The Ties That Bind Blood Medallions: Tupac Amaru Shakur an Historical Perspective.
The genre of Hip-Hop music called Gangster Rap was best expressed in the person of, Tupac Amaru Shakur. Bearing the name of an Incan mythological chief (Shining Serpent) Shakur from an early age felt that he was destined for greatness. Afeni Shakur was very active in the black liberation movement at the time. Her activities within the Black Panther Party would catapult her and her compatriots to worldwide fame. Afeni’s seminal role and work in the Panther 21 trial would establish her as a key, leader and thinker in the BPP and would seal her and her offsprings’ fates as perpetual enemies of the US state apparatus and its various intelligence agencies. Afeni Shakur: speaking at a Black Panther Party rally in the 1970’s. Afeni was jailed as part of the “Panther 21”, trial when they were accused of the ridiculous false charge of plotting to blow up, the New York City botanical gardens. Both Afeni and Assata were imprisoned at the same time, though on diff...