Afeni Shakur

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The mother of late rap legend Tupac Shakur is suing Entertainment One for $1.1 million over unpaid royalties from Pac's music, reports TMZ. Afeni Shakur, who has control of her son's estate, recently filed a lawsuit against E1 alleging the company failed to pay Pac's estate royalties from Beginnings: The Lost Tapes which was released in 2007...

Yesterday, news arrived that the long-awaited official Tupac biopic is set to start filming early next year in Atlanta. After years of a speculation and delays, TUPAC will finally be arriving in theaters in the near future. Speculation on who will play the lead roles are high and many famous names have already been cast around in on who will play Tupac Shakur...

On this day, September 9, in hip-hop history... 1999: Approximately three years after the tragic deaths of their sons, Afeni Shakur and Voletta Wallace - the mothers of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G respectively - shared the stage together at MTV's annual Video Music Awards in 1999...

Tupac Shakur has inspired a great deal of art in his posthumous career, and the most recent project to re-imagine his music in another art form is the currently in-the-works musical Holler If Ya Hear Me. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a "developmental workshop is underway" for a new show inspired by Pac, with hopes of premiering in the 2013-2014 Broadway season. Holler will be co-

On the 16-year anniversary of Tupac Shakur's death, XXL looks back on a classic cover story with the rapper's mother, Afeni...

Despite Suge Knight's claims, family of the legendary rap star say that 2Pac was not homophobic, pointing to his friendship with late fashion designer Versace as proof...

A rep for the late rapper's mother says she was "thrilled" with the lifelike hologram that appeared during Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's headlining set...

Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, says she will "not allow" her son's alleged sex tape to be released...

Before the big show takes place on Sunday (August 28), XXL compiles a retrospective of the VMA's most memorable hip-hop moments...

Tupac's sister, Takerra Allen, shares tales of her first and only phone conversation with her half-brother Tupac Shakur and the memories she holds dear of her famous sibling...

The XXL Freshman Meek Mill is among the list of artists slated to perform at the legendary rapper's birthday celebration...