{"id":519046,"date":"2026-01-14T00:19:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/519046\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T00:19:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:19:20","slug":"tupac-to-be-honored-by-baltimore-orioles-with-bobblehead-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/519046\/","title":{"rendered":"Tupac to Be Honored by Baltimore Orioles With Bobblehead Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWhile 2Pac<\/a> is known as a West Coast rap legend, it\u2019s often overlooked that he spent a portion of his formative teenage years in the \u201980s living with his mother and sister in Baltimore. <\/p>\n

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\n\tAnd so, Pac will be turned into a bobblehead this upcoming MLB season, as the Baltimore Orioles announced<\/a> on Monday (Jan. 12) that the franchise will honor the artist born Tupac Shakur on May 8 during the O\u2019s game against the Athletics.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe first 15,000 fans into Camden Yards that day will get their hands on the exclusive collectible item. The figurine finds Pac holding a baseball bat while rocking a black Orioles jersey over a white long-sleeve shirt and a gold chain to go with his signature headband look.<\/p>\n

\n\tFans were excited at the unexpected collaboration, which has become an early frontrunner for the promotion giveaway of the year this baseball season. \u201cThis might be the hardest giveaway in MLB history,\u201d one person<\/a> replied on X. <\/p>\n

\n\tAnother<\/a> chimed in: \u201cOkay, so I need one of these. I will trade anything!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t2Pac moved from New York City with his sister and mother, Afeni, to North Baltimore\u2019s Pen Lucy neighborhood in 1984. <\/p>\n

\n\tHe attended Dunbar High School and the Baltimore School for the Arts, where Jada Pinkett-Smith<\/a> was also a student. Pac lived in B-More for about four years before heading to the West Coast, which catapulted his rapping and acting careers in the \u201990s. <\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing his 1996 death, the Pen Lucy street he grew up on was renamed to Tupac Shakur Way. Thirty years later, Pac\u2019s Maryland roots will be honored by the hometown Os.<\/p>\n


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