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The Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, based in Stone Mountain, Georgia, is a performing arts center supported through the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation. The Shakur Center's mission is to provide opportunities for young people through the arts, and offers programs such as drama, dance, and creative writing classes. The organization also runs a Performing Arts Day Camp for youth ages twelve to eighteen.

The center is named in honor of the late American rap artist Tupac Shakur, and was founded by his mother Afeni Shakur.

History

The center was founded in 1997 by Tupac Shakur's mother Afeni Shakur in response to preserving her son's legacy.^[1] It is designed to bring quality arts training to young people including some students that face many social-economic issues such as poverty.^[2] Many students have enriched their artistic abilities through this center and some have even received part-time jobs.^[3]

In July 1999 the foundation began its first annual summer session of PA camps with twenty campers.^[4] The camp continued to grow throughout the years. On June 11, 2005 The Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts Peace Garden and visitor centre was opened.^[5] The peace garden was designed as a tribute to Tupac Shakur as well as others who have died. In 2006 the music video for the single Pac's Life for the self-titled album was shot at the The Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts.^[6] Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur also went to Africa in 2006 and fostered a relationship between The Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts and The Nelson Mendela foundation.^[7]

After 2006 the foundation showed signs of growth as many additional programs were created such as after school programs, dance classes and cultural exchange programs. Fees for these program resemble prices similar to those of joining a local sports league.^[8]

The foundation has also held Tupac birthday concert celebrations since 2009.

Programs

The foundation offers acting, after school and dancing classes. In addition, they offer yearly leadership and arts programs. Recently they have also set up cross cultural exchanges with Japan and South Africa.

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[1] ttp://tasf.org/about.asp

[2] ttp://books.google.com/books?id=LwIexeXLKecC&pg=PT152&dq=tupac+amaru+shakur+foundation&lr=&cd=11#v=onepage&q=tupac%20amaru%20shakur%20foundation&f=false

[3] ttp://books.google.com/books?id=LwIexeXLKecC&pg=PT152&dq=tupac+amaru+shakur+foundation&lr=&cd=11#v=onepage&q=tupac%20amaru%20shakur%20foundation&f=false

[4] ttp://books.google.com/books?id=Bu6atp8MeBcC&pg=PA152&dq=tupac+amaru+shakur+foundation&lr=&cd=9#v=onepage&q=tupac%20amaru%20shakur%20foundation&f=false

[5] ttp://tasf.org/news_article.asp?id=67

[6] ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIlUNd7suew

[7] ttp://books.google.com/books?id=uQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66&dq=tupac+amaru+shakur+foundation&lr=&cd=20#v=onepage&q=tupac%20amaru%20shakur%20foundation&f=false

[8] ttp://tasf.org/

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v t e Tupac Shakur
Discography Songs Awards and nominations Death
Studio albums	2Pacalypse Now Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... Me Against the World All Eyez on Me
Posthumous albums	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory R U Still Down? (Remember Me) Still I Rise Until the End of Time Better Dayz Loyal to the Game Pac's Life
Live albums	2Pac Live Live at the House of Blues
Remix albums	Nu-Mixx Klazzics Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988–1991 The Prophet: The Best of the Works Tupac: Resurrection The Prophet Returns Best of 2Pac
Related albums	Nothing but Trouble (soundtrack) Sons of the P Juice (soundtrack) Poetic Justice (soundtrack) Above the Rim (soundtrack) Gridlock'd (soundtrack) Gang Related (soundtrack) A 2Pac Tribute: Dare 2 Struggle The Rose That Grew from Concrete The Rose, Vol. 2
Extended plays	Don't Go 2 Sleep
Singles	"Brenda's Got a Baby" "If My Homie Calls" "Trapped" "Holler If Ya Hear Me" "I Get Around" "Keep Ya Head Up" "Papa'z Song" "Cradle to the Grave" "Dear Mama" "So Many Tears" "Temptations" "California Love" "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" "How Do U Want It" "I Ain't Mad at Cha" "Toss It Up" "To Live & Die in LA" "Hail Mary" "Wanted Dead or Alive"
Posthumous singles	"I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" "Do for Love" "Changes" "Unconditional Love" "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" "Until the End of Time" "Letter 2 My Unborn" "Thugz Mansion" "Still Ballin'" "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" "Thugs Get Lonely Too" "Ghetto Gospel" "Untouchable" "Pac's Life" "Playa Cardz Right"
Other songs	"I Don't Give a Fuck" "Runnin' from tha Police" "Ambitionz az a Ridah" "All Eyez on Me" "Hit 'Em Up" "Are U Still Down" "Panther Power"
Featured singles	"Gotta Get Mine" "Smile" "Playa Cardz Right"
Books	The Rose That Grew from Concrete
Stage	Holler If Ya Hear Me
Documentaries	Biggie & Tupac Tupac: Resurrection Tupac: Assassination Dear Mama
Outlawz	Yaki Kadafi Kastro Napoleon E.D.I. Mean Hussein Fatal Mussolini Komani Young Noble
Related articles	Outlawz Digital Underground Afeni Shakur Assata Shakur Mopreme Shakur Mutulu Shakur Thug Life Death Row Records East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry Niccolò Machiavelli Orlando Anderson Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts All Eyez on Me (film) Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. City of Lies "Taylor Made Freestyle"