Ms. Wallace Wants To Talk To Kim

The late great Biggie Smalls' mother Voletta Wallace told Essence magazine: "There were things about him [Biggie] that I never knew that I wanted to see for myself on film. I saw a side of my son that I heard of but I haven’t accepted. I’m angered by certain things, disappointed and shocked. So this film taught me tolerance and to be less critical. I would love to speak to Lil’ Kim, because I need to ask more about this love relationship because I really didn’t like the way he treated her and I’m praying that that’s not it. Only she can answer those questions. She’s a sweet girl and I didn’t think she deserved to be treated the way he treated her, if that’s the case."

More From Faith's Book

Transcribed by Myra Panache "I was on a rare break between tour dates. Valentine's Day had just passed and I got a call from Big. He was in New Orleans for a show. "I want to see you," he said. My heart skipped a beat. I flew to New Orleans, when I got to his room, it was filled with all of Junior M.A.F.I.A guys. But Lil Kim was absent. I'd told Big on numerous occasions that I was going to beat the shit out of her as soon as I saw her. So I assume he made sure she was nowhere nearby." "Big and I settled into our usual routine: Sharing a blunt, a meal and each other. I felt like there might be a possibility that we could get back together. He felt so familiar to me and I felt safe around him. I wasn't going to ask him. I decided I'd let him come to me if that's what he wanted. I was just going to stay in the moment and enjoy the time we were sharing. But I did think it was a good sign that we were together. He wasn't with Kim. He wasn't with Tiffany. He was with me, his wife. What neither of us knew was that spending that night in New Orleans would end up connecting us forever." "A few weeks later, I sat in the bathroom of my apartment and stared at the little white stick with the dark blue line. I was pregnant and I know exactly how it happened. I couldn't believe it. Big and I rarely used protection and I'd only gotten pregnant once, early on in the relationship. I'd had a miscarriage before we could think about what we were going to do about it." "I decided I was keeping this baby. I called Big to share the news." "He didn't sound happy or sad. Just very noncommittal. "You keeping it?" he asked. "Yeah. I am," I said. It was a quiet moment. "Are you sure?" "Yes, I'm sure..." Big made a weary sound. "Homegirl got pregnant, too," he said. "What does that have to do with me?" "I made her get an abortion," he said. I asked, "So what are you saying?" "You sure this is the right time?" he said. "Look," I told him. "I wasn't prepared for this, either. I know we're not together. But now we're going to be parents. And we'll have to make it work. You can figure out how to relay all of that to your little girlfriend." "The next day, the doctor confirmed that I was having twins." I ran into Angie Martinez, a DJ on Hot 97, at a party. I told her, "Me and Big are having a baby!" Of course Angie announced it on her show the next day. "One day, this Tiffany chick called my house in the early days of my pregnancy, I was not amused. "You supposed to be having Big's baby?" she asked me. "Who the fuck is this?" "This Tiffany. I want to know what's going on. You supposed to be having twins or something?" "Are you out of your mind?" I asked. I had actually just found out that one of my eggs had failed to develop and that I was carrying one baby. I asked her, "Did Big tell you to call me?" No she said, before she could finish, I told her, don't ever call my fucking house. She said, "Well, I don't know how Big gonna be supporting no new baby. He said he was gonna pay for my father's funeral!" Why ya'll not divorced anyway? I studied law in school and I know it don't take that much to get a divorce." I told her, "You are talking to the wrong person right now, don't make that mistake again."

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When Faith Met Pac

"One night, I went out to the Hollywood Athletic Club with some friends. As soon as we get inside, I see Treach from Naughty By Nature. We exchanged hugs and greetings and I introduced Treach to my friends." "Somebody here wants to meet you," Treach said. "Who?" I asked. "My boy Tupac wants to say what's up," Treach said, gesturing to a table behind him. Before I go any farther, let me be absolutely clear on something. Many people have asked me why I wouldn't peel off in the opposite direction when I heard Tupac's name. And the answer is simple: There was no need. I didn't know anything about what label Pac was signed to, whom he was cool with, whom he had beef with. "Almost immediately after we were introduced, a photographer who had been trolling the club for celebrities came up to us and asked us to pose." After we exchanged pleasantries, Tupac began to compliment me. "I really like your music," he said. "I want to do a song with you." I said, "You'd have to get clearance from my label to do that." "That's not a problem," he said. "It's not going to be cheap," I told him. "And, I need my money up front." "How much?" I replied, "It's going to be twenty-five thousand dollars." "No problem," he said. Two days later I spoke to Big. I told him, "I met Pac out here, he wants me to do a song with him." "Oh word?" Big said. "You gonna do it?" "If the money comes through, yeah, I'll do it." "The next night was the party for the release of the "Waiting To Exhale," soundtrack. I took a limo to the party with my friend Nicci, a singer in the group Brownstone. A soon as we pulled up, my cell phone rung. "What's up Faith. Where you at?" It was Tupac. I told him I was at the Waiting To Exhale party. He said, "I'm here, too!" "I looked out the car window, and there he was. He made a bee line for the car, opened up the door and jumped in the backseat with us. I wasn't planning on hanging out with Pac. I introduced him to my friend and we chatted until it was time to hit the red carpet." When we got inside the venue, I found our table and sat down. I was just starting to get comfortable when Pac slid into a chair next to me and Nicci. He was acting like he was going to sit there for the rest of the night. "Tupac eventually left our table and was mingling. After the party ended, we went outside to our limo and Tupac was standing there. "Where ya'll going now?" "We're going to a party at the Peninsula hotel," I said quickly. He said, "That's where I'm staying!" I'll catch a ride over there with ya'll. Tupac jumped in the limo and stretched out, making himself comfortable. Now, I was definitely feeling weird." "After the party at the hotel, we hung out a bit more with Tupac and his friends, shared a blunt and discussed specifics on my guest appearance on an upcoming record." A few days later, Pac arrived at my house driving a black convertible Mercedes-Benz with the top down. At this time, Pac had enough fame and notoriety that he did not need to be driving around Los Angeles in a top-down convertible. At that moment I wanted to tell him that I would drive to the studio myself in my rental car. But I didn't. I just got in the car and we pulled off. I noticed immediately that a black Town Car was following us. From the look of the beefy guys in the backseat, they were security guards. "The ride to the studio was about 15 minutes. We didn't talk much. I didn't like any of it, the convertible, the security behind us, none of it felt right. I decided I would go in, lay down my vocals and haul ass out of the studio as soon as possible." We pulled up to a nondescript parking lot in nearby Tarzana. I followed Tupac through the doors. As soon as the doors opened, I saw blood-red carpeting throughout the hallway entrance and lighted sign that said "Death Row Records." "I felt the blood rush from my face and I thought I was going to pass out."

More Excerpts From Faith's Book

I don’t know what got into my head. But I decided that I needed to know once and for all what Big was really trying to do. On that night before Christmas, I drove to Big’s house on a mission to find out where I really stood.

The security guard at the gate just waved me in when I pulled up. It was Christmas Eve and she’d seen me come into the complex with the kids, so I guess she didn’t think anything of it. I parked in the rear of Big’s town house and walked up to the garage. It was locked. I hadn’t been over to Big’s house a whole lot but I did know that you jiggle the garage door a certain way and unlock it.

I got into the garage, where there was an elevator that would take me to both floors of Big’s duplex. There I was, rocking a black skully cap and a heavy goose-down jacket, tiptoeing into the elevator and pressing the button to go up to the second floor, where his bedroom was located. I got to Big’s bedroom door, turned the knob, and went inside. As soon as I saw a small lump next to Big’s large frame, I flew into a rage, ran over to the side of the bed, and pulled back the covers. I grabbed some chick our of the bed and started beating her ass. At some point, the chick’s wig came off in my hand; It was a short, cropped wig. I stopped throwing punches for a minute to get a good look at the chick I was beating up. It was Lil Kim. She was completely butt-naked, yelling as I pushed her around the room. “So you not fucking her, right?” I screamed at Big. “Yeah, you not messing with her anymore,right?”

When they heard all the commotion, Cease, D-Roc, and Gutter came running into the room. ‘Oh shit!” they yelled in unison. “It’s Faye! How the hell she get in here?”

Big sat up in bed and pointed at Kim, who was standing in a corner of the room, trying to cover her naked body with her hands while I was still yelling at Big. “Yo, get her outta here,’ Big said. They led Kim out of the room and she screamed and cursed the whole way.

It was absolutely crazy in that house. Kim was naked and being led somewhere to get dressed. I was still screaming on Big. Damion, Cease, and Gutter were laughing in amazement that I would be so bold. And Big looked like he was just too through with all of us. He sat up in bed shaking his head. Kim left the house and I stayed, talking to Big about why he couldn’t be honest with me about her.

‘I thought it was all about Tiffany?” I asked. You still messing with Kim, too?” Big had nothing to say. I have to say I actually felt some pity for Kim. Big had a wife, and she settled for messing with him. Then he started dating Tiffany and Big had a wife and a mistress. And Kim still settled for being other other woman. It seemed pretty sad to settle for that.

When I left a few hours later to get the kids, I noticed that Kim had taken my key to my Land Cruiser and scratched up my entire car, from the hood to the back bumper. Even though we ended up having sex that day, at that point I decided I was 100 percent through. I was not going to be a ride or die chick, always going to lengths to show Big how I felt. I was the mother of his child and his wife. But I was going to have to let go.

Faith Evans Writing a Tell-All

Late great rapper Biggie Smalls ex-wife R&B singer, Faith Evans, is writing a tell all book. Faith says, “Big never got a chance to tell his story. It's been left to others to tell it for him. In making the decision to tell my own story, it means that I've become one of those who can give insight to who Big really was. But I can only speak on what he meant to me.” 

Keep the Faith: A Memoir, is scheduled for release August 29th.

LA Times Apologizes To Puffy

According to The Smoking Gun, a con artist in Federal prison named James Sabatino created the documents that were the basis for the Times' March 17 report, which suggested that the 1994 shooting of Tupac was planned and perpetrated by Diddy and his associates. The supposed FBI reports and lawsuits Sabatino says he filed were apparently created in the Allenwood federal penitentiary in White Deer, Penn., and can't be found in the bureau's database.

"The bottom line is that the documents we relied on should not have been used," LA Times Editor, Russ Stanton, said in a story posted Wednesday night on the newspaper's Web site. "We apologize both to our readers and to those referenced in the documents ... and in the story." Pulitzer-prize winning reporter Chuck Philips, who wrote the story, and his supervisor, Deputy Managing Editor Marc Duvoisin, also apologized.

That's My Story And I'm Sticking To It

Sean "P Diddy" Combs and Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemond have both denied any knowledge of Tupac's shooting contrary to recent reports.

Diddy says, “This story is beyond ridiculous and completely false....

Did Puffy And Biggie Know?

Remember when Tupac wrote "Hit 'Em Up" , letting us know Puffy and B.I.G knew he was going to be shot at Quad city studios on Nov. 30, 1994? He knew what he was talking about. In today's LA Times, writer Chuck Phillips lays out the who's and the why's with claims that Puffy was notified in advance that Pac was being set up. Check out the article here.

Suge Added To Wrongful Death Suit

A federal judge has allowed the family of Notorious B.I.G. to include Deathrow founder Suge Knight and various Los Angeles authorities as defendants in their wrongful-death lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles....

Dude Suing Diddy For Rights To Biggie Songs Sues Him Again

Remember that guy, James Sabatino, who's suing Diddy for 19 million dollars claiming he owns the rights to some audio and video footage of Biggie Smalls? He filed another suit against Diddy trying to make him stop mentioning an FBI investigation where James is mentioned in connection with that time Tupac got shot at the studio. In one of the FBI interrogation records, an unidentified informant who had ties to Tupac and Sabatino, told authorities in an interview held six years after Tupac's death that he was inside the Quad Studio when Tupac was shot in 1994. The informant told authorities that Sabatino appeared unconcerned when shots were heard and yelled ‘Get that piece of shit out of here!’ when a bloodied Tupac appeared in the studio. The informant also claimed that Sabatino said that Tupac needed to be ‘dealt with’. James says Diddy is circulating the FBI records ‘as part of smear campaign against him.’

Happy Birthday B.I.G

Biggie Smalls LAPD Judgement Overturned

You know how Biggie's family won that 1.1 million dollar judgement

against the LAPD last summer

over cover-up allegations in Biggie's shooting death?

Well, the judge in the case says she was deceived

and the judgement was overturned.

The problem stems from that jailhouse

information that linked Suge Knight to the case.

Biggie's family has always claimed the LAPD witheld

that evidence, when actually it came from

a private investigator hired by Biggie's mother,

Voletta Wallace.

Even though the evidence ain't as impartial

as it seemed at first,

I still believe it.

Be Lookin' For This Book, Yo!

This book should crack the Hip Hop Task Force wide open!

Dude who wrote it is an ex-NYPD Narcotics detective, and he 'sposed to be tellin' it all!

He says Giuliani made rappers targets because they tened to be

young, black, rich and angry.

Personally, I think he made 'em targets because

they was rap'n bout drugs and killin',

but that's just me.

Anyway,

dude also talks about the white cops in Queens,

and how they were known around the force

as the "Queens Marines" cause they would

do sh*t like pull over Black funeral

processions and search 'em!

Damn, that's cold!

Get the book here, if you need somebody to tell you

what you should already know.

Cops do not care about Black people.

Naw, really, I just wanted to say that! The details should be juicy,

and all I know is, if I was somebody who got caught up in that sh*t,

I'd be tryin' to get my civil law suit on!

Puffy Sued Over Uncleared Samples

A judge has halted sales of the 1994 Biggie Smalls rap album Ready to Die. (that includes downloads and airplay.)
Reportedly, the title song contains samples from the Ohio Players song, Singing in the Morning, that Puffy used without permission.

A jury awarded 4.2 million dollars in damages to Bridgeport Music and Westbound Records.

Named in the suit are Bad Boy Entertainment, Bad Boy LLC, Justin Combs Publishing, and Univeral Records.
The estate of The Notorious B.I.G is not named in the suit.

New Probe In B.I.G Murder Case

Finally! A new investigation into the Biggie Smalls murder.
It has been revealed that testimony from a jail house rat, that connected Suge Knight to the murder, was suppressed by the LAPD.
The rat claimed Suge had deep connections in the LAPD and that one of LA's finest was responsible for the fatal shooting.