Just a few weeks ago it was announced that handwritten lyrics from the late West coast rapper Tupac Shakur were headed to auction. In addition to the lyrics the public will have the chance to bid on yet another Tupac keepsake. Monday (Oct 5th) it was announced that a letter penned by Tupac to a Death Row employee from jail, will also be up for auction.
Read more below.
The letter written by ‘Pac in 1995, while he was in jail serving time on a sexual assault charge, was addressed to Nina Bhadreshwar. Bhadreshawr at the time was a Death Row Records employee and editor of Death Row Uncut magazine. She says in the letter Tupac describes, “the rite of passage of a young black male in America.”
In the five page letter, Tupac also details the life of a “Boss Playa” and expresses his desire to leave the “Thug Life.” He says,
“[Many] never survive the next level of Thug Life . . . They become addicted to death. A True Boss Playa knows when to advance . . . U must play the game, not let the game play u,….A regular Playa plays women . . . a Boss Playa plays life. A Boss Playa is a thinker, a leader, a builder, a moneymaker, a souljah, a teacher and most of all, a Man! I want all my homiez to know there is another level.”
Read the full letter in the gallery. You also can find the auction at Moments in Time.
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