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Mopreme Shakur on Tupac: The sensitive man behind the music

Mopreme Shakur on Tupac: The sensitive man behind the music

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Tupac’s step-brother Mopreme Shakur on the early hardships that shaped the iconic rapper

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“I think Pac was actually traumatised by the poverty. You know,
poverty can be very, very traumatic. Having no lights, having no
food from time to time, having no clothes while you’re going to
school, and bumming clothes. Them stories, it was real. That
really happened to Pac. Pac was sensitive, so he felt things
deeply.” The BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil speaks to Mopreme Shakur,
step-brother of iconic rapper Tupac Shakur. Tupac was shot dead
in Las Vegas in 1996, and now, almost 30 years later, Duane
“Keffe D” Davis is on trial in connection with his murder. He has
pleaded not guilty. Through music exploring poverty, racism and
injustice, Tupac became one of hip-hop’s most loved and
influential figures, selling more than 75 million records
worldwide. Mopreme recalls growing up with Tupac and explains why
he believes poverty and politics shaped his brother and the music
he went on to make.

He talks about Tupac's mother having been the section leader of
the Harlem chapter of the Black Panther Party, and links Tupac’s
own experience of abandonment to his concern with how neglected
children can become hardened adults. The Interview brings you
conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the
world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with
Sundar Pichai and Julia Gillard. You can listen on the BBC World
Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you
can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week
on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter:
Shaimaa Khalil Producers: Osman Iqbal and Regan Morris Editor:
Damon Rose

(Image: Mopreme Shakur. Credit: Getty)