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"Brenda's Got a Baby" is a song by American rapper 2Pac from his debut album, 2Pacalypse Now (1991). The song was first released as a promotional CD single a month prior to album's release and then, in February 1992, it was re-released as a double A-side single with the song "If My Homie Calls".
Much like the track, the video clips were shot in an energetic, nearly-chaotic pace. The video starts off from the viewpoint of a young boy who witnesses his father's death. Tupac's lyrics of resistance to injustice and encouragement to bear arms and fight back are backed by his gathering groups of young black men and women to march in the streets.
The song is a tribute to Shakur's mother, Afeni Shakur.She and her husband were active members of the Black Panther Party in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s. . Shakur was born a month after his mother was acquitted of more than 150 charges of "Conspiracy against the United States government and New York landmarks" in the New York "Panther 21" court cas
Tupac Amaru Shakur (/ ˈ t uː p ɑː k ʃ ə ˈ k ʊər / ⓘ; born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time.
"If My Homie Calls" is a song by American rapper 2Pac from his debut album, 2Pacalypse Now (1991). The song was released as a double A-side single with Brenda's Got a Baby.A mostly black-and-white music video with elements of red, blue and sepia was made for the single. 2Pac performed the song live in 1992 on the popular MTV show Yo!
Dear Mama spends five approximately hourlong episodes exploring the parallels between the lives of Tupac and Afeni, but Hughes offers to summarize them. “Right down to their experiences,” he says.
Released posthumously on his album Greatest Hits, the song talks about all of the different issues that were related to Tupac's era of influence—notably racism, police brutality, drugs and gang violence. The "Huey" that 2Pac mentions in the song ("two shots in the dark, now Huey's dead") is Huey P. Newton, founder of the Black Panther Party. [3]