Tupac Poetry Collection: Verses on Hoodies and Shirts

For US National Poetry Month, the estate brought Tupac’s poems to hoodies and T-shirts. Together with Bravado, the limited Tupac Poetry Collection featuring excerpts from his poems was released in April 2018 (more under Poems; his poetry book is on the book page). The pieces went on sale starting Thursday, April 26, through VFILES and cost between $30 and $200.

Open Mic on Mercer Street

For the launch, there was a party called “Pass the Aux” at the New York VFILES headquarters (12 Mercer Street) at 4 p.m., where up-and-coming artists could perform in an open-mic format. Complex presented the line as a tribute to Tupac’s writing. In November, a similar initiative by the estate followed: the collaboration with Marvel.