Playing Tupac’s mom in 'Eyez' just expanded the love Danai Gurira has for rapper’s st

[The Patriot]

Playing Tupac’s mom in 'Eyez' just expanded the love Danai Gurira has for rapper’s story

06-20-2017 03:00 PM

Afeni Shakur was more than just the mother of one of the world’s biggest and, arguably, best, rappers of all time. A leader of the New York chapter of the Black Panthers, she was powerful and influential in her own right. How else does one, while pregnant, successfully defend herself in a 1971 court case, facing a 300-year sentence for allegedly conspiring to bomb department stores and police stations with 20 other Panthers?


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