Rap Requiem - Tupac Shakur

Rap Requiem reflects on Tupac Shakur through the bold image of a newspaper front page, set inside a field of red. The page feels immediate and iconic, held in colour like a final public signal.

A blue Crips gang sign moves across the centre of the work, cutting through the headline and image. It brings tension, symbolism and the language of rivalry into the piece without turning it into spectacle.

This piece belongs to The Last Headline collection, reflecting on fame, conflict, public grief and the myths that gather around cultural figures after they are gone.

Print details

Printed by the artist in his studio on heavyweight Hahnemühle fine-art paper as a mounted giclee print
Archival pigment inks
Acid-free mount
Titled, signed and embossed by the artist, Gerard McDonagh
A Bravespears open edition

Available mounted sizes

25×31 cm
31×41 cm
41×51 cm

Available options

Delivery & timing

Unframed mounted giclee prints usually arrive within 7–10 working days. Each print is packed flat between protective foam core and two outer layers of card before being sent by UK signed tracked delivery.

UK print delivery is £19.95, with free UK print delivery on print orders over £70.

Framed prints are made to order and usually take 3–4 weeks. They are glazed with picture glass and are not available for postal delivery. Framed prints are available for free studio collection, or free local hand delivery within 5 miles of the Bravespears studio on framed orders over £50.

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Mounted open-edition print: A4 (210 × 297 mm paper; 300 × 400 mm mount) £45; A3 (297 × 420 mm paper; 400 × 500 mm mount) £75; A2 (420 × 594 mm paper; 500 × 700 mm mount) £110. Supplied mounted and unframed, ready for framing. Frames are not offered.