Afeni Shakur - Alice Faye Williams;  
Afeni, a member of the infamous Black Panther Party, was Tupac's birth mother. Tupac was very close to his mom and was very thankful for the way in which she successfully beat the struggle to raise him right. This is portrayed in the classic joint that is 'Dear Mama', from the 'Me Against The World' album. Afeni was involved in the famous 'Panther 21' incident, in which she along with 20 others were convicted of plotting to blow up banks and department stores. She was pregnant with Tupac whilst in jail on these bombing charges. Tupac found out that Afeni was taking drugs whilst on tour with Digital Underground in 1990. Afeni now owns the rights for all of Tupac's unreleased material and also the use of material such as his name and brand names etc.

 William Garland;  
This was Tupac's biological father, he did very little to help raise young 'pac, only seeing him a few times up until Tupac was around the age of 5. He didnt see Tupac again until Tupac was starring in the movie 'Juice' in 1992. He later visited Tupac in Bellevue Hospital when pac was shot in '94. Tupac belived that his father was dead or just simply didnt want to see him, and he also portrayed this through many of his songs. The best example is again in 'Dear Mama'; "Now ain't nobody tell us it was fair, No love for my daddy cause the coward wasn't there, He passed away and I didn't cry, cause my anger, wouldn't let me feel for a stranger, They say I'm wrong and I'm heartless, but all along I was lookin for a father he was gone." After Tupac's death Billy Garland disrespected his son by taking Afeni to court wanting half of Tupac's estate, but was denied. The case ended in a settlement of around $540,000 plus legal fees which totaled just over $350,000.

 Lumumba Shakur;
Lumumba Abdul Shakur was Afeni's first husband. He was also the brother of Mutulu by adoption. He was a Black Panther member and the lead defendant in the 'Panther 21' case where he and 20 others, including Afeni, were convicted for allegedly plotting to blow up banks and department stores. He was found dead in Louisiana a few days before Mutulu was arrested. Mutulu suspected that his brother was murdered by someone like a police informant, who learned of Mutulu's whereabouts, and then decided to kill two birds with one stone.

 Leggs;
Leggs was not related to Tupac in any way but acted as a father to him, and Tupac saw him as his father figure. Tuapc said that the thug in himself came from Leggs. He is thought to have once been connected to the legendary New York based drug kingpin that is Nicky Barnes. Leggs was the man who introduced Afeni to crack, the drug troubled her for much of the 80's. After moving her family to Baltimore, Afeni learned that Leggs had died from a crack induced heart attack.

 Mutulu Shakur;  
He married Tupac's mom Afeni and was Tupac's step-father, he was Lumumba's adopted step-brother. Mutulu was arressted as the suspected mastermind behind the Brinks robbery of 1981, in which an armored car was robbed, two New York policemen left killed along with a Brinks guard. Mutulu was then sentenced to 60 years in prison for allegedly conspiring against the US government in 1986. Mutulu however still maintains his innocence. He was an activist in the MOVE organisation and was a key figure in the historic gang truce between the Crips and Bloods in Lompoc Penitentiary. Tuapc and his step-father designed the code that is THUGLIFE which consisted of rules discouraging unprovoked violence among gangsta rappers. He wrote a letter to Tupac on the day o his demise, if you would like to read this letter click here.

 Geronimo Pratt;  
Again another member of the Blak Panther Party and he was also Tupac's Godfather. Tupac had a lot of respect for Pratt and referred to him in a few songs, even dedicating a song to him. Geronimo was recently released from prison after serving 27 yrs of a 25 to life sentence for allegedly murdering an LA teacher. Evidence surfaced that supported a destruction of some evidence in the case which provecd he was no where near the scene of the crime. He won a large sum of compensation as a result of his false imprisonment.

 Sekyiwa Shakur - Set;
Sekyiwa is Tupac's half sister. Not much is known about her and she keeps a low profile and I couldnt find much info. However she was born in 1975. Tupac and Sekyiwa lived with Afeni in the Bronx, Harlem, New York. She now has to children, and has also appeared on Killa Tay's album 'Snake Eyez' on the track Coast Trippin.

 Mopreme-Maurice Harding;  
Mopreme is Tupac's step-brother as his mother is Sharan Harding and his dad is Mutulu (Tupac's Step-father). The two divorced shortly after Mopreme was born and Mutulu remarried with Afeni Shakur, who already had a son and a daughter,(Tupac and Sekyiwa). Mopreme was part of Tupac's group 'Thuglife' and Mopreme appeared in many songs alongside Tupac.

 Assata Shakur;  
Assata Shakur was Tupac's aunt. She is arguably the most famous of the Shakur family behind Tupac. She is currently living in Cuba, due to her involvement in a highly controversial case in which she was convicted of murder in a shoot-out in New Jersey 1973. Tupac's uncle, Zayed Shakur, along with an officer were both killed. The third person in the vehicle Sundiata Acoli, has so far served over 20 yrs of her sentence and has been denied parole for another 20. Assata was also shot in the back, taken to the hospital and tortured while questioned. This resulted in her having a broken clavicle and a paralyzed arm. Despite forensic evidence proving she could not of possibly fired a weapon she was sentenced to life plus 30 yrs in prison, howver she later escaped and fled to Cuba where she lives to date under granted asylum from Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. There are many campaigns to free Sundiata and prevent the US's attempts to extrodite Assata from Cuba. There are many books written about her and a lot of info on the web! The best info can be found on her official website, click here to visit it.

 Yafeu Fula-Kadafi R.I.P;  
Another of Tupac's half brothers. Born on Oct 9th 1971, New Jersey. The 'Outlawz' only revealed that the pair were half brothers after their demise, and so it is know believed that the pair have the same father, in William Garland. On 10th November 1996 he was shot once to the head area, he was found dead sometime later slumped against a wall on the third floor of an appartment block in New Jersey, at the young age of 19. The reason behind his murder is thought to be due to the fact that he was the only witness willing to testify in Tupac's murder. Is this another example of Government intervention?

 Katari Cox-Kastro;  
Kastro is Tuapc's cousin, born in Brooklyn, New York in 1977. He was part of the rap groups 'Dramacydal' and Tha Outlawz'. He featured alongside Tuapc in many songs on his later albums. If you would like to know more about the Outlawz click here.

 Zayd Shakur R.I.P.;
Again another member of the Blak Panther Party. In 1973, Tupac's uncle Zayd Shakur, and his aunt Assata Shakur, were traveling on a New Jersey turnpike and they were stopped by a trooper. He and trooper Werner Foerster were both killed in a shoot-out which followed.

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