Birth Name: Christopher Jordan Wallace, Jr.
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 29, 1996
Ethnicity:
*Afro-Jamaican (father)
*African-American, European (mother)
C. J. Wallace is an American actor. He is the son of the rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (born Christopher George Latore Wallace) and singer Faith Evans.
His paternal grandparents are from Jamaica. His mother is of European (her own father) and African-American (her own mother) descent.
C. J.’s paternal grandparents are Selwyn George Latore, a politician, and Voletta Wallace.
C. J.’s maternal grandparents were Richard Swain and Helene Evans, a professional singer.
In her book autobiography (Keep the Faith: A Memoir, 2008), C. J.’s mother talks about her father, stating, “I’ve heard people mumble something about him being Italian but I don’t know for sure.”