Tupac Shakur Legacy

Legacy




Statue of Tupac Shakur in Herford, Germany


At a Mobb Deep concert following the death of the famed icon and release of The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, Cormega recalled in an interview that the fans were all shouting "Makaveli,"[85] and emphasized the influence of The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory and of Shakur himself even in New York at the height of the media-dubbed 'intercoastal rivalry'[86]
Shakur is held in high esteem by other MCs - in the book How to Rap, Bishop Lamont notes that Shakur "mastered every element, every aspect" of rapping[87] and Fredro Starr of Onyx says Shakur, "was a master of the flow"[88] "Every rapper who grew up in the Nineties owes something to Tupac," wrote 50 Cent "He didn't sound like anyone who came before him"Aboutcom named Shakur the most influential rapper ever[89]
To preserve Shakur's legacy, his mother founded the Shakur Family Foundation (later re-named the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation or TASF) in 1997 The TASF's stated mission is to "provide training and support for students who aspire to enhance their creative talents" The TASF sponsors essay contests, charity events, a performing arts day camp for teenagers and undergraduate scholarships The Foundation officially opened the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts (TASCA) in Stone Mountain, Georgia, on June 11, 2005 On November 14, 2003, a documentary about Shakur entitled Tupac: Resurrection was released under the supervision of his mother and narrated entirely in his voice It was nominated for Best Documentary in the 2005 Academy Awards Proceeds will go to a charity set up by Shakur's mother Afeni On April 17, 2003, Harvard University co-sponsored an academic symposium entitled "All Eyez on Me: Tupac Shakur and the Search for the Modern Folk Hero" The speakers discussed a wide range of topics dealing with Shakur's impact on everything from entertainment to sociology[90]
Many of the speakers discussed Shakur's status and public persona, including State University of New York at Buffalo English professor Mark Anthony Neal who gave the talk "Thug Nigga Intellectual: Tupac as Celebrity Gramscian" in which he argued that Shakur was an example of the "organic intellectual" expressing the concerns of a larger group[91] Professor Neal has also indicated in his writings that the death of Shakur has left a "leadership void amongst hip-hop artists"[92] Neal further describes him as a "walking contradiction", a status that allowed him to "make being an intellectual accessible to ordinary people"[93]
Professor of Communications Murray Forman, of Northeastern University, spoke of the mythical status about Shakur's life and death He addressed the symbolism and mythology surrounding Shakur's death in his talk entitled "Tupac Shakur: OG (Ostensibly Gone)" Among his findings were that Shakur's fans have "succeeded in resurrecting Tupac as an ethereal life force"[94] In "From Thug Life to Legend: Realization of a Black Folk Hero", Professor of Music at Northeastern University, Emmett Price, compared Shakur's public image to that of the trickster-figures of African-American folklore which gave rise to the urban "bad-man" persona of the post-slavery period He ultimately described Shakur as a "prolific artist" who was "driven by a terrible sense of urgency" in a quest to "unify mind, body, and spirit"[95]
Michael Eric Dyson, University of Pennsylvania Avalon Professor of Humanities and African American Studies and author of the book Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur[80] indicated that Shakur "spoke with brilliance and insight as someone who bears witness to the pain of those who would never have his platform He told the truth, even as he struggled with the fragments of his identity"[96] At one Harvard Conference the theme was Shakur's impact on entertainment, race relations, politics and the "hero/martyr"[97] In late 1997, the University of California, Berkeley offered a student-led course entitled "History 98: Poetry and History of Tupac Shakur"[98]
In late 2003, the Makaveli Branded Clothing line was launched by Afeni In 2005, Death Row released Tupac: Live at the House of Blues The DVD was the final recorded performance of Shakur's career, which took place on July 4, 1996, and features a plethora of Death Row artists In August 2006, Tupac Shakur Legacy was released The interactive biography was written by Jamal Joseph It features unseen family photographs, intimate stories, and over 20 removable reproductions of his handwritten song lyrics, contracts, scripts, poetry, and other personal papers Shakur's sixth posthumous studio album, Pac's Life, was released on November 21, 2006 It commemorates the 10th anniversary of Shakur's death He is still considered one of the most popular artists in the music industry Şablon:As of[99]
According to Forbes, in 2008 Shakur's estate made $15 million[100] In 2002, they recognize him as a Top Earning Dead celebrity coming in on number ten on their list[101]
Library of Congress
Shakur's hit song "Dear Mama" is one of 25 songs that will be added to the National Recording Registry in 2010 The Library of Congress has called "Dear Mama" "a moving and eloquent homage to both the murdered rapper's own mother and all mothers struggling to maintain a family in the face of addiction, poverty and societal indifference" This honor comes seven days after his birthday, where the rapper would have been 39 Shakur is the third rapper to enter the library, behind Grandmaster Flash and Public Enemy[102]

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