Words for My Comrades - A Political History of Tupac Shakur

''An astounding achievement'' MARCUS J. MOORE ''Learned [and] compassionate'' THE TIMES ''A must-read'' IRISH TIMES Before his murder at twenty-five, Tupac Shakur rose to staggering artistic heights as the pre-eminent storyteller of the 1990s. He recorded several platinum-selling albums, starred in major films and became an activist and political hero known the world over. In this extraordinary cultural history, Dean Van Nguyen reckons with Tupac''s coming of age, fame and influence and how the political machinations that shaped him as a boy have since buoyed his legacy as a icon. Drawing upon conversations with the people who bore witness, Words for My Comrades tells the story of how the energy of the Black political movement was subsumed by consumer culture - and how America produced, in Tupac and his Black Panther mother Afeni, two of its most iconic revolutionaries.

Product details

• Authors: Dean van Nguyen
• Publisher: Orion
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 07.05.2026
• EAN: 9781399615457
• ISBN: 978-1-399-61545-7
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Rhythm and Blues, R’n’B, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, PHILOSOPHY / Political, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop, Rap & Hip-Hop, Political activism, Biography: arts & entertainment, Politics and government, Political science and theory, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Biography: arts and entertainment, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Political ideologies and movements, Political activism / Political engagement, Narrative theme: politics / economics