Mutulu Shakur
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Sep 9, 2026
Aslan PahariHOST
The FBI kept a file on his family.
Aslan PahariHOST
His stepfather, Mutulu Shakur, went underground after being indicted for robbery and murder.
Aslan PahariHOST
His godfather, Geronimo Pratt, served time for a crime he didn't commit.
Aslan PahariHOST
Throughout his childhood, Tupac moved often.
Jeff PearlmanGUEST
And there were a string of different men who came along There was a guy named Leg Saunders, who was kind of a hustler in New York City.
Jeff PearlmanGUEST
There was Mutulu Shakur, who is the father of his sister.
Jeff PearlmanGUEST
And there were different men who came and went and had small impacts in his life.
Jeff PearlmanGUEST
But I think what it reminded Tupac more than anything is that he actually didn't have a male role model.
VladHOST
He was three years old.
VladHOST
The next year, 1975, uh, Afeni ended up marrying Mutulu Shakur.
Billy GarlandGUEST
Mm-hmm.
VladHOST
Who is the brother of her ex-husband, Lumumba.
Billy GarlandGUEST
... don't understand the names and stuff, but when things happen they happen
VladHOST
happenRight.
VladHOST
And Mutulu had a son at the time, Mopreme
Billy GarlandGUEST
Mopreme
Gary DaleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
To him to find out what had happened, [clears throat] excuse me, um, gather information to see who would, who would, uh...
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Did you wind up riding anywhere with Mr. Shakur?
Gary DaleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yes, I rode to the, uh, hospital in the ambulance with him.
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
During that time period, between the time you get to Mr. Shakur and the time period he gets taken into the hospital, are you able to have any sort of communication with Mr. Shakur?
Gary DaleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He was still, uh, talking and I was trying to, I was trying to, uh, convince him to tell me the name of whoever his assailants were.
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And did he ever respond?
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He got the call.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He was in the white Cadillac, and he handed the gun to Suge.
DrectHOST
Mm.
BinkGUEST
But when I talked to Mutulu Shakur on the phone.
The Last MJHOST
Wow.
BinkGUEST
That was different.
BinkGUEST
What?
DrectHOST
Yeah.
DrectHOST
You said Mutulu Shakur?
The Last MJHOST
Yeah.
Mansa MusaHOST
I'm your host, Master Moosey.
Mansa MusaHOST
Today we're joined by Mopreme Shakur, the son of the late, great political prisoner, Mutulu Shakur, and the older stepbrother of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur.
Mansa MusaHOST
Mopreme has recently published a memoir titled This Thug Life, a poetic narrative spanning the rise of the Black Liberation Movement, the birth of hip-hop in New York, and its expansion to the West Coast.
Mansa MusaHOST
Mopreme, thank you for joining us.
Mansa MusaHOST
What compelled you to write this particular memoir?
Mopreme ShakurGUEST
Well, I am Mopreme Shakur, Thug Life Outlaw Immortal.
Mopreme ShakurGUEST
Uh, I am the son of Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepson of Afeni Shakur, brother of Tupac Shakur, uh, nephew of Assata Shakur.
Mopreme ShakurGUEST
You know, that's them, that's my fam, you know, as well as my sister Sekyiwa.
Miles GrayHOST
Right.
Jack O'BrienHOST
And in 1975, she marries Mutulu Shakur, uh, who's a prominent Black liberation activist with a degree in acupuncture who provided holistic healthcare to the local Black community, um, and e- eventually is on one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted, um, for his potential involvement in a robbery, uh, in which two police officers and a guard were killed.
Jack O'BrienHOST
But everything around this time is really hard to know what actually happened because of COINTELPRO.
Jack O'BrienHOST
Um-
Mansa MusaHOST
I'm your host, Mansa Musa.
Mansa MusaHOST
Today we're joined by Mopreme Shakur, the son of the late, great political prisoner Mutulu Shakur, and the older stepbrother of the legendary rapper Tupac Shakur.
Mansa MusaHOST
Mopreme has recently published a memoir titled This Thug Life, a poetic narrative spanning the rise of the Black Liberation Movement, the birth of hip hop in New York, and its expansion to the West Coast.
Mansa MusaHOST
Mopreme, thank you for joining us.
Mansa MusaHOST
What compelled you to write this particular memoir?
Mopreme ShakurGUEST
Well, I am Mopreme Shakur, Thug Life Outlaw Immortal.
Mopreme ShakurGUEST
Uh, I am the son of Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepson of Afeni Shakur, brother of Tupac Shakur, uh, nephew of Assata Shakur.
Mopreme ShakurGUEST
You know, that's them, that's my fam, you know, as well as my sister Sekyiwa.