The prodigal son has returned tupac biography book

So many words have been written about Tupac Amaru Shakur , arguably the most influential rapper to pick up a microphone. Yet Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography offers a new picture of the icon whose record-breaking career ended almost as quickly as it started. Top of the list was his late mother Afeni, who instilled in him the value of education and Black pride.

After an intense eight months of interviewing, writing and listening to 2Pac his stage name nonstop, Robinson had a manuscript. But not long after, the project was shelved. The director brought Robinson on as a producer, and the estate decided to revisit the biography. It was still happening in front of our eyes. In the almost 25 years between starting research and publishing the book, Robinson got to know Afeni Shakur, then living in Sausalito.

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Afeni Shakur was a lifelong revolutionary and member of the Black Panther Party. Just months after she became a Panther at age 22, she and 20 others were arrested and indicted on charges of conspiracy to bomb several New York City department stores, police stations and landmarks. The trial was called the Trial of the Panther A pregnant Afeni, who had no prior legal experience, successfully defended herself and was acquitted of the charges she faced.

Tupac was born one month later on June 16, The tenets of Black liberation were passed on to Tupac and eventually made their way into his lyrics. The two were introduced through mutual friends from Tamalpais High School. Shakur was not long from dropping out and leaving Marin City. He acutely felt the disparity between his standard of living and that of other Marin County residents.