Dear Mama was created because Tupac had no other solution to express the love he had for his mom, except for singing Dear Mama Facts.
The song became an instant hit back in 90s along with many others Tupac released for his album that year. But you don’t have to travel far to witness his impact: Even two decades after his untimely demise, 2Pac’s influence can be heard in everyone from Lil Wayne to Kendrick Lamar to Future. In the music video Dear Mama (1995) Tupac Shakur, a rapper and actor, released a song dedicated to his mom. Originally branding himself MC New York, 2Pac incorporated influences from the East and West Coasts, not to mention the South, to create a universalist message and sound that explains why murals of him can be found all the way to Sub-Saharan Africa. And as Death Row Records’ strain of gangsta rap defined the middle years of the decade, he became the label’s avatar. But there was also the funkadelic player (“I Get Around”), the insular loner (“Me Against the World”), the savage warlord (“Hit ’Em Up”), and the sensitive poet (“Brenda’s Got a Baby”). For much of his career, he embodied this revolutionary, fight-the-power ethos on songs like “Trapped” and “Keep Ya Head Up,” befitting the Afrocentric, conscious-minded milieu of the early ’90s. He was born Lesane Parish Crooks in 1971, but his mother (a Black Panther leader) swiftly changed his name to Tupac Amaru Shakur in honor of the last Incan emperor to perish while resisting Spanish rule. Even if his legend has become a tall tale, his music remains an indelible testament to the multitudes he contained. Original album Original label Tupac Shakur Me Against the World was rap artist Tupac (sometimes spelled 2Pac) Shakur’s third studio album and his first to go double platinum.
In fact, his closest analog may not be late rival The Notorious B.I.G., but rather dorm-room icons of the mythologized past: Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, and James Dean. Dear MamaTupac Shakur (1995) Added to the National Registry: 2009. 2Pac is arguably the most influential rapper of all-time.
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