1 album cover in our archive
2Pac is featured in Behind the Covers' archive with 1 album cover from the 1990s. Released on Death Row Records / Interscope Records, the artwork sits in the hip-hop, funk tradition. Each cover is documented in our archive with design notes covering photography, portrait, typographic, censored. Below you'll find the full story behind each 2Pac cover — designers, photographers, label history, and the visual choices that defined the release.
A bald man stares you down against pure black, two fingers raised, gold on both wrists, tattoos crowding his skin. This was 2Pac's final album released while he lived, seven months before a drive-by ended everything. The stare on the cover feels like a dare.
