Afeni Shakur
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| Born | Alice Faye Williams January 22, 1947 Lumberton, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Children | Tupac Shakur |
Afeni Shakur Davis (born Alice Faye Williams:[1] January 22, 1947)[citation needed] is an African American music businesswoman, philanthropist, former political activist and ex-Black Panther. She is the mother of the late Tupac Shakur. She acted as her own criminal defense attorney after being accused of taking part in numerous bombings as a member of the Panthers.
Shakur was born in Lumberton, North Carolina[1] on January 22, 1947.[citation needed]
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[edit] Involvement in the music industry and philanthropy
A year after Tupac's death, on September 13, 1996, with the money made from Tupac's posthumous albums, Afeni founded the Georgia-based Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, which provides art programs for young people, and Amaru Entertainment, the holding company for all Tupac's unreleased material. She has also since launched a fashion clothing line, Makaveli Branded; all proceeds go to his charity, the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation[citation needed].
[edit] Injunction against Death Row Records
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Shakur was reportedly in Federal Court on July 20, 2007, to file an injunction to prevent Death Row Records from selling any unreleased material from Tupac after the company failed to prove that the unreleased songs were not part of its bankruptcy settlement.[2] She made a record label called Amaru Records to release all of Tupac's unreleased music.[citation needed] Afeni Shakur, won her court case against Death Row Record to receive 150 unreleased songs by her son.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Guy, Jasmine (2004). Afeni Shakur: Evolution of a Revolutionary. New York: Atria Books. p. 5.
- ^ Moscow-Pullman Daily News (Jul 26, 2007) Tupac's mother tries to stop Death Row sale of unreleased tracks Retrieved 2010 May 17
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