Numerous tribute songs have been written over the years, but few might be as honest and emotionally raw as Tupac Shakur's "Dear Mama." Released in 1995, the song is about the rapper's mother, Afeni ...

A New York City musician and bus driver named Terrence Thomas has filed a copyright lawsuit claiming he has not been properly credited or paid for his work on Tupac’s classic song, “Dear Mama.” Thomas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Afenia Shakur (left). mother of Tupac Shakur (right). Getty Images In hip-hop music, it sometimes seems as if songs to and about ...

Released as the lead single for Tupac‘s third studio album, Me Against the World (1995), “Dear Mama” went on to become one of the late rapper’s most instantly recognizable songs. With impassioned ...

Tupac Shakur's biological father is opening up about being dissed by the rapper on 'Pac's hit song "Dear Mama." On Tuesday (June 6), The Art of Dialogue released the latest segment of their ...

Terrance Thomas, a New York City bus driver, is claiming that he has not been paid for his contributions to the classic 1995 song. In his lawsuit, he cites that a group led by Tony Pizarro, the lead ...

Evidently, Garland wasn’t too fond of the lyrics, “No love for my daddy, ’cause the coward wasn’t there/He passed away and I didn’t cry.” Not only was Garland very much alive, but he felt the ...

I'm not crying, you're crying. During a recent school talent show, first-grader Juju decided to perform a rap classic, and little man handled it like a pro. As the crowd cheered him on, he went off ...

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 ...