From Black Power to hip hop: The evolution of Mopreme Shakur

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How are hip hop and Black Liberation connected? In this special Black August edition of Rattling the Bars, former political prisoner and Black Panther Mansa Musa sits down with artist, producer, and "Panther Cub" Mopreme Shakur on the rooftop of a hotel in the nation's capital. Together, they explore Shakur’s memoir, This Thug's Life , tracing the trajectory from the rise and fall of Black Power to the birth of hip hop through the eyes of the son of a Panther and the stepbrother of a legend. Additional links/info: Mopreme Shakur, Penguin Random House, This Thug’s Life: An Unapologetically Black Story Credits: Producer / Videographer / Editor: Cameron Granadino Become a supporter of this…