Amaru Entertainment Explained

Amaru Entertainment
Parent:Universal Music Group
Founder:Afeni Shakur
Status:Defunct
Defunct:2016
Distributor:Interscope
Genre:Hip hop
Country:United States of America
Location:Marin City, California

Amaru Entertainment (formerly Amaru Records) was a record label founded in 1997 by Afeni Shakur after the death of her son Tupac Amaru Shakur. The label was created to handle the release of Tupac's previously unreleased material, and was given the rights to release recordings made during his time at both Interscope and Death Row Records, as well as the rights to re-release his Interscope albums 2Pacalypse Now, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z..., Thug Life, Volume I, and Me Against the World. The label initially distributed its releases through Jive Records, beginning with R U Still Down? (Remember Me),[1] but, as of 2011, the releases were being distributed by Interscope. Amaru has released 11 posthumous albums by 2Pac, as well as a documentary, titled . On May 2, 2016, Afeni Shakur died of a heart attack. Since Afeni's passing, Amaru Entertainment has been managed by Tom Whalley, the music executive who signed Tupac to Interscope Records. Sekyiwa "Set" Shakur, Tupac's younger half-sister and president of the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, has been in an ongoing litigation with Tom Whalley over control of Amaru Entertainment and Tupac's Estate.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amaru Label to Release Shakur CDs. 1997-10-30. Los Angeles Times. en-US. 2019-11-11. Philips. Chuck.
  2. Web site: Tupac's Sister Says Trustee Still Has 'Disregard For Transparency'. Donahue. John. Billboard. 2023-08-29.