United Kingdom, Feb. 21 -- Voletta Wallace has died at the age of 78.

The retired teacher was best known as the mother of late rapper Notorious B.I.G. - who was shot dead in 1997 at the age of 24 - but passed away herself of "natural causes" at her home in at her home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, a representative confirmed to AP.

Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac added that she died on Friday (21.02.25), and her death came after a stint in hospice care.

The case of her son's murder remains unsolved, and Voletta revealed on the 20th anniversary of his death in 2017 that he had tried to stop her from listening to his music but she eventually decided that she "had to" in the end.

She said: "I remembered my son said, 'Don't listen to my...