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2Pac’s Father Reveals His Reaction To Being Called “A Coward” In “Dear Mama” Single

Evidently, Garland wasn’t too fond of the lyrics, “No love for my daddy, ’cause the coward wasn’t there/He passed away and I didn’t cry.” Not only was Garland very much alive, but he felt the ...
Yahoo

Tupac's 'Dear Mama' endures as rap artists detail complex relationships with their mothers, street life and the pursuit of success

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Afenia Shakur (left). mother of Tupac Shakur (right). Getty Images In hip-hop music, it sometimes seems as if songs to and about ...
Complex

2Pac’s Handwritten “Dear Mama” Lyrics Could Be Yours for a Ton of Money

2Pac's "Dear Mama" lyrics, which take up three handwritten notebook pages, are going up for auction.
New York Post

How Tupac Shakur’s fierce ex-Black Panther mom inspired his greatest hit

In “Dear Mama” — a five-part docuseries that premieres Friday on FX and streams on Hulu — two of Tupac Shakur’s cousins recount, in chilling detail, how they first heard the titular classic. They were ...
Marin Independent Journal

Tupac’s ‘Dear Mama’ endures as rap artists detail complex relationships with their moms, street life and the pursuit of success

In hip-hop music, it sometimes seems as if songs to and about mothers are common enough that audiences might take them for granted. ** ADVANCE FOR Thursday, NOV. 13 **Afeni Shakur, 56-year-old mother ...
WFAE

Tupac’s ‘Dear Mama’ endures as rap artists detail complex relationships with their mothers, street life and the pursuit of success

In hip-hop music, it sometimes seems as if songs to and about mothers are common enough that audiences might take them for granted. As someone who studies hip-hop and how it shapes and is shaped by ...