Popular Rapper Drake has won for $1.01 Million for 2Pac’s Ring in Death at Age 25! Worn for his last public appearance

Last Updated on 08/02/2023 by てんしょく飯

Rapper Drake (36) has won the ring of the late 2Pac for $1.01 million.

In late July, he showed off the ring with a crown of rubies and diamonds embedded in a custom-made gold base on his Instagram story.

Drake was promoting his collaboration with Travis Scott, “Meltdown,” along with the image.

The item was worn by 2Pac during his last public appearance at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards, a week before he was shot dead at age 25. It was the subject of an auction through Sotheby’s last week by Yasmin Foura, an old friend of 2Pac’s family.

In an image of two fingers pinching an item engraved with “Puck and Dada, 1996” in honor of Kidada Jones, his last girlfriend, Drake announced, “(Travis’ new album) ‘Utopia. Meltdown’,” he announced.

The item, which was designed by 2Pac himself with the meaning of “crowning by himself” after the crowns worn by kings in medieval Europe, won for more than three times Drake’s expected bid of $300,000 (about 43 million yen) this time and became “the most valuable hip-hop artifact ever won at auction “.

Cassandra Hutton, Global Head of Science and Popular Culture at Sotheby’s, said, “This one-of-a-kind custom ring was carefully designed by 2Pac and is one of the final pieces of his boundless creative energy. It is a unique artifact of a time period that attests to his enduring influence on hip-hop.” “We look forward to seeing this one-of-a-kind piece mark a new chapter in the hands of another legendary artist,” she said in a statement.