and he made good on that on that promise and we struck up an intense creative friendship,” Hughes said. “It felt like it was three years but it was probably about a year and it produced a crown jewel with ‘Brenda’s Got a Baby’ and the rest is history.”, the five-part series available to stream now via Hulu. Following the show’s release, a new development in the murder investigation of Tupac Shakur was revealed.
Although Joseph and Hughes had long made peace with anyone being charged in the rapper’s death, they’re hopeful justice may one day be served. “Hope I think is there because you want justice and you want resolution. But Afeni always focused on Tupac’s legacy and she never obsessed with the investigation. She never spent her life like some families might have wanting to know the truth,” Joseph said. “Somehow this is reminiscent of what happened in Malcolm X’s case where we never truly understood, or the assassination of Dr.
He continued, “So I think the focus was to build his legacy and the life lessons in that way. And to me, that’s still the concentration. If new answers come, that would be great.” Added Hughes, “I’m hopeful [because] where there’s smoke, there’s fire. And I’m hopeful that the case will be closed. But as Jamal said, the work that Afeni did — as much a mystery that [his death] is, never overshadowed the icon, the legend, the art, the poet, the actor, the hip-hop artist that Tupac is globally. That was never bigger than his work. So Afeni, job well done.”