![]() T-shirts like this one, splashed with hip-hop or R&B artists whose stars have faded, either by way of death or diminished musical output, have become increasingly more in demand with each passing year. ![]() The shirt was a bootleg, printed most likely by some ’90s street hustler who would have sold it from a duffel bag full of them right outside of a 2Pac concert. The shirt was listed on eBay, in accordance with its scarcity, at $150 plus shipping, and you can be sure that when it sold closer to the time of its creation (for a far more modest number), neither Shakur nor LaChapelle saw dollar one. ![]() Above the image is his name in multicolored bubble letters, while below, the title of his most well-received studio album, All Eyez on Me, rings out in the same font. It features a shot from the infamous ”Becoming Clean” photo shoot with David LaChapelle, 2Pac lying naked in a bathtub save for heaps of gold jewelry covering his private parts. Photo: Courtesy of Ariana Grande / printed the gorgeous scowl of Tupac Shakur were ubiquitous when I was in middle school, but the only one I’ve ever wanted popped up about a decade and a half after his passing.
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