Amaru Records was founded by Tupac Shakur's mother, Afeni, in early 1997 to handle his music after his untimely death in September 1996. It has released 7 posthumous albums by Tupac and one documentary, Tupac: Resurrection.

Suge Knight and the company's attorney, David Kenner treated 2Pac horribly by lying to him and not paying him his earned revenues. These two had a lawsuit filed against them by 2Pac's mother for Amaru Records. Afeni Shakur did win this lawsuit and now has right to 2Pac's unreleased material.

First off, you should know by now that merchandise sales skyrocket when an artist is killed. You saw it happen with Tupac Shakur and you saw it happen with The Notorious BIG. Suge Knight may have had a plan to kill 2Pac so he could earn all future revenues from 2pac's unreleased material. Not only that, but Death Row Records owed 2Pac a reported $9,892,814 at the time of his death. To achieve not paying 2Pac, Death Row would just lend him cars and jewelry and other shit like that. They wouldn't ever pay the revenues which were in 2Pac's contacts for album sales. It was complete bullshit. Death Row Records even went so far to tell 2pac that he actually owed them money! Obviously, if 2Pac is dead they don't have to worry about ever paying up this money and like I said they'll get all future revenues. Sources say tjay Tupac died with less than 100,000 in his account

Well, 2Pac's contract with Death Row was over. He had already finished enough albums with them and now he had plans to start his own record label. Fortunately, the US court system made a right decision this time by giving all unreleased material to Afeni Shakur, the mother of 2pac & CEO of Amaru Records.


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Amaru Records was founded by Tupac Shakur's mother, Afeni, in early 1997 to handle his music after his untimely death in September 1996. It has released 7 posthumous albums by Tupac and one documentary, Tupac: Resurrection.

Suge Knight and the company's attorney, David Kenner treated 2Pac horribly by lying to him and not paying him his earned revenues. These two had a lawsuit filed against them by 2Pac's mother for Amaru Records. Afeni Shakur did win this lawsuit and now has right to 2Pac's... (read more)