Notorious B.I.G.'s Mom Voletta Wallace Declares She Wants to 'Slap the Daylights Out of Sean Combs' (2024)

• The Notorious B.I.G.'s mom, Voletta Wallace, is speaking out in response to Rolling Stone's article about Sean 'Diddy' Combs' alleged longtime abusive behavior
• "I hope that I see Sean one day and the only thing I want to do is slap the daylights out of him," she told the outlet
• The Rolling Stone investigation touched on Combs' alleged jealousy over Biggie and Tupac Shakur's friendship in the years leading up to their deaths

After Rolling Stone published a lengthy article about Sean “Diddy” Combs' alleged longtime abusive behavior that mentioned The Notorious B.I.G. earlier this week, the late rap icon's mom is speaking out.

The investigative story featured interviews with dozens of Combs’ former friends and colleagues, touching on his alleged violence toward accusers including Casandra "Cassie" Ventura as well as jealousy over Biggie (born Christopher Wallace) and Tupac Shakur's friendship in the years leading up to their deaths.

Voletta, 71, spoke to Rolling Stone for an interview published on May 30, telling the outlet she feels "sick to my stomach" in response to the allegations surrounding Combs, 54, as well as the recently-surfaced footage of him physically assaulting Ventura in a 2016 hotel incident.

"I’m praying for Cassie. I’m praying for his mother. I don’t want to believe the things that I’ve heard, but I’ve seen [the hotel video]," she said. "I pray that he apologizes to her."

The retired teacher also expressed disappointment in the Bad Boy Records founder —and detailed how she'd react in a potential future interaction with him.

"I hope that I see Sean one day and the only thing I want to do is slap the daylights out of him. And you can quote me on that," declared Voletta. "Because I liked him. I didn’t want to believe all the awful things, but I’m so ashamed and embarrassed."

"He needs to apologize to his mother," the founder of the Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation added. "I hope to God he sits her down and spills his guts and apologize to her."

One anecdote from the Rolling Stone report on Combs saw former Bad Boy partner and president Kirk Burrowes claiming the "I'll Be Missing You" rapper felt slighted when Shakur and Biggie grew close.

“There was someone on the sidelines, jealous,” Burrowes said, referring to Combs.

Biggie was a Bad Boy artist, while Shakur was signed to the rival Death Row Records. Per the article, Combs was “fond” of Shakur and tried to befriend him — but the “California Love” rapper wanted no part.

“Pac didn’t have any kind of respect for Puff,” hip-hop photographer Monique Bunn told the outlet, explaining that he thought of Combs as a “corny executive,” and, according to Burrowes, of Biggie as his peer.

Everything "got blown out of proportion," Bunn said, following a 1994 incident where Shakur was shot five times in a New York City recording studio, as the rapper thought that Combs and his Bad Boy crew had set him up.

Shakur and Biggie soon became hostile with one another. In September 1996,Shakur died in a drive-by shootingat age 25 in Las Vegas. Months later,Biggie was shot and killedin Los Angeles at age 24.

Biggie reportedly had plans to leave Bad Boy shortly before he died, Bunn toldRolling Stone. “I know for a fact [because] he told me that,” she said.

After the "Hypnotize" rapper's death, Burrowes also told the outlet, Rolling Stoneapproached Combs with plans to put Biggie on the cover —but Combs allegedly wanted to take the spot for himself.

“I was telling Sean, ‘Let’s make it Biggie. You still have a chance [for a cover in the future]. He’s like, ‘No, he’s dead. I’m putting out [Combs’ debut albumNo Way Out] in July. I need to be on the cover ofRolling Stone,” Burrowes claimed.

Combs is currently in the midst of a number ofsexual assault and sex trafficking lawsuitsagainst him, and in March, hisproperties in Los Angeles and Miamiwere raided as part of an ongoing Homeland Security investigation.

CNN reported on May 29 that the U.S. Justice Department may bepreparing to file an indictmentagainst the music mogul, and that his accusers have been contacted and interviewed by federal investigators and notified that they may be brought in to testify in front of a federal grand jury.

Combs has denied all allegations, saying in a statement obtained by PEOPLE in December: "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. For the last couple of weeks, I have sat silently and watched people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy."

"Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday. Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth," he added.

On May 17, CNN published surveillance video that showed himgrabbing, shoving and kicking Ventura in a 2016 altercation in a Los Angeles hotel, an incident she previously detailed in a lawsuit filed in November.

"I was f---ed up. I mean I hit rock bottom but I make no excuses. My behavior on that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video," he said in an apology the next day. He captioned the post, "I'm truly sorry."

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