The Tupac Shakur collection
Hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur, who studied at the Baltimore School for the Arts, is getting some serious recognition, with the announcement that the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center will make his writings and other papers available for scholarly research next year.
Shakur came to prominence in the early 1990s as a rapper for Digital Underground and gained fame as an individual performer. He died at age 25, after being shot in a September 1996 drive-by attack in Las Vegas.
The Tupac Shakur Collection includes handwritten lyrics and track listings, personal notes, video and film concepts, fan correspondence, and other items, according to the library and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation. The library, which serves Clark Atlanta University, the Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse College and Spelman College, also houses collections related to Martin Luther King Jr. and Maynard Jackson.
That's pretty good company for a gangsta rapper from B'more.
Comments
tupac is a ledgend and i think it is a great idea
Posted by: lyell browne | September 30, 2009 7:17 AM
Tupack was a phenonminal writer whose song reflects reality,hardship,ghetto life,pain and love.his death in 1996 was really a shock and loss to the Rap fraternity.Since this great man exist mother land I have not seen another song writer whose songs are poetic,skillful and well organized as tupack.
Tupack seemed as if he was always fighting a battle as most of todays youth include myself encountering but despite the dark patches tupack rose above the challenges and record his name in the history book of Rap and firmly place himself as the greatest every in his field.
Tupack fan
Posted by: Anonymous | October 2, 2009 2:59 PM
Great collection1
I am a big fan of The Tupac Shakur, a great writer. Thank you so much for sharing his concepts, notes and lyrics here which i was really finding since a long time.
Posted by: jeu sonic | October 3, 2009 6:21 AM
This is very interesting. Also, some may be interested to read a great new Tupac Shakur article--informative and made me think a little:
http://www.examiner.com/x-21799-African-American-Entertainment-Examiner~y2009m10d7-Tupac-Shakur-Pure-Genius-or-Hypocritical-Menace
Posted by: Shawn P. | October 7, 2009 12:12 AM