Faith Evans is being sued by The Notorious B.I.G.’s estate over claims she withheld profits from a major catalog sale.
The lawsuit was filed by Wayne Barrow, a music executive who became the executor of Biggie’s mother, Voletta Wallace’s, estate after her passing in February. Before her death, Voletta managed an LLC holding Biggie’s assets following his 1997 death and negotiated a $100 million deal selling half the catalog to Primary Wave.
After Voletta’s death, Evans became the sole manager of the LLC, which allegedly made her responsible for distributing proceeds to the trust managed by Barrow.
“Ms. Evans has distributed sale proceeds to Ty’anna, CJ, and presumably to herself,” Barrow writes in the filing. “She, however, has wrongfully withheld the Trust’s [redacted] share of the proceeds, in the amount of [redacted].”
Barrow claims Evans hasn’t acknowledged the Voletta Wallace trust as a 50% stakeholder in the company and has left him “entirely in the dark about the business and affairs of the LLC.”
“Ms. Evans’s actions are particularly troubling given that, unlike Mr. Barrow, she has never previously been involved in the LLC’s management,” the petition states.
Barrow is asking the court to compel Evans to transfer the trust’s share of the Primary Wave deal, which he claims will be donated to the Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation.
He’s also seeking to remove Evans as the LLC’s manager for what he calls her “continued misconduct and disregard for her obligations,” and wants to be appointed in her place.