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Tupac Immoralized in Wax by Madame Tussauds

Saturday, March 18, 2006
By: John Kennedy


TupacThe world-famous wax museum chain Madame Tussauds will unveil a life-sized wax sculpture of Tupac Shakur at its Las Vegas location.

The figure, which will be presented on April 5 at 11 am PT, will be the centerpiece of the “Tupac Eternal” exhibit, which is the latest contemporary addition to the Las Vegas gallery in the Venetian Hotel.

The wax portrait of Tupac was sculpted by Jeni Fairey of The Tussauds Studio London, who has previously worked on Beyonce for the museum. The sculpture will be based on the now-iconic image of a shirtless Tupac sporting a bandana and proudly displaying his tattoos.

The Tupac wax figure has been created from hundreds of photographs and measurements provided to Madame Tussauds by Tupac’s mother, Afeni Shakur. Each of Tupac's tattoos will have been redrawn and individually hand-painted onto the sculpture.

The finished statue has taken months to complete, involving more than 700 hours of work and over 330 pounds of clay. Madame Tussauds is seeking the rights to some of 2Pac’s music from Interscope Records and Universal Music Publishing to play throughout the exhibit.

In commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of Tupac’s death, Madame Tussauds is considering shipping the wax model on a world tour to galleries in New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and London. Then it will be exhibited at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts (TASCA) in Atlanta for a full month.

Just last year, TASCA unveiled a bronze memorial statue of the slain rapper to commemorate the nine-year anniversary of Tupac’s death.

Tupac has consistently been the celebrity most requested to receive a wax tribute from Madame Tussauds Las Vegas museum.



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Come on who is this guy jesus?! lol
Posted by cense251
Messiah to rap/hip hop ...word up bredren
Posted by rdibiase
Lol i geuss it's preatty cool
Posted by pktigerpl
Cense are you honestly saying you don't know who tupac is. Where have you been, hopefully b.i.g. Will be next to get his own statue.
Posted by Spider bloke
I hope its not like that statue they made that looks nothing like him
Posted by K Smith
"700 hours and 330 pounds of clay" for 2 pac. Damn. I wonder how much time and clay theyll need for a biggie statue...lol
Posted by CEmejuru
Lmao...@juru....
Posted by Kalliope4eva
2 tons because i would make it where puffy was attached to him stealing outta his back pocket and stabbing him in the back at the same tyme. Lmao.
Posted by Kalliope4eva
Dont forget an extra ton so u can add lil kim on her knees suckin him off...lol
Posted by MISTA WILL
Lol wow n*ggaz is funny. No i dont know tupac. And as for my where abouts-ive been in ice land. We yoddel ove there. Of course i know tupac-but u start using terms like immortalize to describe a human-and i have to ask-is he jesus?
Posted by cense251
Dayem mista will how could i forget, but i would have her stealing his book of rhymes....lmao.
Posted by Kalliope4eva
Cense you know how we lean wit it rock wit it (jus kidding) but hell they immortolize something like santa , the easter bunny, elvis (my point is they keep that shyt going)....so why not give the man a wax figure.
Posted by Kalliope4eva
Immortalize...sorry
Posted by Kalliope4eva
Lmao..@kallio and mista will
Posted by CEmejuru
Yanno...lol. I love jigga but i'll add another 3 tons to have dame and jigga with their notebooks tracing what they (big and puff) were doing...lol. Naah that was a low blow. How can i disrespect jay like that....man im outta line..lol.
Posted by Kalliope4eva
Forget biggie, imagine if they wanted to make a big pun statue, when he was 700 pounds... The world wouldn't have any candles left
Posted by exnora
You can see a better pic of it on *****rap dot com
Posted by 50centSucksdotcom
Lol yea kalliope-im leaning too sun! -a (corona) in hand and a (cigar) in the next hand-lamping.
Posted by cense251
Wur dup to pac.......damn individually hand-painted tatoos!
Posted by bAlLiNBalLa
Thug life for ever pac, lived as a legend died as one
Posted by Dubai
Btw...that statue and that wax figure dont look nothin like pac. Imean not even a lil bit.
Posted by MISTA WILL
The reason that tupac is being imortalized is because tupac put out that sh*t you could relate to.the reason biggie doesn't get the same reconigtion is becuz he died after pac. Pac did things for the rap game no one else ever did or will do. He deserves it.and in my personal opinion hova would get the same treatment if he died right now.cencus i thought you were smarter and could see the greatnees of pac but i gues you can't
Posted by Big Bodie
Cense srry
Posted by Big Bodie
There's pac and he's the definition of black&great ..... F*ck if they'll do whatever 2 make the prince charles's,george bushes, stupid kings and queens statues....why should'nt they for pac?? catz need 2 stop this pac-b.i.g hype, itz history when we talk of pac we don't need 2 speak b.i.g. Tupac amaru shakur is an indelible mark so let that amount of clay represent that...a real man derseves a real award...F*ck the grammy!
Posted by rholihlahla
There's pac and he's the definition of black&great ..... F*ck if they'll do whatever 2 make the prince charles's,george bushes, stupid kings and queens statues....why should'nt they for pac?? catz need 2 stop this pac-b.i.g hype, itz history when we talk of pac we don't need 2 speak b.i.g. Tupac amaru shakur is an indelible mark so let that amount of wax represent that, anyways pac was and still is the candle,dude shed a llllot of light...a real man derseves a real award...F*ck the grammy!
Posted by rholihlahla
Correction:meant to say wax,cos pac was and still is the candle that shed the light amongst all!
Posted by rholihlahla
Dam though if they claim the rights to some of his music then that means some of his tracks will never be released
Posted by virtuousmind
Christopher wallace is up there with tupac amaru shakur, the only reason tupac got to do more than b.i.g. Is because tupac's career was longer. But after one album tupac had a bit of a following in california, but after one album b.i.g. Had brought rap back to new york, from the west coast and allowed bad boy to challenge death row's supremacy.
Posted by Spider bloke
I beleive that tupac amaru shakur did the best thingsa for rap/hip hop......he rapped about things that most pplz on the street could relate to and and all u can do is respect that.......and i dont think that homeboy is dead....thats just my opinion
Posted by spazzmatik101
As big as tupac mouth was if he would have fooled 4 ppl, he would have made a album about it. I cant imagine him living knowing he fooled the werld.
Posted by Kalliope4eva
I do agree big is right up there with pac.but as far as biggie bringing rap back to new york,bigs career was at its best while pac was either locked up or dead.
Posted by mrblue
I think big gets too much credit for bringin the east back. Although you had groups like blackmoon, tribe, and a few others starting to bring the east back. Wu tang had the force to really turn the wheel. Then once it was in motion-big dropped at the right time. As fas as big being hot while pac was in jail or dead is crazy. Pac was in jail do to his own doin-so was him gettin shot. Its not like big was rhyming on some cam nursery rhyme sh*t or laffy taffy. I dont know why people even compare the two. Thier rhymes and styles are from different perspectives.
Posted by cense251
I love big and pac, but to say pac has more material than biggie because he has longer career than biggie is crast. Pac was only with deathrow for 8 months before he was gunned down and biggie was with badboy since 93'. Look at home much posthumous records came out that pac recorded after he signed to death row, and biggie only got two albums worth of material. That's why puffy's wack ass gotta put out a duets album every year just to make payroll. No disrespect, because biggie is the nicest right up there with pac, but pac was the hardest working man in hip-hop, and if they wana build a 30 foot statue made of gold in his honor, than it's well worth it because there will never be another pac!!!
Posted by Marcus Onasis
As far as hard working goes 50 is up there wih pac. He's released 2 solo albums, loads of mixtapes, 2 g unit albums, worked on solo abums with g unit and recorded 4 cd's of music for his game.
Posted by Spider bloke
^^^^^^^^^^^^...i agree
Posted by CEmejuru
Dont forget the soundtrack to his movie.."get rich or die trying"
Posted by CEmejuru
I think this is a beatiful thing & a huge sign of not only respect but proof that times are changing for the better in this rap game...pac is the truth.... And there will never be any one that can fill his shoes.... The west misses you!!
Posted by TUFF LIFE
Lol, if he wasnt dead this wouldnt of hav been made
Posted by DjPhiziQue
Im still a litle skeptikal on his death.......i have 200% respect for pac but still think he is alive...
Posted by spazzmatik101
2pac is in cuba
Posted by kingbm05
Lol^^^^^
Posted by CEmejuru
Hahahahaa i heard home boy was in jamaica
Posted by spazzmatik101
A right tribute to tha greatest mc of all times. Cense you is a fool
Posted by JdaG
As tupac has touched so many life’s though his music, even now 10 years after he has died. He was a true poet and to have the chance to see, may be not in the flesh but the next best thing cos i no that would had been 1 of the things i would had like to had done if he was alive. To have a books of comments to give to his mother is a good idea as she can see all the people that cared for him despite the negative images that were displayed in the media.
Posted by Selina C
Its kinda freaky, but its cool though, as we all know 2pac is a music legend hands down, biggie will probably need 1000lbs of clay though, lol
Posted by Mark Roberts
It looks good and is a great way to commemerate tupac's memory but i think we should let him rest in peace.
Posted by khan jattz
I am a great fan of 2pac but i do think he died in 1993 and had little reason to fake his own death when he was admired by millions. 2pac is a better than big and he proved that.
Posted by khan jattz
I hope the model looks exactly like him because he is a legend!!!!!
Posted by kirsty and jamie
I hope the model looks exactly like him because he is a legend!!!!!
Posted by kirsty and jamie
2pac is the best rappers in the world, know matter what it is 2pac can do rether it is writing poems, rapping, or acting. 2pac will always be remebered by everonr in the world, even by his fans.
Posted by patti
I loved tupac he was the best rapper in the world tupac 4 lyf
Posted by Jess
He aint the best rapper in the world,, he da best rapper in da universe! pac 4 all 9 lives!!!
Posted by kee
I would love to see how that picture would come out iam a huge fan of tupac and i always would keep him alive in my heart.......r.i.p baby boy and keep ur head up
Posted by purple
Rob pollard give my love
Posted by rob pollard
June 16, 1971 was the birth of a true hard rappin as$ nig$$ from the american streets. 2 pac r.i.p. Your flag girl from the bay!!!!!
Posted by Flag Girl
2pac was a poetic rap artist, his words told a story where so many of us had the same experience's or feeling's. Dam he was a bad mutha@#$%^!&!!!!
Posted by L DOG
One of the greatest souls to touch the game was lost the day pac died. No one has lived up to that spot since. I'd say no one is ever gonna. What i really wanna know is......how the F*ck did beyonce' get a statue before pac? he told how it was.....she tells how to put up with her man.
Posted by Souljah Gurl

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