"The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs ... tattoo on her left forearm that said "Thug Life," In reference to Tupac Shakur, son of Black Panther Afeni Shakur, who was slain in 1996.

There are plenty of fans of Tupac Shakur who would have no idea that the rapper who sang "How Do You Want It" and "Str8 Ballin'" could also do a pretty good Langston Hughes with poems like "The ...