Singer Faith Evans ordered to pay $12.5m illion to Notorious B.I.G.’s late mom

American singer and songwriter Faith Evans has misplaced a multimillion-dollar authorized battle with The Notorious B.I.G.’s late mom’s property over distribution of funds tied to the late rap star’s belief.

According to AllHipHop, a Delaware choose awarded a $12.5 million judgment to Voletta Wallace Revocable Trust, Biggie’s mom, Voletta Wallace’s property, together with curiosity, for payouts made to Notorious B.I.G., LLC, the belief overseeing Biggie’s mental property.

The ruling, handed down Tuesday (Oct. 27) by Judge Kathaleen St. J. McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery, rejected Evans’ authorized crew’s request to restrict the judgment to $48,612, fairly than the total $12,518,336 payout awarded to Wallace’s belief, headed by Wayne Barrow, the Notorious B.I.G.’s former supervisor.

Christopher Jordan Wallace, higher referred to as CJ, has challenged Barrow’s management of Wallace’s property, which Wallace granted Barrow executorship of earlier than her loss of life in February 2025. CJ, The Notorious B.I.G. and Evans’ son, accuses Barrow of manipulating Wallace, his grandmother, into granting him executorship of the Voletta Wallace Revocable Trust.

CJ and Evans proposed having the state take management of the disputed funds amid questions surrounding the property’s administration. McCormick rejected that method, discovering that the pending Pennsylvania proceedings wouldn’t undo actions Barrow had taken in good religion or change the belief’s entitlement to distributions.

In her ruling, she defined: “The economic rights associated with Ms. Wallace’s units now belong to the Trust. Plaintiff Wayne Barrow, who appears in this action on behalf of the Trust, also holds Letters Testamentary issued on April 21, 2025, making him the sole executor of the Estate. Pennsylvania law provides that ‘[n]o act of administration performed by a personal representative in good faith shall be impeached by the subsequent revocation of his letters or by the subsequent probate of a will, of a later will or of a codicil.'”

She continued, including, “The outcome of the Pennsylvania action, therefore, will not affect the actions taken by Mr. Barrow related to the Trust, Ms. Wallace’s estate, and the Trust’s entitlement to distributions as of Ms. Wallace’s date of death. I therefore find no need for the accrued distributions to be deposited with the Register in Chancery. They are due to the Trust.”

The choose additionally dominated that the belief turned a member of Notorious B.I.G., LLC, on December 12, 2025, when Barrow executed a written consent establishing its membership rights. The choice entitled the belief to distributions courting again to Wallace’s loss of life, fairly than limiting its restoration to the smaller quantity Evans and the corporate argued was payable.

McCormick additional ordered prejudgment curiosity on these distributions, calculated from the dates the funds have been made and compounded quarterly on the statutory price. Barrow, who represented the belief within the Delaware proceedings, acquired Letters Testamentary after being appointed executor in April 2025.

“In sum, the Trust became a member as of December 12, 2025, the date of the Written Consent. The Trust is entitled to distributions made as of the date of Ms. Wallace’s death. The Trust is entitled to prejudgment interest on those distributions, accruing as of the date on which the distribution was made. Prejudgment interest will be at the statutory rate, compounded quarterly.”

The authorized battle between Barrow and Evans stems from the R&B star’s refusal to distribute proceeds earned from Notorious B.I.G. LLC, together with its partnership with Primary Wave, introduced in March 2025, which incorporates Biggie’s identify, picture, and likeness.

McCormick gave Barrow 20 days to submit a last type of order reflecting the judgment and the courtroom’s earlier rulings. Although the Delaware choice establishes the belief’s rights to the distributions, the separate Pennsylvania problem to Barrow’s appointment stays a separate, pending authorized matter.

Separately, Biggie’s son CJ is suing Barrow in Pennsylvania to vary Voletta’s will. A earlier model of his grandmother’s property plan named CJ and Barrow co-trustees, however the will was modified just a few weeks earlier than her loss of life to present Barrow sole management.

CJ is now alleging that Barrow manipulated Voletta into rewriting the need on her deathbed. Barrow denies this and says CJ’s lawsuit is being engineered by Evans, which Evans’ attorneys deny. The case stays ongoing.

Faith Evans and Christopher Wallace, popularly referred to as The Notorious B.I.G., tied the knot on August 4, 1994, simply eight days after assembly at a Bad Boy Records photoshoot.

Tragically, Biggie was shot useless in a drive-by taking pictures in Los Angeles, California, on March 9, 1997, on the age of 24.