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Tupac Shakur

"Haiku", autograph manuscript signed ("Tupac ♥ Shakur, Future Freedom Fighter"), ca. spring 1983.

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March 30, 05:39 PM GMT

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200,000 - 300,000 USD

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"Haiku", autograph manuscript with original illustrations, signed ("Tupac ♥ Shakur, Future Freedom Fighter,") and addressed "This is for Jamal [Joseph] (Tupac's godfather and Black Panther), Chui [Ferguson-El], Sekou [Odinga], and Bilahl (sic) [Sunni Ali] (fellow Black Panthers)", Harlem, New York, and sent to them in the Spring of 1983, while they were incarcerated at the Leavenworth Penitentiary in Kansas.


Autograph manuscript, 7 pp, (8 1/2 x 11"), in pencil on plain white paper, stapled together at spine; some crinkling to edges & corners, light spots of finger soiling to front and back pages, otherwise in excellent condition.