The Many Personas of Hip Hop Icon Tupac 2Pac in 'Tupac Remembered |
Written by Robert ID4145 |
Sunday, 27 January 2008 02:43 |
“Tupac Remembered: Bearing Witness to a Life and Legacy” will be hitting stores in February of 2008. The book on the hip hop and rap icon was compiled by Gloria Cox, Staci Robinson and Molly Monjauze. This is the fourth book that will be released under the Amaru Company, and spearheaded by hip hop icon Tupac Shakur’s (2Pac) mother Afeni Shakur. ‘Tupac Remembered: Bearing Witness to a Life and Legacy’ features the most candid interviews from those who have the most cherished memories of the hip hop icon "Pac", in their own words. Personal snapshots and remembrances shed light on the many personas of Tupac (2Pac), who even a decade after his death remains one of the hip hop and rap industry's most complicated and enduring artists. Contributors to this project include many hip hop and rap notables such as Big Syke, Shock G, Russell Simmons, Sekyiwa, Mutulu Shakur, Snoop Dogg, The Outlawz, Kevin Powell, Common, E40, Talib Kweli, Baron Davis, Eminem, Treach, along with Jada Pinkett-Smith, Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez and many others. A portion of the profits will go to The Tupac Amauru Shakur Foundation for the Arts. To Pre-Order Tupac Remembered: Bearing Witness to a Life and Legacy click HERE About the Authors: Gloria Cox is Afeni Shakur’s sister and aunt to Tupac Shakur. Staci (Robinson) Peterson is an author. Her first novel ‘Interceptions’ is also out now. In 2003 she accepted an offer to research and conduct interviews for the upcoming Official Tupac Shakur biography. Currently she is editing her second novel ‘Letter’s from Heaven’ and is writing her third novel titled ‘Beneath the Redwoods’. Please visit her web site at Staci Robinson .com Molly Monjauze worked closely with Tupac Shakur during his lifetime, and since his death has assisted the Shakur family with compiling unreleased Tupac materials. Molly Monjauze has also been the project Director/Supervisor on some of the past Tupac album projects including Better Dayz and Until the End of Time. She also did the A&R for Tupac’s The Rose and Pac’s Life albums. She was a good friend of Tupac, later she was his personal assistant and worked with him at Tupac’s Euphanasia Company. |