... , Afari Shakur who was a black panther activist. Growing up with the "black panther" mentality, he believed in knowledge is power, and that the pen was mightier then the sword. He was very aware of politics and what was going on socially and politically around him. Tupac also stood up for the people who he identified with the most, the street type, gangsters who ... most. With all the skeptics and haters who say that Tupac was a bad influence on young America, its hard to see the truth, that Tupac was a god given saint, that he was sent to deliver a message. In the words of Quincy Jones,...

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