XXL magazine commissioned illustrator Tim O’Brien to imagine what the gone-too-soon rapper would have looked like were he around today.

O’Brien writes:

Getting old is a brutal process for most of us.  Skin sags, gets bumpy.  Hair goes grey or thins and weight is a constant issue for most. I was kind to the late Tupac and imagine he lived a decent life, not eating himself into oblivion and basically keeping his famed look.