The iconic 90s hip-hop artist was known for his pained intensity. But Dear Mama, a tribute to his mother Afeni, showed off ...

Yet a new docuseries, Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur, makes sense of the totality of the artist, who was murdered in 1996, by looking at his life through a novel, unexpected lens ...

But it’s not just her musical contributions that have stayed with her—it’s the personal impact Tupac’s mother, Afeni Shakur, had on her life that has remained with her to this day.

Afeni Shakur, a dedicated activist and the future mother of Tupac Shakur, played a critical role in the fight for racial justice. In Godfather of Harlem, we see the early seeds of her activism ...

2Pac is called 2Pac, after Tupac Amaru of Peru ... the racism suffered by the black community in the United States. Afeni Shakur was a pacifist leader who campaigned against racism against ...

Snoop was then pulled aside by Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, for a private conversation. "She was like, 'My baby ain't never seen you weak. I don't want you to be weak in front of him,'" he detailed.

“A lot of people’s mothers died way too early… and I think Tupac Shakur understood that well,” the producer continues. “He ...

He chants out all his words with a bear-hug warmth, confirming that he never stopped seeing Afeni as a superhero. In celebrating her, Tupac serves to pay respect to the struggle of single mothers ...