Key Takeaways:

• Mopreme Shakur criticized Drake for purchasing a Death Row chain allegedly linked to Tupac, saying it must be with the household.
• Suge Knight disputed the chain’s authenticity, claiming it was by no means Tupac’s.
• Drake’s buy provides to his rising assortment of Tupac memorabilia, together with a $1 million crown ring.

Add Tupac Shakur’s brother Mopreme to the listing of individuals questioning Drake’s newest strikes. The Toronto rapper just lately bought what’s alleged to be a bit of jewellery as soon as belonging to the late rapper, and Mopreme made it clear he’s not a fan of the gesture.

Saturday (Aug. 23), the 6 God posted what’s believed to be Pac’s Death Row Records pendant on Instagram. It was later revealed that Drizzy purchased the historic piece of jewelry from collector Alexander Bitar for an undisclosed however presumably exorbitant value.

Mopreme Shakur is Tupac’s stepbrother. The rapper was a member of the hip hop group Thug Life and was additionally an authentic member of the Outlawz below the moniker Komani. He just lately appeared on Loren Lorosa’s “The Latest” podcast and, when requested about Drake’s new chain, he was candid — additionally tying it to a different controversial statement from the “Hotline Bling” rapper.

“My man must suppose extra about his strikes,” said Mopreme Shakur. “Because I simply noticed… in London, speaking about, ‘London obtained one of the best rappers. London rappers are higher than American rappers.’ So why are you so looking for after the king of raps’ jewels, literal jewels? […] If England has one of the best rappers, why are you doing this? So I don’t know. […] I believe the household ought to have all of ‘Pac’s issues, personally. But issues don’t all the time work out that approach. My private opinion, that’s what I really feel.”

As for the chain, its authenticity was rapidly disputed. Currently incarcerated Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight insisted in an The Art Of Dialogue interview: “That’s not 2Pac’s chain. It’s not a Death Row chain. Whoever sold you that chain, Drake, you need to go beat his motherf**king **s.”

We wouldn’t counsel Drake put arms on anybody, but it surely may be value double-checking the provenance of dear collector’s gadgets.

The chain isn’t the one piece from the late rapper memorabilia in Drake’s assortment. In 2023, he reportedly paid north of $1 million at a Sotheby’s public sale for Pac’s crown ring — the identical one Kendrick Lamar referenced in his 2024 The Pop Out concert when he rapped, “Give me Tupac ring back and I might give you a little respect.”