The aspiring designer opened up to Page Six at the launch of her clothing line, Notoriouss.
She said: “I don’t like when people say, ‘Oh, that’s Biggie’s daughter,’ because that’s not my name. Now everybody knows Notoriouss clothing by T’yanna Wallace. I barely hear ‘Biggie’s daughter.’ I hear T’yanna first, and I like that.”
T’yanna added that she is “making a name for myself.”
She continued: “I don’t want to live off of my dad’s money. I want to make my own money. I worked in the cafeteria for a year while I attended Penn State.”
March 9 marked the anniversary of her father’s death. Biggie was in California at the time when his SUV stopped at a red light. A vehicle then pulled up alongside it, and a gunman opened fire. Biggie was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.