Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur: Changes (FX Friday April 21, 2023)

Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur Changes airs Tonight on FX

Tupac explodes into the limelight, but balancing his roles as a mainstream star and a militant activist isn’t easy. Afeni and her Panther colleagues get caught up in a political show trial that could lead to their incarceration because of her involvement.

Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur: Changes airs Friday April 21, 2023 at 22:30 on FX

Season 1 Episode 2

From Allen Hughes, Dear Mama dives into the personal relationship of mother and son, Afeni and Tupac Shakur, a revolutionary and one of the most influential artists of all time. Afeni Shakur was a revolutionary, an intellect and a voice for the people. She became a feminist darling of the ’70s, a female leader in the movement amidst the macho milieu of the Black Panther Party. Tupac was a rapper and poet, a political visionary and philosopher who became known as one of the greatest rap artists of all time. In addition to becoming a global sex symbol and media favorite for his outspoken and sometimes outrageous antics, he would eventually become the poster child for modern Black activism. Their story chronicles the possibilities and contradictions of the United States from a time of revolutionary fervor to Hip Hop culture’s most ostentatious decade.

For Tupac superfans, Hughes promises there will be never seen before audio and video footage.

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