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Afeni Shakur Davis (born Alice Faye Williams; January 10, 1947 – May 2, 2016) was an American political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. [1] Shakur was the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur and the executor of his estate.
Tupac’s mother Afeni was born Alice Fay Williams on Jan. 10, 1947, in Lumberton, N.C. When she was 9 years old, Afeni’s mother, Rose, left her husband and moved Afeni and her older sister to ...
Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur is an American television documentary miniseries directed by Allen Hughes, about Tupac Shakur and his mother Afeni Shakur. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It premiered on FX on April 21, 2023.
Altogether, Afeni Shakur spent two years in jail before being acquitted. [18] At the age of 24, her son, Lesane Parish Crooks, was born on June 16, 1971. The following year, in 1972, Lesane Parish was renamed Tupac Amaru Shakur, which means "shining serpent" in Quechua.
In 1994, the year before his death, Shakur wrote one of his most powerful and emotionally resonant songs as a tribute to his mother. “Dear Mama”, which doesn’t flinch from discussing Afeni ...
In April, a five-part FX docuseries called “ Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur” delved into the past of the rapper’s mother, Afeni Shakur, as a female leader in the Black Panther ...
Shakur's parents, Afeni Shakur—born Alice Faye Williams in North Carolina—and his biological father, William "Billy" Garland, had been active Black Panther Party members in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [37] A month before Shakur's birth, his mother was tried in New York City as part of the Panther 21 criminal trial. She was ...
Shakur followed through with his “talk,” enlisting the Hughes to direct his first two music videos, “Trapped”and “Brenda’s Got a Baby,” the latter of which made the rapper a bona ...