A Delaware judge ordered Faith Evans to release $12,518,336 in Biggie estate money to Voletta Wallace’s trust, plus interest. Evans and the company had argued the trust was owed just $48,612.
Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled on October 27 that Voletta’s rights passed to her estate the day she died, February 21, 2025, even though her trust did not formally join the company until December 12, 2025.
“The Trust, as the ultimate beneficiary, is entitled to distributions accrued as of the date of Ms. Wallace’s death.”
Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, in the ruling
Evans and Voletta formed the company in 2007, and each later assigned half of her distribution rights to Biggie’s kids. That left Evans, Voletta, T’yanna Wallace and CJ Wallace at 25 percent each. The money in this fight is three $4 million distributions plus smaller payouts, most of it flowing from Primary Wave’s 2025 deal for a stake in Biggie’s catalog, a deal that valued his life’s work above $200 million.
Wayne Barrow, Biggie’s former manager and the executor of Voletta’s estate, sued on the trust’s behalf. His lawyer says the total with interest, compounded quarterly, lands close to $14 million, and the money is headed to the Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation under Voletta’s will.
The family fight is not over. CJ Wallace is challenging Barrow’s authority in a separate Pennsylvania case over changes Voletta made to her will shortly before she died. This ruling stands either way: the trust gets paid.
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