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East Coast Meets West Coast
Tupae Shakur and Biggie Smalls
(aka Notorious B. I.G.) were re-united
for the first time - in wax - last week
at Madame Tussauds in Washing­
ton, D.C.
Both figures are on loan from
Madame Tussauds o f New York for
three months. During that time, fans
will have the opportunity to take
photos and get up close and per­
sonal with the incredibly lifelike fig­
ures.
Tupac’s wax likeness was cre­
ated from hundreds o f photographs
and precise measurements provided
by T upac’s m other, Ms. Afeni
Shakur. T upac’s wax figure is
shirtless - sporting a bandana,
Emporio Armani underwear, saggy
jeans and replicas o f Tupac’s mul­
tiple tattoos.
Biggie’s figure was created from
extensive research. Studio artists
studied hundreds o f photos and
hours o f video footage to create
Biggie’s wax likeness, which dons a
white three-piece suit, white hat and
white shoes.
Broke USA
Book tells how poor became big business
(AP) — To the upper and middle
classes, they're all but invisible, but
to the working poor, they're a fact o f
life: pawnshops, payday lenders,
storefronts offering high-rate mort­
gages, tax preparers promising in­
stant cash refunds. They sprouted
throughout America's poorest com­
munities over the past two decades,
eventually saturating the slums and
expanding outward into the sub­
urbs.
By late 2008 when they were at
the core o f a nationwide economic
collapse, they were too big to ig­
nore.
In "Broke, USA: From Pawnshops
to Poverty, Inc. — How the Work­
ing Poor Became Big Business,"
business journalist Gary Rivlin un­
ravels the events that led to the
inaction o f Washington and state
governments, despite the warnings
o f consumer advocates.
The size o f "Poverty, Inc." is
not insignificant. A ccording to
Rivlin, consum ers spent $11 bil­
lion on payday loans and check
cashing fees in 2008 — as much as
they spent on m ovie tickets that
year. They spent an additional $7
b illio n on ren t-to -o w n stores,
which attract cash-strapped cus­
tom ers with low entry fees, but
over tim e sell home furnishings
and electronics at m arkups far
higher than any conventional re­
crisis, explaining how the dark cor­ tailer.
ner o f the financial services sector
Rivlin appears to hold particular
he calls "the poverty industry" was contempt for the subprime lenders
allowed to rage out o f control with who cater to clientele with tarnished
the backing o f Wall Street and the credit.
Music icons Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. ’s wax figures are
unveiled at Madame Tussauds in Washington, D.C.
BROKE USA
Tupac and Biggie are widely rec-
ognized as two o f the greatest hip
hop artists and rappers o f all time.