Orioles Tupac Night Baseball

A Tupac Shakur bobblehead is displayed for the Baltimore Orioles' giveaway at a baseball game against the Athletics on Friday, May 8, 2026, in Baltimore.

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Orioles hold Tupac Shakur bobblehead promotion, and his sister throws out the ceremonial first pitch

Orioles hold Tupac Shakur bobblehead promotion, and his sister throws out the ceremonial first pitch

Fans lined up well before the gates opened at Camden Yards in anticipation of a Tupac Shakur bobblehead giveaway at the ballpark. Shakur was raised in New York and Baltimore before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1980s. He lived in Oakland, California, in the early 1990s. That made Friday’s matchup between the Orioles and Athletics an appropriate time to honor the rap icon, who was killed in 1996. The familiar riff from “California Love” was played while the starting lineup for the A’s — who left Oakland before last season — was being announced. The Athletics beat Baltimore 4-3 on Friday night.