Wax rapper in Tussaud's Museum

Final touches are made to the wax sculpture of Tupac Shakur. Picture / Reuters

Slain rapper Tupac Shakur will join the ranks of celebrities sculpted in wax at the Madame Tussaud Museum in Las Vegas, the city where he was killed in a drive-by shooting nearly 10 years ago.

A 25kg, clay-and-wax effigy, called Tupac Eternal, will go on display on April 5.

He will be depicted in his most familiar pose - shirtless, sporting a bandanna and proudly displaying his many tattoos.