This Thug's Life: An Unapologetically Black Story
Maurice "Mopreme" Shakur
Dafina
Mopreme Shakur has been known by many names. Fitting for a multi-hyphenate like Mo: hip hop artist and sole surviving member of T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E. and Outlaw Immortalz, soldier, writer, husband and father, filmmaker, record producer, and the big brother of, and co-collaborator with, the legendary Tupac Shakur.
The one thing Mo hasn’t done—until now—is tell his story, one of complex family relationships, fame, tragedy, politics, musical innovation, and brotherly love.
In this memoir, Mo shares not just an intimately personal story of family, but also one of resilience, a quest for racial justice informed by decades of struggle for Black liberation long before the Black Lives Matter movement, and of two brothers who rose from the streets to become icons.