EXCLUSIVE: 'I have a very good idea who murdered my son.' Biggie Smalls' mother speaks out on the 20th anniversary of rapper's brutal death - and claims the LAPD knows who is responsible for the 1997 drive-by shooting • Biggie Smalls, aka Notorious B.I.G. The mother of Biggie Smalls, aka Notorious B.I.G., has spoken of her anguish on the 20th anniversary of the hip hop legend’s unsolved murder, revealing that the pain of losing her son has never gone away. Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, Voletta Wallace, 64, admits she hurts 'every single day' knowing that she will never see her son again and that his killer is still at large. And in a shocking claim, the matriarch of hip hop reveals that she and LAPD detectives investigating the murder DO know who is responsible for her son’s death but a 'conspiracy' prevents the case from ever being solved.