Tupac and Biggie as Wax Figures Side by Side in Washington

During their lifetimes they ended up on opposing sides, but in the summer of 2010 they stood side by side: On June 16, Tupac’s birthday, the Madame Tussauds wax museum in Washington unveiled figures of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.. According to rap.de, both were scheduled to be seen together throughout the entire summer.

Loans from Las Vegas and New York

The Tupac figure came from the Madame Tussauds location in Las Vegas, while the Biggie figure was on loan from New York. According to the report, both mothers, Afeni Shakur and Voletta Wallace, had contributed to the design. For the families, displaying them together thus carried a symbolic dimension.

According to rap.de, the museum explained the exhibition by noting that both rappers were widely regarded among the greatest hip-hop artists of all time and that their influence remained unbroken more than ten years after their deaths. How the friendship between the two turned into enmity is detailed on the page covering the conflict between the East and West Coast.