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Tupac Immoralized in Wax by Madame Tussauds
Saturday, March 18, 2006 By: John Kennedy
The 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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