TUPAC
SHAKUR
Rapper, actor, poet, legend, Tupac.
Tupac Shakur is the son to Afeni Shakur, member of the
Black Panther Party, and is also an avid supporter of Black
Nationalism – “the political belief and practice of African
Americans as a distinct people with a distinct historical per-
sonality who politically should develop structures to define,
defend and develop the interests of Blacks as a people”
(Karenga, 1980, as cited in Stanford, 2011).
His lyrical and poetic genius allows him to surface his frustra-
tion with the state of the American society, usually in clear
and blatant language. For the most part, this got him into
trouble.
Hence, we want to know how he came to be the beloved
political activist-rapper icon of the Black American commu-
nity, and what his thoughts are regarding the plight of Blacks
in the American society.