Tupac Shakur
Who is the father of the legendary rapper Tupac Shakur? Learn all there is to know about Billy Garland.
Tupac Shakur is often known as one of the most legendary and influential rappers of all time. The West Coast rap mogul enjoyed plenty of influence during his heyday as well as after his death in 1996, and still is considered to be one of the greatest rappers of all time.
While Tupac’s relationship with his mom is very well known, his father is not as well known. As it turns out, Tupac‘s biological father, Billy Garland, has revealed his disappointment in the recent Hulu docu-series, Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni & Tupac Shakur. In March, a trailer was released for the upcoming documentary, revealing its premise of exploring the relationship between the Death Row rapper and his mother Afeni, who was a Black Panther.
Earlier this month, in a clip from a The Art Of Dialogue interview, Garland revealed that he was somewhat “disappointed” when he saw the Dear Mama docu-series. He recounted how the interview he was filmed for came about, and how if he knew how they would edit it then wouldn’t have taken part.
Billy Garland was visibly disgruntled at Tupac releasing the “Dear Mama” song.
“Allen Hughes [director] asked me to do an interview,” said Garland. “He didn’t tell me anything about Dear Mama. He didn’t tell me too much about anything other than it was about Tupac… I denied him at first. I didn’t want to do no interviews and every time I did an interview, it was always taken out of light.” He said that was interviewed for “two hours” but when he saw his excepts in the show, he “was slightly disappointed.”
“I didn’t like [Dear Mama], to be honest with you. It was more about something else than [it was] about Tupac. If I knew it was about Dear Mama I might’ve still did it, but I probably wouldn’t have.”
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