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Tupac Shakur definitely felt that California love, and now the city of Oakland is paying tribute to the late icon.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, the city council unanimously voted to rename a section of MacArthur Boulevard\u2014between Grand Avenue and Van Buren Avenue\u2014Tupac Shakur Way. (MacArthur Boulevard will keep its name.)<\/p>\n
The rapper, who was born in Harlem in New York City, once lived on this stretch of Oakland in the early 1990s. \u201cWhen I got to Oakland, that\u2019s when I learned the Game,\u201d he once said in a 1993 interview. \u201cI give all my love to Oakland, if I\u2019ma claim somewhere, I\u2019ma claim Oakland.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to NBC News, the Tupac Shakur Foundation will pay for the commemorative signs and plaques signaling the change. The Oakland City Council has not yet provided a timeline for the official renaming.<\/p>\n
The legislation says the new\u00a0street\u00a0name is a reminder of Shakur\u2019s \u201ccontributions to Oakland and our communities through the celebration of art and culture as an awakening tool towards changes in society.\u201d The mayor of Oakland previously declared that the musician\u2019s birthday (June 16) will be known as Tupac Shakur Day for his contributions to the community.<\/p>\n
Shakur\u2019s family celebrated his legacy last year by\u00a0opening up a pop-up restaurant\u00a0in California. The\u00a0Powamekka Caf\u00e9\u00a0in Los Angeles was opened by his estate on June 16, 2022.<\/p>\n
Also last year, an\u00a0unpublished\u00a0booklet of haikus\u00a0written and illustrated by Shakur went up for auction at Sotheby\u2019s. He created the literary gem when he was just 11 years old as a gift for his godfather and Black Panther activist, Jamal Joseph. (It is also dedicated to three other Black Panther members: Chui Ferguson-El, Sekou Odinga, and Bilal Sunni Ali.) It was expected to fetch between $200,000 and $300,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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