This video includes clips from NBC, MTV, 2PacLegacy.Net and CBS images from Getty Images and music from Interscope Records / 2Pac. New Jersey law enforcement has called for Assata to be extradited, but the White House hasn't publicly revealed any plans to do that.
began thawing relations with the island country. More recently, Assata has been a part of conversations with Cuba since the U.S. Here's how Tupac described his step-aunt and godmother on his 1991 track "Words of Wisdom."Īnd the connection goes a little deeper: Assata Shakur's brother, Mutulu, was Tupac's stepfather.Īssata is known as the fugitive who broke out of prison after she was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper. Not much was known about Set until more recently. Keisha Morris-Shakur also did an interview in newsprint with Sister 2 Sister Magazine in May of 1997 that delves into topics not mentioned in the video above such as the tension she had. Tupac referred to his sister in a few of his songs as Set. She was interviewed by BET on Apshortly after his murder and made it a point to state that Tupac Shakur never married her just for conjugal visits. Tupac and Sekyiwa lived with Afeni in the Bronx, Harlem, New York. That's where several members of the organization took on the surname "Shakur." Born on October 03, 1975, Sekyiwa aka Set is Tupac’s half sister, two years his junior. She and Afeni Shakur were both members of the New York City Panthers. Several Twitter users confused Afeni Shakur with Assata Shakur, a black political activist who is still the only woman on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists.Īfeni Shakur is not Assata Shakur, but they were connected.Īssata Shakur, also known as JoAnne Chesimard, was the step-aunt and godmother of Tupac. There might've been a bit of confusion after the death of Afeni Shakur, the mother of the late rapper Tupac Shakur.
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