I've certainly had to go through trying to change the fact that I was always identified as the widow of Notorious B.I.G. You know, I'm never going to be able to get away from having been married to him, but that's not what identifies me. You know, my life isn't just about that.

S. Billboard 200. During 2003 Evans acted in the MTV-produced romantic comedy The Fighting Temptations in which Faith Evans appeared in a brief but major role portraying a single mother and night club singer.

" Wallace whom Faith Evans married on August 4 1994 a few weeks after meeting at a Bad Boy photoshoot. G. Her autobiography Keep the Faith: A Memoir was released by Grand Central Publishing during 2008 and won a 2009 African American Literary Award for the Best Biography/Memoir category.