Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
AFENI SHAKURTupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
AFENI SHAKURI learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.
AFENI SHAKURI have never one day been ashamed of my son. Even when he was not right, that’s ok.
AFENI SHAKURNelson Mandela’s contribution to the people of South Africa has been immeasurable and I look forward to helping with his work all over the country.
AFENI SHAKURI miss my son every day a little bit more, but I thank God every day for every second that he was here.
AFENI SHAKURI have no secrets. Neither did Tupac, neither does my daughter. We don’t live behind secrets, we don’t live lies, we are who we are, and we are pretty happy to be who we are.
AFENI SHAKUREverything Tupac said was introspective. He was really honest with himself about himself. He knew his flaws, but he also had such love for his work and his people.
AFENI SHAKURI spent 43 years of my life in anger and I know what it can do… Now I pray a lot. I do whatever I need to do to keep me out of that anger, out of that place where I can’t grow and be better.
AFENI SHAKURRevolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it’s worth a lot.
AFENI SHAKURThe critics never ever one time fairly criticized my son.
AFENI SHAKURI’m grateful my son was – as any mother would say, I had a very good son.
AFENI SHAKURI wasn’t available to do the right things for my son. If not for the arts, my child would’ve been lost.
AFENI SHAKURWhatever else anyone says he was, he may have been. But Tupac really was a great American artist. The passage of time allows us to see things as they really are: We see the poetry; we see the personality; we see different sides.
AFENI SHAKURI think what it was is that Tupac was extremely passionate, very honest and raw in his approach to communicating. He understood communicating. And I think he just did it from a deep place within.
AFENI SHAKURWe need to read history from the source.
AFENI SHAKURThat’s just the way life is. We have to be willing to pay the price. You have to be willing to pay the price for what’s right – and for what we do wrong. That’s one of the things that I love about my son. My son was always willing to take his weight.
AFENI SHAKUR