Tupac Shakur
The Authorized Biography
(Sprache: Englisch)
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"The first and only Estate-authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a moving exploration of his life and powerful legacy, fully illustrated with photos, mementos, handwritten poetry, musings, and more. Tupac Shakur is one of the greatest and most controversial artists of all time. More than a quarter of a century after his tragic death in 1996 at the age of just twenty-five, he continues to be one of the most misunderstood, complicated and prolific figures in modern history. Tupac's unapologetic lyrics, for which he was villainized by many at the time, read in these pages as prophecy. His cry of outrage in a country that repeatedly told Black men and women that their lives did not matter, continues to inspire his fans around the world. In Tupac Shakur, author and screenwriter Staci Robinson-who knew Tupac as a young man and who was entrusted by his mother, Afeni Shakur, to write his biography-peels back the myths and unpacks the complexities that have shadowed Tupac's existence. With exclusive access to his private notebooks, letters, unpublished lyrics and uncensored conversations with those who knew and loved him best, Robinson tells a powerful story of a life defined by politics and art, and a man driven by equal parts brilliance and impulsiveness. It is a story of a mother and son bound together by a love for each other and for their people, and the relationship that endured through their darkest times. It is a political story that begins in the whirlwind of the 60's Civil Rights Movement, and takes you through a young artist's awakening to rage and purpose in the nineties era of Rodney King. It is a story of dizzying success and its devastating consequences. And, of course, it is the story of his music, his timeless message that will never die as it continues to touch and inspire past, present and future generations"--
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Cradle to the Grave1970 1971
June 16, 1971, Mama gave birth to a hell raisin heavenly son. Tupac Shakur
In the predawn hour of April 2, 1969, Afeni Shakur and her husband, Lumumba, lay asleep in their apartment on 112 West 117th Street in Harlem. A hard, almost violent pounding on the front door woke them. Five cops, including Detective Francis Dalton from the New York Police Department, stood outside. Dalton, armed and strapped in a bulletproof vest, lit a rag on fire.
The officers yelled, Fire! Open the door! Get out! Fire, Fire!
Afeni, with her petite frame, smooth brown skin, and tiny, neat afro, woke to the noise. Still groggy, she followed Lumumba through the darkness and warily stumbled toward the front door. She looked through the peephole and saw smoke. As section leaders for the New York branch of the Black Panther Party, an organization that had for the past two years been under siege by the U.S. government, they were alarmed but also highly suspicious. They feared it was a setup.
Lumumba unlocked and cracked the door, Afeni close by his side. Quickly, the door swung in on them. Visions of men with guns flashed before their eyes. One gun shoved to Afeni s stomach, another to Lumumba s forehead.
Police! If you move, I ll blow your f***in brains open!
Afeni and Lumumba surrendered. Handcuffed, they were hustled outside to the waiting police car and taken to the District Attorney s Office, where they were booked and processed. As more members of the Black Panthers arrived at the office, handcuffed and perplexed, Afeni tried to make sense of what was happening. She soon learned that men she had trusted, who had stood beside her as Black Panther comrades and taken oaths of solidarity, vowing to fight for social justice, were actually undercover cops and instrumental in the arrests. One man in particular, Yedwa Sutan, whom she had questioned and tried to warn her fellow Panthers about, she learned was police officer Detective
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Ralph White, validating Afeni s suspicions and marking the beginning of what would become a lifelong trust nobody mentality.
White and the other arresting officers were the NYPD s Bureau of Special Services and Investigations Unit, known as BOSSI, a decades-old undercover intelligence operation that worked in conjunction with FBI director J. Edgar Hoover s Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO). The program was a clandestine effort to spy on and infiltrate disruptors of American society. Hoover considered the Black Panther Party a subversive group, publicly declaring them the greatest threat to the internal security of the United States of America and claiming they would be extinguished by the end of that year. He released aggressive directives that included the use of informants to work undercover operations and neutralize Panther leaders in order to prevent the spread of their radical teachings. He vowed to break up all efforts at solidarity with regard to the ideologies of Black nationalism, to prevent the rise of a Black Messiah who could unify and electrify, and to prevent Black leaders from gaining respectability by discrediting them. By 1969, hundreds of Black Panther members across the country had been targeted and arrested.
Out of the twenty-one Panthers targeted in this particular raid, Afeni, Lumumba, and ten others (plus two who were already in jail and four who were arrested later) were booked and indicted on charges of conspiracy to blow up a commuter railroad s right-of-way, the Bronx Botanical Gardens, and five department stores: Abercrombie & Fitch, Macy s, Alexander s, Korvette s, and Bloomingdale s. All were New York landmarks and symbols of American capitalism. That aft
White and the other arresting officers were the NYPD s Bureau of Special Services and Investigations Unit, known as BOSSI, a decades-old undercover intelligence operation that worked in conjunction with FBI director J. Edgar Hoover s Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO). The program was a clandestine effort to spy on and infiltrate disruptors of American society. Hoover considered the Black Panther Party a subversive group, publicly declaring them the greatest threat to the internal security of the United States of America and claiming they would be extinguished by the end of that year. He released aggressive directives that included the use of informants to work undercover operations and neutralize Panther leaders in order to prevent the spread of their radical teachings. He vowed to break up all efforts at solidarity with regard to the ideologies of Black nationalism, to prevent the rise of a Black Messiah who could unify and electrify, and to prevent Black leaders from gaining respectability by discrediting them. By 1969, hundreds of Black Panther members across the country had been targeted and arrested.
Out of the twenty-one Panthers targeted in this particular raid, Afeni, Lumumba, and ten others (plus two who were already in jail and four who were arrested later) were booked and indicted on charges of conspiracy to blow up a commuter railroad s right-of-way, the Bronx Botanical Gardens, and five department stores: Abercrombie & Fitch, Macy s, Alexander s, Korvette s, and Bloomingdale s. All were New York landmarks and symbols of American capitalism. That aft
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Autoren-Porträt von Staci Robinson
Staci Robinson is an author and screenwriter. Her previous projects and collaborations include the compilation Tupac Remembered: Bearing Witness to a Life and Legacy, the novel Interceptions, the film The Bounce Back, and the FX documentary series Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur. Robinson graduated from UCLA with a degree in history. She currently lives with her family in Northern California.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Staci Robinson
- 2023, 448 Seiten, 2 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 16,7 x 24,3 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Crown
- ISBN-10: 1524761044
- ISBN-13: 9781524761042
- Erscheinungsdatum: 17.10.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Tupac Shakur is a touching, empathetic portrait of a friend. Even familiar stories achieve new intimacy at closer range. And small moments help clarify longstanding narratives, coloring in the outlines of this well-known tale of the actor-rapper-activist who died at 25 . . . [I]t astutely chronicles his life as a microcosm of the ongoing Black American struggle . . . Robinson spends [the book s] pages advocating not only for Tupac s integrity, but for the spirit of Black resistance he embodied . . . At its best, the book feels like a plea to re-examine the world that made Tupac Shakur so angry. The New York TimesIf you want to read a single comprehensive narrative of [Tupac Shakur's] life, written with love, this authorized bio, is a seminal text. Nelson George, author and filmmaker
Robinson perfectly captures [Tupac s] everyday moments. Strangely, on balance, you almost feel like you re reading about the life of an ordinary person. . . . [She] gives us a portrait of the artist as a young man, a restless spirit convinced of the greatness of his destiny, if unsure of his destination. The Washington Post
A must-see for [Tupac] fans [with] loads of colorful details about his life . . . The author is at her best in her descriptions of Shakur s ambitions, intense work ethic, and dislike of authority . . . as well as his family life. . . . This authorized biography of Shakur is intimate and personal. Kirkus Reviews
[A] riveting account . . . Robinson [sets] out a faithful and detailed portrait of an artist dedicated to helping others achieve freedom from oppression. Enriched by invaluable excerpts from the rapper s notebooks and sketch pads, this will have hip-hop devotees enthralled. Publishers Weekly
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