A diamond and ruby ring designed by rap legend Tupac Shakur sold for more than $1 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York on Tuesday, well beyond the $300,000 it was expected to fetch.
Tupac designed the crown ring in 1996, just before he was shot and killed in one of the music industry’s greatest mysteries, to celebrate his now infamous deal with Death Row Records and his release on bond from a correctional facility in New York.
Pac & Dada 1996
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The ring bears the inscription “Pac & Dada 1996” on the palm-facing side of the band to celebrate his recent engagement to Kidada Jones, the daughter of Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton and sister to fellow actress Rashida Jones.
Tupac wore the ring during his last public appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards, just days before his death. The late rapper’s godmother and trusted advisor, Yaasmyn Fula, put it up for auction.
It is among the most valuable hip-hop artifacts ever sold at auction, trailing behind the Wu-Tang Clan’s literal one-of-a-kind album Once Upon A Time in Shaolin, which sold in 2015 for a reported $2 million to pharma bro Martin Shkreli.
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