The Tupac Shakur ring that Drake bought for US$1 million: last worn at his final appearance, Pac’s personalised gold, ruby and diamond crown bling now sits on the finger of a new hip-hop king
- Is this the most historic piece of rap bling on the planet? Tupac wore this ornate self-designed crown ring to the 1996 MTV VMAs – 3 days before he was fatally shot
- Canadian hitmaker Drake revealed himself as the buyer following a record-breaking Sotheby’s sale in New York – now he wears the ‘most valuable hip-hop artefact ever’
The ring that Tupac Shakur designed and wore during his last public appearance fetched a whopping US$1 million at a New York City auction last week.
And now we know that lucky buyer is is none other than Canadian rapper Drake.
The big bling buyer
Drake shared an Instagram story that showed him wearing the bauble on Friday.
The late hip-hop superstar donned the gold, ruby and diamond crown ring during his final public appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 4, 1996. Three days later, he was shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, and died on September 13 at age 25.
Before the sale, Sotheby’s estimated the blinged-out bauble would go for between US$200,000 and US$300,000, but the winning bid has made the ring “the most valuable hip-hop artefact ever sold”.
