For Immediate Release:



June 17, 2008

Los Angeles, CA  - Rap icon and member of the legendary
group Thug Life, Mopreme Shakur will help bring the story of his
father, Dr. Mutulu Shakur, to life on BET in an upcoming episode of
"American Gangster" tentatively titled "Mutulu Shakur and The Republic
of New Afrika". The episode is set to air in the season finale on 
January 15th 2009.

As a regular viewer of the show's first two seasons, Mopreme reached
out to the producers to develop interest in his father's story.  A
political prisoner imprisoned for his revolutionary activities in the
1960s and 1970s, Dr. Shakur's story is not typical of those told on
the show.  Nonetheless, Dr. Shakur's role both in the civil rights
movement and as step-father and mentor to the legendary, late Tupac
Shakur compelled the producers to take a more critical look at the
term "gangster" and include his story amongst those that will be told
in the upcoming season.

Mopreme remains actively involved in the episode's production as a
consulting producer, providing insight, direction, subject matter for
interviews and acting as a liaison between the show and his father. 
Mopreme will also be featured in the episode where he talks about his
childhood as the son of a revolutionary and how that impacted both his
and his brother Tupac's professional and political development. 
Mopreme will take viewers on an historical tour of the Shakur family's
earliest residences and places of work.  Viewers can also expect
surprise interviews with political and entertainment icons, all of
whom knew, worked with or were touched by Dr. Mutulu Shakur.

"I knew my father isn't the kind of gangster they had been doing
stories about, but I thought that if my father suffers from all the
consequences of being labeled and incarcerated as a gangster by the
system that at the very least he could benefit from his story being
told", explained Shakur about his reasons for working on the "American
Gangster" series.  "I'm very excited to be working on this episode
because my father is an important figure in the civil rights movement
and his story should be remembered as a part of American history, so
some of the positive things can be known about him and the  Shakur
legacy."

Dr. Mutulu Shakur was an important leader the Republic of New Afrika who
was implicated in the liberation of Assata Shakur and Brinks robberies
in the New York area.  He was ultimately convicted and sentenced to 60
years in Federal Prison.  Though there was little to no hard evidence
of his involvement in these crimes, he was convicted under the RICO
(Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act in 1986.  He and
his supporters maintain his innocence and further that he is a
political prisoner because the real motivation for his incarceration
lies in his activities as a revolutionary figure and not for the
crimes he was convicted of committing.

The episode is slated to air in November on BET.  In addition to Dr,
Mutulu Shakur, the upcoming season of "American Gangster" will also
document the lives of Mac Dre, Larry Davis, Monster Cody and J. Edgar
Hoover, among others.



About Mopreme Shakur 

Mopreme Shakur is one of the founding members of the legendary hip hop
group, Thug Life.  Following the success on his first commercial
project with Tony, Toni, Tone on the hit record Feels Good,
Mopreme recorded and performed with his step-brother Tupac
Shakur until his brother's untimely death in 1996.  A loyal son to his
father, Dr. Mutulu Shakur, Mopreme has been vocal about keeping his
father's story in the public arena.  Some of the recent projects on
which he has worked include being featured in and acting as Producer
of the documentary Tupac Assassination: Conspiracy or
Revenge.  He is also featured in the upcoming film
Parkside and has a solo album being released in 2008
entitled, "Alpha Thug." For more information, please visit 
www.myspace.com/mrmoprmemeshakur.


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