsylvania court, Wednesday’s filing said. ...