Sotheby's to Auction Notorious B.I.G.'s Crown, Tupac Shakur's Love Letters and More

Sotheby's will soon launch an auction in New York to celebrate the cultural importance of hip hop. In the upcoming sale, the auction house will purvey over 120 lots featuring memorabilia, original artworks, jewelry and rare ephemera from hip hop's "Golden Age" spanning the 1980s to the mid-1990s and beyond. A majority of the objects on offer have been consigned directly by the artists or their estates. One of the most standout items on offer is the crown worn by the Notorious B.I.G. during his 1...