Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Opens on 15th Anniversary of his Death
Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of renowned platinum recording artist, actor and poet Tupac Amaru Shakur’s untimely passing.
The Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library announces the opening of the Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection. The Shakur Collection represents an alliance between the AUC Woodruff Library and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation to make available for scholarly research the manuscript writings and additional papers of Shakur.
Shakur was born in East Harlem, New York, and first garnered attention in the early 1990s as a prominent rapper for the vocal group Digital Underground. The celebrated Shakur went on to become one of the most significant cultural icons of the hip hop generation.
Before his death at the age of 25, Shakur released five studio albums and appeared in four motion pictures. Ten albums, numerous anthologies and four feature films have been released posthumously, including Tupac: Resurrection, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary (Feature) in 2005.
Encompassing nearly 30 years, from 1969 to 2008, the acquisition includes poems, song lyrics, track lists and video treatments, as well as documents by Shakur family members and members of the rap groups Dramacydal and the Outlawz. Correspondence to and from Shakur, fan mail, media clippings, memorabilia, and publicity materials are also included.
"We're honored to have partnered with the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation to preserve the artistic legacy of Tupac Shakur through this collection," said Loretta Parham, CEO and Library Director. "He transformed the landscape of hip hop culture and was one of the most compelling voices and talents of his generation. As an academic library, we feel privileged to be the stewards of the Shakur Collection and to promote scholarly research of Shakur's work."
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