2Pac memorabilia from the late rapper's high school years is now available for auction via Wax Poetics.
Curated by DJ and music producer GE-OLOGY, the auction, as shared in a press release, includes five 2Pac-oriented items, including a birthday invitation from his high school friend, Jada Pinkett Smith. The two attended Baltimore School for the Arts in the late 1980s. The framed invitation is worth an estimated $3,000 to $5,000.
"This hand-drawn invitation to Jada Pinkett’s birthday party, dated September 13, 1986, captures a precise moment in Baltimore youth culture, before fame, when future cultural figures were part of the same friendship circles during a pivotal period of their adolescence," reads the press release.
The actor thoroughly recounted her friendship with 2Pac in her 2023 memoir, Worthy, and revealed that they'd almost gotten married while the rapper was serving time for sex abuse in 1995.
"The last thing I ever expected was a formal marriage proposal from Tupac. He asked me to answer as soon as possible because his entire existence depended on me saying yes," wrote Pinkett Smith, who later said that she "couldn't do it."
Also up for auction is a 1988 seven-track cassette by the group Born Busy, of which both 2Pac and Ge-ology were members. Considered the group's earliest original recording, the rarity is worth an estimated $120,000 to $150,000. The tape was documented in 2025 Jeff Pearlman biography Only God Can Judge Me, which recounted the life of the rapper and actor, who died in September 1996 after being shot in a Las Vegas drive-by.
The auction features more rare items from 2Pac's high school years, like a graduation banner signed by 'Pac and a set of five photos which were taken at Ge-ology's graduation party.
The auction closes on February 11 at 3 p.m. ET.
