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An ultra‑rare Tupac cassette just sold for $17K at a U.S. auction—dating all the way back to 1988, when Pac was still calling himself MC New York.

 

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The tape features teenage Tupac recording acapellas at his friend Ge‑ology’s parents’ house in Baltimore, freestyling, laughing, and shaping the sound that would later change hip‑hop.

 

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Ge‑ology says he protected that cassette for decades, and now it’s officially a piece of rap history.