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Tupac’s Father Prepping Tribute Album

Thursday, May 25, 2006
By: Michael Ivey


TupacAs the ten year anniversary of Tupac’s birth and death approaches, his father arranges a compilation album dedicated to the impassioned entertainer. Imprisoned activist Dr. Mutulu Shakur will release ‘A 2Pac Tribute: Dare 2 Struggle’ on June 16 to celebrate his late son’s thirty fifth birthday.

The album will mark the first album to feature incarcerated rappers and industry rappers. Reportedly conceived during various visits Tupac and brother Mopreme took to see Dr. Shakur in prison, ‘Dare 2 Struggle’ includes a sixteen page appeal against gang violence called the ‘Thug Code,’ written by the three men.

The album features Mopreme, Nzingha, Outlawz, TQ, Slick, Imaan Faith, and T-Jay, among others. It is executive produced by Dr. Shakur and Canadian hip-hop activist Raoul Juneja (a.k.a. Deejay Ra) and will be distributed through Kent Entertainment’s rap imprint First Kut and Juneja's Lyrical Knockout Entertainment (Toronto). ‘Dare 2 Struggle’ will also include a preview of Dr. Shakur’s new historical fiction novel about Tupac entitled "N 2 Da Gutter."

Tupac was killed September 13, 1996 in Las Vegas. The person(s) responsible have yet to be brought to justice. Half the proceeds from ‘Dare 2 Struggle’ will go towards Dr. Shakur's inner city health and education initiatives. The man was in 1987 sentenced to sixty years in federal prison for an alleged conspiracy by the Black Liberation Army/New Afrikan Freedom Fighters against the U.S. government.



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R.i.p. 2pac thug life 4eve'
Posted by nsanelown
He's not his biological father, he's his stepfather. But in this case, love is deeper than blood. Rip 2pac.
Posted by Ducksauce
Was his death the begining of the end? shyt seems so, dayem he had no chance to undo what he started (thug life, wylding out on track, making death threats, going at bigs wife etc etc)...now err'body is flipping mad, killers. Dayem pac' i know your looking down on the game with straight tears in your eyes..but at the rate hip hop is going with the deaths, he has alot of company. I didnt understand the method to his madness, eventho i love all his music, me being a gemini too, i understand doing the right thing the wrong way, but i cant find reason for his actions. I wish he could have explained em. But hell, phuck it.
Posted by Kalliope4eva
Phuck this album and its accompanying book too. I've had it with these alledged great ideas turned into money-making ideas. Just another one to utilize this man's greatest for their personal gain. This shyt kind of reminds me of christianity. A collective group of fools (dumbass black preachers) using religion for personal gain (those that pay ties). I guess i can't knock the hustle huh?
Posted by KingFrazier7
Yeah homie, don't hate the player, hate the game. His father could be doing it for many different reasons, the main one: money! money to pay legal fees, to pay your mortgage, money to pay of student loans!!! the album is gonna be garbage though. On the real, pick up "the rose that grew from concrete" cd, put out by amaru records. This is one tribute album, that any fan of spoken word or griots can vibe off. Tupac penned everyword. Word up. . .
Posted by rdibiase
Interesting! tupac shakur best rapper dead or alive period that crown have been spoken for!
Posted by Black Congress
Look at the line up which will appear on the album, these aint no fakes looking for trying to get big off tupacs name.
Posted by ThugLord
Tupac - a legend! nuff sed! r.i.p
Posted by ShawTy7
I think the people who are making this have good intentions but ultimately it will be used by a big company to make money.
Posted by Spider bloke
Tupac was controversial to me, i agree with kalliope, there was a knowledgable side to pac, but the flipside was out of control, big mouthed, and hypocritical, and his image started something that has to be undone and rebuilt with his positivity minus the wanna be "thug" and "gangsta" image, personally, the shape hip hop is in now, it is time to take it back to the conscious state and get our minds right because it totally out of control, we need to teach the youth how to elevate there mindstate and seek something more than murder, cars, rims, and sex, and we need to make music on building a foundation from the inside out.
Posted by BigO
From a gemini's perspective also.
Posted by BigO
Yo big o, pac was humam.
Posted by pediewheatstraw
Human
Posted by pediewheatstraw
^^^^co-sign pedie
Posted by CEmejuru
2pac's songs are still priceless... Still generating sales all across the world.
Posted by nsanelown
Pac was before his time. His unreleased tracks are talking about things that are going on right now. I think that he has an inner struggle with himself, he wanted to do right, but at the same time you can't fight what it inside of you. He was just thugged out.
Posted by SHANU_5
Love tupac. Words cant explain how i feel. We all love 2pac,c'mon. Rest in peace baby.
Posted by laezyboy
I got ur name tatted on ma arm so we both hur til ma dyin days tu pac till i die ur thabest rapper eva wish u wea 2show up these fake g-unot gangstaz thy ant nuffin "picture me rolling"
Posted by WESSSSS WEST
Ya'll don't know sh*t about mutulu. He's a str8 geeeeee. Just got out of prison for some gangsta sh*t in his day
Posted by caliridah
I look at 2pac like a black jesus. I worship pac like jesus christ. The same as mlk and malcolm x.. There all like black jesus to me. 2pac was crucified by haters on earth just like jesus christ was. 2pac's spirit rose from the cross just like the spirit of jesus christ did. Pac's spirit guides me through life. "exit 2pac enter makaveli.. Still i rise" -2pac a prayer to pac: i am 23 years old now and have been your #1 fan since my adolescent years.. 10 years after you rose from the cross and i'm a grown man still sheading tears when i listen to your hits and reminisce on old times.. I have learned a lot from your music.. Because your music always had deep purpose and meaning. I love you pac. Thank you for blessing the world with your music and wisdom.. In 2pac's name i pray.. Amen. - gino
Posted by Gino
2pac was a fake he was a gemini and all geminis are fake!
Posted by molly greede
For all you tupac fans out there, or even if you dont like him that much (idk how you cant like him), you gotta watch tupac ressurection if you havent already. That movie gives you an incite into why he did all the things he did in his life. It really lets you into his head. Id imagine this cd is being made with good purposes, and i wont mind hearing it. It might suck, but who knows, its a tupac tribute, it could be good sh*t. Tupac isnt my favorite rapper (probably second) but i have so much respect for the man. From where he came from, to what he did in life. Not even just the rap sh*t, acting, poetry, and the messages he tried getting across to the youth. Rip pac
Posted by NateDogg
@ "molly greede".. Pac lived a hard life in this hell hole we call earth. Look at whats going on in this world today full of devils. This is hell! pac was no angel during his 25 years on this earth.. You cant be an angel in hell, thats suicide! pacs heart was pure and if you were in need he would help you the best way he could. I represent pac, rather makaveli and everything he stood for. I mean that $hit!
Posted by Gino
Pac would not have lived 25 productive years on this earth if he lived like an angel while devil nigg@z on this earth were crucifying him daily. "exit 2pac enter makaveli".. Makaveli was not a name it was a strategy to evade devil nigg@z in hell!
Posted by Gino
U rock tupac u were the best u struggled to get to the top but now ur dead r.i.p tupac ur gun i love u tupac if u were hear????
Posted by sexc babe07
R.i.p 2pac u da realest n*gga out there
Posted by jay
2pac aint dead..his spirit lives wit me
Posted by jay
Contradiction in terms...thuglife, sadly is a reality we have to deal with. 2pac's backronym "the hate u gave little infants f**cks everybody" if we don't go back to family & if dad's don't step up to the plate, the struggle, the thuglife will continue. Stop having babies out of wedlock, get married, brothers, step up and be a father. Circumstances do not make me what i am, they reveal who i have chosen to be" be a family.pac never really entered his true destiny.i understand & see how the enemy stole. Jesus is king of kings & lord of lord, accept him! i am a stone cold christian...and i understand the madness. Rip
Posted by TheSharperWon

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