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| Amaru Entertainment | |
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| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder | Afeni Shakur |
| Distributor(s) | Interscope |
| Genre | Hip-hop |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Marin City, California, United States |
Amaru Entertainment (formerly Amaru Records) was an American record label founded in 1997 by Afeni Shakur after the death of her son Tupac 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 Tupac: Resurrection .
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]
