{"id":28866,"date":"2023-07-29T23:01:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T23:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/29\/new-bling-drake-splurged-1-01-million-for-huge-gold-and-ruby-crown-ring-created-and-worn-by-tupac-shakur\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T23:01:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T23:01:36","slug":"new-bling-drake-splurged-1-01-million-for-huge-gold-and-ruby-crown-ring-created-and-worn-by-tupac-shakur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/29\/new-bling-drake-splurged-1-01-million-for-huge-gold-and-ruby-crown-ring-created-and-worn-by-tupac-shakur\/","title":{"rendered":"New bling! Drake splurged $1.01 million for huge gold and ruby crown ring created and worn by Tupac Shakur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2023-07-30\" datetime=\"1690671696\" pubdate=\"\">30 July 2023<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p>Drake splurged $1.01 million for a huge gold, ruby and diamond crown ring created and worn by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/tupac-shakur\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,tupac-shakur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tupac Shakur<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Drake splurged $1.01 million for a huge gold, ruby and diamond crown ring created and worn by Tupac Shakur<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018God\u2019s Plan\u2019 rapper, 36, took to his Instagram Story on Friday (28.07.23) to show off the bling owned by the murdered singer while promoting his new song with Travis Scott titled \u2018Meltdown\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>Tupac wore the ring during his final public appearance at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards and was auctioned last week at Sotheby\u2019s by Yaasmyn Fula, an old family friend of Tupac\u2019s. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/drake\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,drake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drake<\/a> captioned an image of the ring behind held between two fingers: \u201cUtopia out now Meltdown #TravisScott.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ring features a gold band and a crown set with rubies, and has an inscription that says \u201cPac and Dada 1996\u201d \u2013 in reference to Tupac\u2019s then-new fianc\u00e9e Kidada Jones. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe hip-hop icon wore the accessory on his left ring finger before he was fatally wounded and died six days after being shot four times on the Las Vegas strip aged 25 on 7 September 1996. <\/p>\n<p>\nTupac apparently modelled his design after the crowns worn by Europe\u2019s medieval kings as \u201can act of self-coronation\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\nIt sold at auction to Drake at more than triple its $300,000 high estimate and marks one of the most valuable hip-hop artifacts ever obtained at an auction. <\/p>\n<p>\nCassandra Hatton, Sotheby\u2019s global head of science and popular culture, said: \u201cThis one-of-a-kind, custom ring was meticulously designed by Tupac and is among the final products of his boundless creative energy \u2013 a unique artefact from a period of time that is a testament to his enduring influence on both Hip Hop and global contemporary culture. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled that this exceptional piece has entered a new chapter in the hands of another legendary artist.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\nIn 2020, Grammy-winning Drake revealed he had bought a pair of matching custom Tupac Jesus pendants worth $300,000 each.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/new-bling-drake-splurged-101-million-huge-gold-ruby-crown-ring-created-worn-tupac-shakur-1382817.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 July 2023 Drake splurged $1.01 million for a huge gold, ruby and diamond crown ring created and worn by Tupac Shakur. Drake splurged $1.01 million for a huge gold, ruby and diamond crown ring created and worn by Tupac Shakur The \u2018God\u2019s Plan\u2019 rapper, 36, took to his Instagram Story on Friday (28.07.23) to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2891,227,2892,2890,1611,2889],"class_list":{"0":"post-28866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-cassandra-hatton","9":"tag-drake","10":"tag-jesus-christ","11":"tag-kidada-jones","12":"tag-tupac-shakur","13":"tag-yaasmyn-fula"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}