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The probe comes amid a new wrongful death lawsuit filed by the rapper's mother, Voletta Wallace, and other relatives.The New York rapper, whose real name was Christopher Wallace,Toshiba Ultrasonic Probe was among the most influential rappers of the 1990s. In March 1997, while the 24 year old was leaving a party in Los Angeles, he was shot and killed.At the time of his death, Wallace   who also went by the moniker Biggie Smalls   and his record label Bad Boy Entertainment were entangled in afeud with Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight and Death Row star, rapper Tupac Shakur.Shakur was shot to death in Las Vegas six months before Wallace's death and the case also remains unsolved. Knight has denied any involvement in Wallace's killing.The Wallace family filed a wrongful death civil lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles and its police department. The suit claimed that arogue officer, under the command ofKnight, had arranged to have Wallace killed and that the police department covered up the involvement of the officer in question.The judge declared a mistrial in July 2005, after hearing thata police officer had deliberately withheld evidence related to Wallace's death, and ordered the city to pay more than $1 million US for the family's legal fees and expenses.