Don Trueten 
#Assata #Shakur, of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, has died at the age of 78 in #Cuba, where she received political asylum in 1984.
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(...) Assata Shakur war Patentante des 1996 gewaltsam ums Leben gekommenen Rappers Tupac Shakur und war in der Rap-Szene mehrfach in Musikstücken ehrend erwähnt worden. Unter anderem widmeten ihr Chuck D von der Band Public Enemy, Paris, David Rovics und Common Lieder, wobei vor allem Commons Aufführung von A Song for Assata bei einer Veranstaltung im Weißen Haus im Mai 2011 für eine Kontroverse sorgte (...)
(...) Assata Shakur was the godmother of rapper Tupac Shakur, who was violently killed in 1996, and was honored in several songs in the rap scene. Among others, Chuck D from the band Public Enemy, Paris, David Rovics, and Common dedicated songs to her,[7] with Common's performance of A Song for Assata at an event at the White House in May 2011 causing particular controversy (...)
Source: German Wikipedia, see also notes in the English Wikipedia / Williams, Houston (May 2, 2005), "U.S. Government Declares $2 Million Bounty For Assata Shakur, Tupac's Godmother