Best known as the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur, Afeni Shakur was a member of the Black Panthers and later a philanthropist.

Afeni Shakur Davis, former Black Panther, political activist and the mother of rap legend Tupac Shakur, died Monday at a hospital near her home in Sausalito, California. She was 69.

Learn about the life of Afeni Shakur, who joined the Black Panthers as a teenager and faced a 350-year sentence while pregnant with Tupac. Discover how she overcame addiction, reconnected with her son, and became a successful businesswoman.

How Afeni Shakur Put Black Women First In the Fight for Liberation. 8 minute read. Political activist and Black Panther member Afeni Shakur onstage at a rally in support of the Panther 21...

The Black Panther Party in Harlem drew a significant following of young Black men and women looking for meaningful change. Afeni Shakur, former leader of a street gang, was one of these...

Afeni Shakur, the former Black Panther who inspired the work of her son, rap icon Tupac Shakur, and then kept his legacy alive for decades, has died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 69.

Afeni Shakur, a civil rights activist and former Black Panther whose tumultuous but close relationship with her son, the rapper Tupac Shakur, was the inspiration for much of his work,...

Though most Tupac fans were introduced to Afeni Shakur Davis through the 1995 hit ballad Dear Mama, her fellow Black Panthers and those she advocated for in her organizing days will remember...

Released in 1995, “Dear Mama” is Tupac’s tribute to his mother, Afeni Shakur, and details their life in poverty, her addiction, and their enduring love.