The iconic 90s hip-hop artist was known for his pained intensity. But Dear Mama, a tribute to his mother Afeni, showed off his softer side – and still brings listeners to tears.

Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur Davis (1847-2016) was a Harlem-based Black Panther leader who famously defended herself in a sensational 1970 court case proving she was an 'activist' not a 'terrorist ...

Born in North Carolina in 1947, Afeni Shakur (whose birth name was Alice Faye Williams ... Tupac's academic hopes dissolved into the ether. Converting the poetry he wrote to process childhood trauma ...

Born in North Carolina in 1947, Afeni Shakur (whose birth name was Alice ... Tupac's academic hopes dissolved into the ether. Converting the poetry he wrote to process childhood trauma into ...

Shakur studied poetry at the Baltimore School for the Arts as a teenager in the late-’80s, and when he died he left behind notebooks full of poems he’d written before his music career took off.

“Afeni smiled proudly as she witnessed her son’s emotional intelligence blossom. She knew she had laid a firm foundation for the man he was becoming and was happy to see that his new life at the ...

Guy also wrote the 2005 book “Afeni Shakur: Evolution of a Revolutionary.” Described as “a powerful testament to the human spirit and the perseverance of the African American people,” the memoir ...