Geronimo Pratt

His stepfather, Mutulu Shakur, went underground after being indicted for robbery and murder.

His godfather, Geronimo Pratt, served time for a crime he didn't commit.

Throughout his childhood, Tupac moved often.

First Baltimore, where he studied acting and ballet at the School for the Arts.

Like, you're talking

about a guy whose godfather was Geronimo Pratt, the legendary Black Panther.

His mama and auntie, Fannie and Assata Shakur, defended themselves in federal court while she was pregnant with him.

The man was clearly Jada Pinkett's first love, which means that Will Smith is the consolation prize to Tupac.

That became my specialty.

And I think my first view of it was when Geronimo Pratt was at San Quentin.

What a name.

Right? Geronimo Pratt.

I saw...

Somehow on PBS or some channel, there was a piece that showed him in prison.

And I remember this was when I was still in law school.

And I said, you know what, I want to be able to help him at some point.

Eldridge Cleaver fled to Algeria.

Geronimo Pratt spent 27 years in prison on a conviction that was eventually vacated.

Fred Hampton did not get the chance to run at all.

The common thread is not that each of them was innocent of everything.

And then a lot, a lot of people who are...

Hi- his godfather was Elmer Geronimo Pratt, who spent 27 years in prison for the rob- robbery and murder of a teacher.

In 1991, it was ruled that the DA's office and LAPD withheld evidence denying him of a fair trial.

So yeah, COINTELPRO's all over the place.