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Tupac personal items donated to Temple University collection

Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesSeveral items owned by the late Tupac Shakur, including a bullet-dented golden medallion he was wearing when he was shot five times in 1994 in New York City, have been donated to Philadelphia’s Temple University.

They’ll be displayed in the university’s Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection.

The items, donated by the Goldin Auctions company, include handwritten track listings for unreleased albums, and lyrics for Tupac’s songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “I Ain’t Mad At Cha,”

“For a hip-hop head, this is truly a dream come true,” African-American Studies Professor Aaron Smith tells the Philadelphia Inquirer. “Just 20 years ago, they were saying

 

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