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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 ...
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Tupac Shakur’s Biological Father Expresses Frustration Over Being Called a ‘Coward’ on Son’s Classic Song ‘Dear Mama’

Tupac Shakur's biological father is opening up about being dissed by the rapper on 'Pac's hit song "Dear Mama." On Tuesday (June 6), The Art of Dialogue released the latest segment of their ...
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‘Dear Mama’ Reveals How Tupac’s Mother Gave Him His Rebel Heart

There may be no hip-hop artist who’s been mythologized more than Tupac Shakur—this is an icon, after all, who had so many posthumous albums released following his 1996 death (seven, in fact) that some ...
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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 ...