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On the Passing of Chokwe Lumumba

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via the Nation

Lumumba’s was not a tale of a radical coming to terms with society as it exists, like so many of those from the New Left. His legal career was radical and often controversial. He took on a host of high-profile cases, including that of Fulani Sunni Ali, rapper Tupac Shakur and former Black Panther Party members Geronimo Pratt and Assata Shakur.

He never renounced the goal of black self-determination or apologized for his activism during his Republic of New Afrika years. Lumumba told me as recently as last week that only his tactics had changed in light of the new political avenues now open to black militants in the South.

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Michael Eric Dyson’s Hour-Long Tribute to Tupac Shakur

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We look back at the life and legacy of rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur on the 15th anniversary of his tragic death. We start by speaking with entertainment journalist P. Frank Williams the media coverage of Tupac’s life and death.

For a more personal take on Tupac the young artist, we turn to someone who knew him in the early days of his career.

Danyel Smith, editor-in-chief of Billboard magazine, knew Shakur before he achieved the status of hip-hop icon, and we explore with her some of the inner workings of the man, as well as his early songs including “Brenda’s Got a Baby” and “Dear Mama.”

Finally, we get help decoding some of the messages behind Tupac Shakur’s music with “hip-hop” professor James Peterson, professor of English at Lehigh University. We deconstruct the music from an intellectual and artistic perspective, and look at the some of contradictions that characterized Shakur as both a socially conscious artist and a gangster rapper.

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Clayton Hill Confesses To Being An Accessory After The Fact To The Murder Of The Notorious B.I.G. | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales | HipHop DX

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via HipHopDX.com: An inmate has come forward with possible confirmation of the man who murdered Biggie Smalls while implicating members of the Nation of Islam, including himself, in the cover-up.

Former Nation of Islam member, and currently incarcerated federal felon, Clayton Hill has confessed to his role as an accessory after the fact to the murder of The Notorious B.I.G.

Clayton Hill Confesses To Being An Accessory After The Fact To The Murder Of The Notorious B.I.G. | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales | HipHop DX.