Afeni Shakur
Biography
Afeni Shakur Davis was a dedicated activist and mother to renowned rapper Tupac Shakur. Born Alice Williams in 1947, she demonstrated exceptional reading ability at Benjamin Franklin Junior High School in the Bronx, where she also won a journalism award. After becoming a key figure in Tupac's life, Afeni founded the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation and led Amaru Entertainment, Inc., a record and film production company she co-founded.