In 1991, Lawrence Dotson began writing under the pen name “Loupy D,” coined from a childhood nickname. He wrote articles, reviews, and commentary and conducted interviews for an underground hip-hop magazine called No Sellout.
Loupy D rubbed elbows with some of hip-hop’s top entertainers of the Golden Era: 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., Wu-Tang Clan, Keith Murray, Erykah Badu, and many others. In 1994, Loupy D became managing editor at Kronick Magazine, one of the most well-known and successful hip-hop indie zines on the West Coast.
The Los Angeles photographer is giving fans the opportunity to get their hands on an exclusive Tupac NFT Collection. The collection consists of seventeen photos taken of Tupac performing in downtown L.A. at Prince’s Glam Slam West circa 1992. Six of the photos will be offered in this second of three drops.
The four auction winners will receive the original photo negative with the corresponding NFT.
In these photos, we see through Loupy D’s eyes a first-hand witness of Tupac’s transition to a bonafide solo artist that night at Glam Slam West. According to Loupy D, Tupac was a true performer who knew how to put on a show for the crowd on hand.
