Waiting on Reparations

The Shakurs

This week, Dope KNife and Linqua Franqa shake the Shakur family tree, probing the revolutionary lives of Tupac's godmother, Assata Shakur, his mother, Afeni Shakur, and his stepfather, Mutulu Shakur. In the music discussion, they examine how these black revolutionary influences are found in Pac's catalogue as well as rap writ large, from Pac's own "White Manz World" and his collection of poetry, "The Rose That Grew from Concrete" to Common's biographical track, "Song for Assata."  Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Waiting on Reparations is a show about Hip Hop and politics. Hosts Dope Knife, a rapper and visual artist, and Linqua Franqa, hip hop artist and politician, explore the history of public policy and its impacts on Hip Hop life; what Hip Hop culture tells us about our political reality; and the role of Hip Hop in shaping our political future.