Sep 22, 2026 · 35 min · 10 segments
In this episode of You Had Me At Fraud, we dive into the life and crimes of Jayson Blair, the former New York Times reporter whose career came crashing down after editors discovered that he had…
So our first story is very disheartening, y'all.
I'm not even going to lie to you.
It's very disheartening.
It's kind of sad because it involved.
Christopher Wallace Jr., and if that sounds like a familiar name, it is because that is the son of the late Biggie Smalls, a.k.a.
Notorious B.I.G. Well, he's claiming that him and his sister, also Biggie's child, were cut from their late grandmother's will just 15 days before her passing.
Now, Loletta Wallace, which is Biggie's mom, passed from natural causes in hospice care in February of last year at the age of 78.
Well, Christopher and his sister are basically claiming that, you know, before 15 days, they were on the will and her personal belongings and property were supposed to go to them.
Um, so her interest in the company managing Biggie's estate was set to go to her foundation.
And of course, the rest was set to go to, you know, the sister and the brother.
Well, this is ringing all types of alarm bells because Christopher is questioning whether the amendment was legitimate, claiming his grandmother, Valetta, was engraved declining health and saying basically that she couldn't have signed this, you know, amendment to the will because she was taking several medications and she was bedridden and she was not in right sound mind before she passed away.
So just a fun fact, I am, I decided to take a career shift.
Well, I should say I'm working on taking a career shift into law.
And one of the things I've learned is that, you know, signing under duress completely eliminates a contract.
So if she indeed was you know, not in the right sound mind, or if she signed these under duress, and the judge says that, then he's going to just have to give it to the kids.
Because what makes you think, as Biggie's old manager, why would you take rights of his estate when his mother... is his executive of his estate and the one he assigned.
What made you think, why near her death? That's kind of shady.
Well, Now, this is a little fishy because Burrows won a separate case with singer Faith Evans.
She's the one, I'll be missing you.
We probably already know that song.
Yeah, that's her.
She was Biggie's ex-wife, widow.
And she also had a portion of Biggie's trust.
So our first story is very disheartening, y'all.
I'm not even going to lie to you.
It's very disheartening.
It's kind of sad because it involved.
Christopher Wallace Jr., and if that sounds like a familiar name, it is because that is the son of the late Biggie Smalls, a.k.a.
Notorious B.I.G. Well, he's claiming that him and his sister, also Biggie's child, were cut from their late grandmother's will just 15 days before her passing.
Now, Loletta Wallace, which is Biggie's mom, passed from natural causes in hospice care in February of last year at the age of 78.
Well, Christopher and his sister are basically claiming that, you know, before 15 days, they were on the will and her personal belongings and property were supposed to go to them.
Um, so her interest in the company managing Biggie's estate was set to go to her foundation.
And of course, the rest was set to go to, you know, the sister and the brother.
Well, this is ringing all types of alarm bells because Christopher is questioning whether the amendment was legitimate, claiming his grandmother, Valetta, was engraved declining health and saying basically that she couldn't have signed this, you know, amendment to the will because she was taking several medications and she was bedridden and she was not in right sound mind before she passed away.
So just a fun fact, I am, I decided to take a career shift.
Well, I should say I'm working on taking a career shift into law.
And one of the things I've learned is that, you know, signing under duress completely eliminates a contract.
So if she indeed was you know, not in the right sound mind, or if she signed these under duress, and the judge says that, then he's going to just have to give it to the kids.
Because what makes you think, as Biggie's old manager, why would you take rights of his estate when his mother... is his executive of his estate and the one he assigned.
What made you think, why near her death? That's kind of shady.
Well, Now, this is a little fishy because Burrows won a separate case with singer Faith Evans.
She's the one, I'll be missing you.
We probably already know that song.
Yeah, that's her.
She was Biggie's ex-wife, widow.
And she also had a portion of Biggie's trust.
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