The daughter of the Notorious B.I.G. has hit out at Sean 'Diddy' Combs for not inviting her to a concert being held in his honour.
Diddy, also known as Puff Daddy, was best friends with the late rapper and was with him on the night he was shot dead, nineteen years ago.
T’yanna Wallace, 22, complained that the rapper hadn't sent her tickets to the tribute concert he has organised for Biggie in May.
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Not happy: The daughter of late rapper Notorious B.I.G, T’yanna Wallace, 22, blasted his best friend Puff Daddy on Twitter
Riled: She complained that the rapper hadn't sent her tickets to the tribute concert he has organised for Biggie in May
'This bad boy concert is for my dad’s bday but I got NOT ONE TICKET. just wanna point that out,' she posted to Twitter.
'Haven’t spoken to Puff in years, I guess that’s why I didn’t get a ticket to the concert,' she tweeted, adding: 'Puff does nothing for my family. Tired of lying for his lame ass.'
By Wednesday she had deleted her tweets, after apparently having had a conversation with Diddy.
She tweeted: 'Me & puff talked, a lot of things were cleared up & everything is LOVE!! So everybody can calm down..'
Close: Puffy was her father's best friend and with him the night he was shot dead, nineteen years ago - pictured in March 1997 a few days before the fateful night
A source told Page Six they weren’t sure why Wallace tweeted what she did, as she would definitely be at the show.
Puffy, 46, responded to the message: 'LOVE you babygrl!! See you at the concert!! We're gonna have a great night!!'
He is staging One Night Only at Barclays Center on Friday, May 20th - one day before what would have been Biggie's 44th birthday - featuring his widow, Faith Evans, as well as Lil’ Kim, Mary J Blige and Jay Z.
Calm down: She urged people to calm down after she had a chat with Diddy
All good: Puffy seems to resolve everything and sent T'yanna a nice message on Wednesday
'This isn't just another concert, this is hip-hop history, said Combs of the concert.
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'We are celebrating one of the greatest of all time - Notorious B.I.G.' he announced as tickets went on sale - selling out within seven minutes.
Notorious B.I.G - whose name is Christopher Wallace - was just 24-years-old when he was killed in a hail of gunfire in a drive-by shooting on a Los Angeles street in 1997.
Diddy was with the rapper when he was shot four times after leaving an after-party for the Soul Train Music Awards on March 9, he died of his injuries in hospital.
The murder remains unsolved despite an FBI investigation, and is widely blamed on a rap war between the East and West Coast rappers.
Raps buddies: Puffy and Biggie were best friends, pictured in 1995
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Tonight is the premiere of the documentary Biggie: The Life of the Notorious BIG, with Biggie Smalls’ widow Faith Evans starring in the project. Get to know more about Evans and the two children who Smalls left behind when he died.
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Faith Evans and Biggie Smalls were married from 1994 until Smalls’ death in 1997, when he was killed in a drive-by shooting. Evans first met Smalls at a Bad Boy photo shoot, but their relationship was said to be very turbulent. Smalls was rumored to have cheated and to have carried on relationships with female rappers including Lil’ Kim and Charli Baltimore. At the time of Smalls’ death, he and Evans were separated and she was reportedly dating a man named Todd Russaw.
Recently, Evans had been reported as dating Stevie J, who many know from Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, but the couple broke up months ago.
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Christopher Jordan Wallace, aka CJ, was named after his father Christopher George Latore Wallace, more commonly known as the late Biggie Smalls. Christopher was born on October 29, 1996, as he was less than five months old when his father was killed. His mother is music artist Faith Evans.
CJ has been following in his parents’ footsteps as part of the entertainment industry. Tai garena vietnam. He’s been appearing in movies and participating in music projects as well. CJ also played a young version of his late father in 2009’s Notorious and talked about the experience to Vibe, saying:
When I did ‘Notorious,’ my grandma, Ms. [Voletta] Wallace, told me that I should come in and read for the part as my father. Honestly, I didn’t want to do it. I didn’t want to do it because it seemed so likely for me to do it, like Biggie’s son is going to play Biggie. After I had my acting coach and really read through it, I started to find out things that I didn’t know about him. Then I took more of an interest into it. It was actually fun, going out to New York, living like him, going into his old apartment, doing what he did. It was cool.
CJ Wallace’s net worth, inherited from his father, is estimated at $50 million.
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T’yanna Wallace was 3 years old when her father was killed and today she is a graduate of Penn State. Wallace’s mother is Jan Jackson, who was Biggie Smalls’ high school sweetheart. In an interview with XXL Magazine, Jackson opened up about her relationship with Smalls and talked about how they first met. Jackson revealed:
We grew up a block apart in Bed-Stuy, but we never met until January of 1990. I came out of the subway from work and I stopped to use the phone and he approached. “I always see you getting off the train, you always so serious-why don ‘t you smile? “He came in the telephone booth with me, and I’m like, “Can you please leave? I don’t know you!” After that, every day when I got off the train, he would walk me up the block to my house.
Jackson also talked about the birth of their daughter T’yanna, saying:
Around the time my daughter was conceived, Chris got his record deal. We weren’t getting along, and I moved back in with my mother. He was working on his album, so we weren’t spending a lot of time together. We finally broke up when my daughter was eight months old. He got married [to Faith Evans] three months later … I was shocked when he got married. Up until that point, I still had hope alive.> He was still coming to see me, we were still interacting with each other. I really thought I was going along for the ride.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, T’yanna Wallace is an aspiring fashion designer.
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Born | in Brooklyn, New York, USA |
Died | in Los Angeles, California, USA (homicide) |
Birth Name | Christopher George Letore Wallace |
Nicknames | Biggie Smalls The King of New York The Black Frank White Big Poppa Frankie Baby B.I. |
Height | 6' 2' (1.88 m) |
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Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. Biggie Smalls, was born on May 21, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Jamaican parents, Voletta Wallace, a pre-school teacher, and George Latore, a welder and small-time politician. He was raised in the poor Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. Dropping out of high school at the age of seventeen, Biggie became a crack dealer, which he proclaimed was his only source of income. Hustlin' one's way was a common life for a young Black man trying to make a living in the ghetto. His career choices involved certain risks. However, a trip to North Carolina for a routine drug exchange ended being the soon-to-be MC a nine-month stay behind bars. Once released, Biggie borrowed a friend's four-track tape recorder and laid down some hip-hop tracks in a basement. The tapes were then passed around and played at local radio station in New York.
Not extremely attractive, Wallace named himself Biggie, for his weight. Biggie was a Black man who was overweight, extremely dark skinned, and had a crook in his eye, yet he was a charmer. A young impresario and sometime producer by the name of Sean Combs heard Biggie's early tapes. Impressed, Puffy went to sign Biggie to his new label, Bad Boy Records.
Puffy and Biggie worked on the artist's first album, and the Notorious B.I.G. was born. Biggie was first heard on a remix of a Mary J. Blige song and a track on the Who's the Man? (1991) soundtrack. After these successes, the album worked on earlier went through its final touches and was released in 1994, titled 'Ready to Die.' The record was certified platinum quickly, and the Notorious B.I.G. was named MC of the Year at the 1995 Billboard Music Awards. After the quick success of the album, Biggie went back to get his friends, some who didn't even rhyme. He had several run-ins with the law, on charges that ranged from beatings, to drugs and to weapons, while all claimed that Biggie was a gentle person. He soon met a rapper from the west coast named Tupac Shakur, and the two became friends.
Tupac supported Biggie and was often giving him advice. However, their friendship turned into the most violent era of hip-hop music on November 30, 1994. While Biggie and Puffy were at a recording session at Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan, Tupac went there to record with another rapper for his third studio album, 'Me Against The World' at the same time, but in the lobby, Tupac was held at gunpoint and robbed of $40,000 worth of jewelry. Tupac was shot five times. Biggie rushed down just in time to see Tupac being loaded into an ambulance. Extending a middle finger, Pac blamed Biggie for the shooting and said that Biggie knew about it and failed to warn him. This sparked the East Coast, West Coast rivalry. Tupac later recovered from his injuries. During this encounter, Biggie admitted that he was scared for his life. Biggie never responded to any of Tupac's disses. Tupac attacked Biggie in every way he could, even starting strong rumors that there was a love affair between Tupac and Biggie's wife, Faith Evans.
Later, The entire country became divided into two groups, the west side and the east side, which became Death Row Records versus Bad Boy Records, Marion 'Suge' Knight versus Puff Daddy, and Tupac versus Biggie. The two of them finally met again late in 1995, and Tupac secretly said to Biggie, 'I'm just tryin' to sell some records.' Unfortunately, it became very real when on September 7, 1996, Tupac was shot four times in a drive-by shooting off the Las Vegas strip after he left a fight he was involved in inside of the MGM Grand Hotel after a Mike Tyson boxing match. He died six days later on September 13, 1996 as a result of those gunshot wounds at the age of 25. The case is still unsolved. Biggie was scared for his life, but he wanted to put an end to the rivalry between the two coasts. Biggie went to the west coast for several events, to support for his next release album, 'Life After Death,' but also to make a statement that the rivalry was over. On March 7, 1997, he attended the Soul Train Music Awards and went to the after party hosted by Vibe magazine and Qwest Records on March 8. On March 9, Biggie was sitting in an SUV on the street when he was shot multiple times by an unknown assailant. He died almost instantly. Hip-Hop faced its greatest tragedy when both Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. were killed. Biggie was only 24 years old.
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Faith Evans | (4 August 1994 - 9 March 1997) ( his death) ( 1 child) |
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T’yanna Wallace pictured on her Twitter page.
In most conditions, yes. You can see the dirty princess need your help, you can see an injured princess waiting for your surgery, no matter what kind of princess, you will see them and spend a wonderful day with them. But in our games, everything is possible. Princess may fall, so give them your hand and take care of them.
Biggie Smalls’ daughter called out her late father’s best friend, Diddy, for not inviting her to a celebration concert in Brooklyn on May 20 2016. T’yanna Wallace, 22, later apologized on Twitter having said she spoke to the Bad Boy Entertainment founder and that everything was now cool between the pair. In her original messages, the Penn State grad wondered why she didn’t get a ticket to the concert honoring her dad.
She was just 3 years old when Biggie was shot dead in Los Angeles in 1997. His murder is still unsolved.
Here’s what you need to know:
1. She Said in a Now-Deleted Tweet, ‘Puff Does Nothing for My Family, I’m Tired of Lying’
Me & puff talked, a lot of things were cleared up & everything is LOVE!! ❤️ So everybody can calm down….
— T'yanna Wallace (@Tyanna810) April 6, 2016
In a bunch of now-deleted tweets, Wallace said, “The bad boy concert is for my dad’s bday but I got NOT ONE TICKET. Just wanna point that out.” A subsequent message read, “Haven’t spoken to Puff in years. I guess that’s why I didn’t get a ticket to the concert.” She concluded with “Puff does nothing for my family. Tired of lying for his lame a**!”
During the rant, one troll wrote to Wallace saying, “He don’t owe yall s**t.” To which she responded, “u right he doesn’t. Never said he did. But he lies & says he does. So tell him not to since he don’t owe us anything.”
Diddy and Wallace appeared to settle the beef in another series of tweets, with Diddy saying, “LOVE you babygrl!! See you at the concert!! We’re gonna have great night!!”
@Tyanna810 LOVE you babygrl!! See you at the concert!! We're gonna have a great night!!
— Sean Diddy Combs (@diddy) April 6, 2016
Honestly just happy things were addressed. That convo needed to happen fo real.
— T'yanna Wallace (@Tyanna810) April 6, 2016
The first daughter of hip hop was referencing her father’s 44th birthday party which will be held in the Barclay’s Center on May 20. The show is expected to feature, Diddy, Jay Z, and Mary J. Blige as well as Biggie’s widow, Faith Evans.
The concert comes amid reports that a Biggie hologram may make an appearance.
March 9th I always get flowers for him. & May 21st if there's a party for his bday I like to go & see all his fans. https://t.co/sCTFfQ19ok
— T'yanna Wallace (@Tyanna810) May 21, 2015
On her father’s birthday in 2015, Wallace wrote on Twitter that she likes to celebrate her father’s birthday saying, “March 9th I always get flowers for him. & May 21st if there’s a party for his bday I like to go & see all his fans.”
2. Her Mother Is Biggie’s High School Sweetheart Jan Jackson
Wallace was born to Biggie and his high school sweetheart Jan Jackson on August 3, 1993. The couple had split up before her birth. In order to support his daughter and despite his burgeoning rap career, Biggie began drug dealing again. It was only with the pushing of Diddy that Biggie gave up his life on the streets, according to one online biography.
In a 2013 interview, Wallace said about her dad, “The biggest misconception of my dad was he was a big-time drug-dealing gangster. When my mom or my grandma or even my dad’s friends tell me stories about him, I never get that vibe. He seemed like such a funny, outgoing, and caring guy.”
Biggie had another child, a son named CJ, with his widow Faith Evans in October 1996.
3. Biggie Dreamed That His Daughter Would Complete High School; She Would Go on to Graduate from Penn State
In a 1995 interview with Rolling Stone, Biggie talked about his hope that his daughter wouldn’t take the same path he took. He said:
She ain’t got nothing to worry. All she gotta do is finish school. Everything she wants, she’ll get if she just finish school.
He also talked about his own dropping out of high school:
It wasn’t like my mother said, ‘You finish school, Christopher, and I will buy you a Benz – you don’t have to sell drugs for that.’ They had said that, I would have been a f**kin’ graduate…Top of the class.
Not only would Wallace graduate from high school, she went on to graduate from Penn State in 2015.
Coincidentally in the remix for Diddy’s “It’s All About the Benjamins,” her father rapped, “F**k the state pen, f**k h**s at Penn State.”
When asked why she chose Penn State, Wallace says, “It was local. I wanted to go to school in New York, but Penn State ended up being the final choice, and I’m happy for that.”
Wallace told New York radio station Hot 97 in 2015 that she worked in the cafeteria while she studied business at Penn State saying, “I work at the school cafeteria. I don’t need a job, but honestly, I’m independent. If I want extra pocket money I don’t feel like I should have to call anyone and be like, ‘Can I transfer…’ No, I’ll just make my own money.”
4. She Launched Her Own Clothing Line in 2013
Voletta Wallace, mother of the Notorious BIG and family attend the Second Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors at the Hammerstein Ballroom September 22, 2005 in New York City. (Getty)
According to a 2014 interview, Wallace launched her own clothing line in 2013 saying:
I can’t believe how far I’ve gotten with it. I’m very proud and excited for it to continue to grow. Can’t wait for everybody to see the new stuff I release at the end of February.
She also talked about how she got started saying:
I always wanted to be involved in fashion. I had been designing clothes and accessories since high school, so once I got to college, I made the final decision to seriously start a clothing line. It’s heavily influenced by my dad, his music, and his birthplace, New York…I’m hoping with my clothing line, Notoriouss, I can keep [Biggie Smalls’] legacy alive.
The line is named Notoriouss, a clear reference to her father’s official name. Wallace writes on her Twitter bio, “Versace Princess. Owner of Notoriouss Clothing. My Dad is famous, not me :).”
5. She Believes Her Father’s Beef With 2Pac Was Over Hyped by the Media
On her father’s birthday in 2015, Wallace took to Twitter answer fan questions about her dad. She was asked, among other things, about her opinion of her father’s beef with 2Pac. Wallace wrote, “I honestly think it was a miscommunication hyped by media.”
I still have a lot of jewelry he got for me. https://t.co/NvmxoK0sq5
— T'yanna Wallace (@Tyanna810) May 21, 2015
Wallace also said that she still has jewelry that her father bought for her while she was baby. She also wrote, “I was a bigger fan when I got older. I noticed his talent more when I understood the music.” Wallace added in a separate tweet, “Some songs I was like, “Is He Serious?”. But I realized he was just creatively telling a story.”
The daughter of the Notorious B.I.G. has hit out at Sean 'Diddy' Combs for not inviting her to a concert being held in his honour.
Diddy, also known as Puff Daddy, was best friends with the late rapper and was with him on the night he was shot dead, nineteen years ago.
T’yanna Wallace, 22, complained that the rapper hadn't sent her tickets to the tribute concert he has organised for Biggie in May.
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Not happy: The daughter of late rapper Notorious B.I.G, T’yanna Wallace, 22, blasted his best friend Puff Daddy on Twitter
Riled: She complained that the rapper hadn't sent her tickets to the tribute concert he has organised for Biggie in May
'This bad boy concert is for my dad’s bday but I got NOT ONE TICKET. just wanna point that out,' she posted to Twitter.
'Haven’t spoken to Puff in years, I guess that’s why I didn’t get a ticket to the concert,' she tweeted, adding: 'Puff does nothing for my family. Tired of lying for his lame ass.'
By Wednesday she had deleted her tweets, after apparently having had a conversation with Diddy.
She tweeted: 'Me & puff talked, a lot of things were cleared up & everything is LOVE!! So everybody can calm down..'
Close: Puffy was her father's best friend and with him the night he was shot dead, nineteen years ago - pictured in March 1997 a few days before the fateful night
A source told Page Six they weren’t sure why Wallace tweeted what she did, as she would definitely be at the show.
Puffy, 46, responded to the message: 'LOVE you babygrl!! See you at the concert!! We're gonna have a great night!!'
He is staging One Night Only at Barclays Center on Friday, May 20th - one day before what would have been Biggie's 44th birthday - featuring his widow, Faith Evans, as well as Lil’ Kim, Mary J Blige and Jay Z.
Calm down: She urged people to calm down after she had a chat with Diddy
All good: Puffy seems to resolve everything and sent T'yanna a nice message on Wednesday
'This isn't just another concert, this is hip-hop history, said Combs of the concert.
'We are celebrating one of the greatest of all time - Notorious B.I.G.' he announced as tickets went on sale - selling out within seven minutes.
Notorious B.I.G - whose name is Christopher Wallace - was just 24-years-old when he was killed in a hail of gunfire in a drive-by shooting on a Los Angeles street in 1997.
Diddy was with the rapper when he was shot four times after leaving an after-party for the Soul Train Music Awards on March 9, he died of his injuries in hospital.
The murder remains unsolved despite an FBI investigation, and is widely blamed on a rap war between the East and West Coast rappers.
Raps buddies: Puffy and Biggie were best friends, pictured in 1995