Willamette Week

Herb Alpert Delighted Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

The 90 year old music legend and his touring band let his audience bask in the glow of Alpert’s joyous legacy.
NPR

Biggie Smalls' Mom Raised Him On Country Music (Fresh Air+)

Voletta Wallace died earlier this year. She was widely known as a champion for her son Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls, before and after his tragic death in 1995. In ...

Diddy allegedly assaulted producer who saw disgraced mogul masturbate on Biggie Smalls’ shirt: police docs

The “Bad Boys Records” founder allegedly started watching porn on his phone and masturbating under a shirt of Biggie’s, the police report states.
Rolling Stone

Voletta Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Dead at 78

Voletta Wallace, the mother of rapper Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace who spent decades preserving her late son’s legacy, has died at the age of 78. Thomas Yanac, coroner for Monroe County, ...