Afenia Shakur (left). mother of Tupac Shakur (right). Getty Images by A.D. Carson, University of Virginia In hip-hop music, it sometimes seems as if songs to and about mothers are common enough that audiences might take them for granted. As someone who studies hip-hop and how it shapes and is shaped by society and culture, … Continued
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