Baltimore Orioles honor Tupac Shakur with bobblehead giveaway, celebrating the rap legend’s early life in Baltimore earlier than stardom.
The Baltimore Orioles introduced they’ll honor Tupac Shakur with a particular bobblehead giveaway throughout their Could 8 recreation towards the Oakland Athletics.
The primary 15,000 followers will obtain a collectible that includes the rap legend in an Orioles uniform, a black bandana, and a baseball bat.
The tribute celebrates Shakur’s deep connection to Baltimore, the place he spent 4 transformative years from 1984 to 1988. At age 13, Shakur moved to Baltimore from New York Metropolis together with his mom, Afeni and youthful sister, Sekyiwa, settling right into a first-floor condominium within the Pen Lucy neighborhood.
Shakur attended Roland Park Center College for eighth grade and spent his freshman 12 months at Paul Laurence Dunbar Excessive College. He auditioned for the celebrated Baltimore College for the Arts as a theater main.
On the Baltimore College for the Arts, Shakur studied appearing, poetry, jazz, and ballet alongside future Hollywood star Jada Pinkett. He embraced theater fully.
Shakur’s Baltimore chapter ended abruptly in summer time 1988 after his household was shifting to Marin Metropolis, California, the place his mom hoped for a contemporary begin.
The home at 3955 Greenmount Avenue, the place Shakur lived, has no historic marker, however neighbors say vacationers repeatedly take photos of the modest brick row home.
And a rap Tupac wrote whereas residing within the metropolis is within the Pratt Library’s Particular Collections archive, alongside works by Baltimore literary legends H.L. Mencken and Edgar Allan Poe.
Tupac Shakur was murdered in a Las Vegas drive-by taking pictures in September 1996 at age 25.
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