Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.’s arrest fingerprint cards are up for auction for a hefty price.
Tupac and Biggie’s Arrest Fingerprint Cards Up on the Auction Block
According to TMZ’s report, published on Saturday (Nov. 25), two fingerprint arrest cards by the late rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. are up for sale. Momentsintime.com, one of the nation’s top memorabilia dealers, listed the unique pieces for a whopping $225,000 each. You can view the artifacts below.
Tupac’s signed fingerprint record features his black-and-white mugshot and has him listed under his real name, Lesane Parish Crooks. ‘Pac’s card stems from his 1995 arrest for sexually assaulting a female fan named Ayanna Jackson. After being found guilty of sexual assault, Tupac was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison. However, he only served nine months of his sentence before being released. Additionally, Tupac’s never before seen prison mug shot and prison ID are also up for sale.
Meanwhile, Biggie’s signed fingerprint card features a black-and-white mugshot of the late Brooklyn rhymer and has him listed under his real name Christopher Wallace. Biggie’s card stems from his June 1995 arrest in Philadelphia on a fugitive warrant from Camden, N.J., for allegedly breaking a man’s jaw and stealing his cell phone, jewelry and beeper. B.I.G. was booked then for a robbery and aggravated assault charge. The robbery charge was later dropped.
These rare hip-hop memorabilia items at can be bid on at Momentsintime.com.
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Drake Cops Tupac Shakur’s Crown Ring for Over $1 Million
Back in July, Drake revealed that he was the proud owner of Tupac Shakur’s crown ring that was up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York City. The auction house announced the sale of the gold, ruby and diamond crown ring for an eyebrow-raising price of $1,016,000. The item was initially estimated to fetch between $200,000 and $300,000.
Sotheby’s describes Tupac’s crown-shaped 14-karat yellow gold ring as being set with five carats of diamonds and cabochon rubies. The words “Pac & Dada, 1996” are inscribed on the bottom. The ring was previously owned by Yaasmyn Fula, the mother of Yaki Kadafi, a member of the Outlawz. Fula is described as Tupac Shakur’s “godmother, advisor, ‘auntie,’ money manager, caretaker, and lifelong supporter.”
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Wu-Tang Clan
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Nipsey Hussle
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Recording artist Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest visits the Tribeca Film Festival 2011 portrait studio on April 27, 2011 in New York City.
Phife Dawg
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Run-DMC
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The Beastie Boys
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Big Pun
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Pumpkinhead
Pumpkinhead
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The Notorious B.I.G.
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Tupac Shakur
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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
A section of East 99th Street in Cleveland was renamed Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Way on Aug. 16, 2023. While the city unveiled three street signs in honor of the group, by the end of that week all three had been stolen. One of the signs has since been replaced.
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Big L
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Missy Elliott
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E-40 performs onstage during day 2 of the 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture at Caesars Superdome on July 01, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
E-40
On Oct. 22, 2023, E-40’s contributions to rap were honored with the unveiling of E-40 Way, formerly known as Magazine Street in the Bay Area. Magazine Street was also the name of the 2015 song that appeared on E-40’s Poverty and Prosperity album.
Eazy-E appears in a portrait taken in Union Square on March 1, 1990 in New York City.
Eazy-E
On November 22, 2023, the 100 block of Auto Drive South in Compton, Calif., was renamed “Eazy Street” in honor of late rapper and Ruthless Records founder Eazy-E. “My father finally got what he deserves, a monumental street in the city he put on the map,” Eazy-E’s son Eric Darnell Wright told reporters and fans at the street-renaming ceremony. “It’s a long time coming, but again, I always say it’s God’s timing.”
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