The exhibit includes Notorious B.I.G.’s red leather pea jacket, worn in the music video for Junior M.A.F.I.A.’s “Players Anthem,” and LL Cool J’s red Kangol…
This undated handout image courtesy of Sotheby's shows Barron Claiborne's picture, 'Notorious B.I.G. as the K.O.N.Y . - Teenage Tupac's love letters and fellow rapper Biggie's iconic crown will hit the auction block next month in Sotheby's first ever sale devoted to hip hop.The letters and crown will headline the September 15 sale that features more than 120 lots including clothing, jewelery, art and other ephemera of the genre born in the Bronx.
The 5,000 square foot exhibit will include rare artifacts such as Tupac Shakur’s handwritten 1992 essay “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” — in which the young hip-hop superstar found parallels between one of the best-known speeches in American history, a cry for freedom given by founding father Patrick Henry at the Second Virginia Convention, and the experiences of being a minority in the U.S.
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