He wrote, “my old manager came over and said she doesn’t want me to retire from rap but I think I am because I can’t handle too much rejection and I don’t have the time…”
Shakur also wrote about his doubts about his music career. In one letter he wrote “Jada told me she can see how much I love you…” The letters even show Shakur’s close friendship with fellow student Jada Pinkett. The letters span from late March 1987 to April 1988, from their meeting to an eventual breakup. He and Loy took theater classes at the school. Shakur would have been in the 10 th grade when he wrote the letters. The lot includes 42 pages on 24 sheets of paper and one greeting card.
(Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)Ģ2 autographed love letters written by a 16-year-old Tupac Shakur to Kathy Loy, a high school sweetheart from the Baltimore School for the Arts are estimated to sell at around $60,000-$80,000. Rapper Tupac Shakur poses for photos backstage after his performance at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois in March 1994. became much more than a portrait – the image transformed Biggie Smalls into an aristocratic or saint like figure, forever immortalized as not only the King of New York, but a king of Hip Hop music and one of the greatest artists of all time, ” said Claiborne. With the tragic events that unfolded just days after the photoshoot, this image of a crowned Notorious B.I.G. “I’m very excited to share this iconic piece of Hip Hop history with the public. The interior of the crown is signed by both Biggie and Claiborne. photograph, and the contact sheet, which is estimated to sell around $200,000-$300,000. Included in this lot are three specially sized prints, signed by Claiborne, of the iconic ‘K.O.N.Y’ photograph, the 10th anniversary K.O.N.Y. The crown was obtained by photographer Barron Claiborne, who has had it in his possession since the now renowned photoshoot. Tweet us your pics & vids and we'll add them to our growing tribute.American rapper Notorious BIG (born Christopher Wallace) attends the 1995 Billboard Music Awards, New York, New York, December 6, 1996. The FBI also reported posessing uncut video of the shooting, and that at one point 10 witnesses were prepared to describe what they saw, but refused to talk to the LAPD.įor more on Biggie Smalls, check out the Guardian's Biggie Board on Pinterest, a collaboration in memory of BIG. One source apparently told the FBI that Biggie was killed by a "hit man".
BIGGIE SMALLS SIGNED PROFESSIONAL
Sources also suggested the rapper's murder was carried out so efficiently that multiple professional individuals – potentially police officers – were involved. The documents note sources who said known members of the LAPD with questionable records were seen at the final party Biggie attended. While little new information surfaced in the hundreds of pages of redacted bureau files, the notes revealed the FBI has looked at the potential role of gang-affiliated members of the LAPD and Knight in the killing. The FBI launched an investigation into Biggie's death and last year released a cache of documents detailing what they had uncovered. The suits, including one heard last year, were dismissed. Wallace's family has filed multiple wrongful death claims against the city of Los Angeles, alleging the LAPD had sufficient evidence to arrest the killer but failed to do so. When Poole brought his findings before LA police chief Bernard Parks, for example, he was ordered to cease his investigations into Officer Mack, as he was on his way to prison at the time for robbing a bank.
While the LAPD opened its own investigation into the murder, the department has been consistently accused of intentionally derailing efforts to bring Biggie's killer to justice. The same rare bullets used in Wallace's killing were also allegedly found on Mack's property. Poole honed in on Mack after a black Chevy Impala was reportedly found in his garage next to a "shrine" devoted to Shakur. Six months before Biggie was killed, another hip hop titan – west coast rap legend Tupac Shakur, who was signed to Knight's label – was murdered on the Las Vegas strip in a similarly public, and unsolved, execution. Knight's west coast record label, Death Row, was involved in a highly-publicized feud with Wallace's east coast label, Bad Boy Records, at the time. Mack was allegedly an associate of hip-hop mogul Marion "Suge" Knight, a member of Knight's gang and his off-duty bodyguard. Poole accused officer David Mack and his friend Amir Muhammad – and possibly other officers – of carrying out Wallace's assassination. In 2002, Rolling Stone reporter Randall Sullivan published the book LAbyrinth, detailing former LAPD detective Russel Poole's investigations into the murder. Despite the public nature of his killing, the hip hop icon's murder remains unsolved.
0 kommentar(er)
