The Gotta Have Rock & Roll Pop Culture Auction Winter 2021

Lot #505:

Big Pun Signed & Inscribed "Capital Punishment" CD Booklet

The late rapper Big Pun signed and inscribed this CD Booklet from his critically acclaimed debut studio album "Capital Punishment" using a black sharpie pen. The inscription reads "To Paulie, from Big Pun". Big Pun was one of the biggest underground rappers of the mid 90's New York scene, and then came to prominence in the late 90's with Fat Joe and the Terror Squad. In 1998, he released "Capital Punishment: which became the first hip hop album by a Latino artist to go platinum and peaked at Number 5 on the Billboard 200 in addition to being nominated for a Grammy. Good condition. Comes with a Gotta Have Rock & Roll Certificate of Authenticity.