The battle over The Notorious B.I.G.'s estate has taken another expensive turn for Faith Evans. A Delaware judge has ruled that a trust established by the late rapper's mother, Voletta Wallace, is entitled to more than $12.5 million in withheld earnings. With interest included, the amount could climb to nearly $14 million, adding another financial complication to a family dispute that has been unfolding since Wallace's death.
In an October 27 ruling, Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick determined that the Voletta Wallace Revocable Trust is owed $12,518,336 in distributions from Notorious B.I.G., LLC, the company Evans manages. The money represents Wallace's share of earnings generated after her death in February 2025, including proceeds connected to the rapper's valuable music catalog.
Evans and Wallace established the company in 2007 to manage Biggie's intellectual property. Their agreement eventually gave Evans and Wallace each a 25 percent share of financial distributions, with the remaining proceeds divided equally between Biggie's children, T'yanna Wallace and Christopher Jordan "CJ" Wallace. The disagreement intensified after Wallace died and her longtime associate and former Biggie manager, Wayne Barrow, sought recognition as trustee and executor of her estate. Evans challenged whether the trust met the requirements to become a company member, prompting Barrow to sue.
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McCormick previously sided with Barrow in August, establishing the trust's right to membership in the company. The latest ruling addresses how much money it should receive. Although the trust formally became a company member on Dec. 12, 2025, the judge determined that its financial rights began when Wallace died on February 21. Evans and the company had argued that the trust should receive only $48,612, but McCormick rejected that position.
The court also awarded interest on the unpaid distributions, compounded quarterly. Barrow's attorney, Jay Freiberg, told Billboard that the total would approach $14 million. He welcomed the decision and hoped Evans would stop challenging the trust's financial rights. Evans' attorney declined to comment on the latest ruling.
The money dispute stems from Primary Wave's 2025 acquisition of a substantial stake in Biggie's catalog and related rights, a transaction that brought considerable new revenue into the estate's business. However, another family disagreement remains active in Pennsylvania. CJ Wallace is challenging changes his grandmother made to her estate documents just 15 days before her death. Those amendments removed him and longtime family friend Carol Sampson from administrative roles, leaving Barrow as sole trustee and executor. CJ alleges that Barrow improperly influenced his grandmother, which Barrow denies.
The Delaware judge determined that the Pennsylvania proceedings don't prevent the trust from receiving its distributions. Barrow now has 20 days from the Oct. 27 ruling to submit a final proposed order reflecting the court's decisions, bringing the trust closer to collecting the money while CJ's separate challenge proceeds.
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