Jada Pinkett Smith is remembering the life of Afeni Shakur following her death late Monday at age 69. Jada developed an extremely close friendship with Afeni’s late son Tupac during their teen years in Baltimore, and the actress recalls her fondest memories of his mother in a May 3 post on her Facebook page: Watch Jada […]
Afeni Shakur Davis, the mother of the late rapper Tupac Shakur, died this past Monday. Shakur, a former Black Panther and activist, was a fierce guardian of her son’s creative legacy. Shakur Davis was born Alice Williams on January 10, 1947 in Lumberton, N.C. She joined the Black Panther Party and was pregnant with […]
The mother of Tupac has passed away at 69.
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — The stepfather of late rapper Tupac Shakur has been denied parole from his federal prison sentence for leading a revolutionary group responsible for the slayings of an armed guard and two New York police officers, a Justice Department spokesman told The Associated Press. Mutulu Shakur appeared for a parole hearing on […]
Production on the Tupac biopic “All Eyez on Me” recently wrapped, with the cast sharing pics of the wrap party on social media. Hollywood has been eager to push out this film, following the stunning box office success of Universal’s “Straight Outta Compton” (which has earned more than $200 million worldwide). Directed by Benny Boom, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — He made the FBI’s most wanted list and was convicted of leading a revolutionary group responsible for a trail of bloodshed, including the slayings of an armed guard and two New York police officers. But after serving half his prison sentence, Mutulu Shakur might soon be a free man. The 65-year-old, […]
Divorce inevitably becomes messy when a lot of money is involved. And unfortunately, Afeni Shakur, is seeing this first hand.
Tupac Shakur’s mother Afeni and her husband Gust Davis are in the midst of a divorce, and his asking for half of her (and Tupac’s) money. According to TMZ, Shakur filed for divorce against her husband of 12 years, and the couple does not have a prenup. Per TMZ: Afeni filed in North Carolina, where […]
Erykah Badu is known and praised for her authenticity, but the songstress recently took to Twitter to show us all just how comfortable she really is in her own skin.
Straight Outta Compton set a high standard for the hip-hop biopics that will follow it. Meanwhile, the Tupac Shakur biopic is just trying to get off…
A jaw-dropping and rather uncomfortable statistic emerged as a result of new research conducted by XXL. In a newly published articl titled “The Current Status of…
Today is another one of hip-hop’s depressing anniversaries: It’s been 19 years since Tupac Shakur passed away at the young age of 25. Like every year, the…
