On the 32nd birthday of slain hip hop legend Tupac Shakur, the Hip Hop Community will celebrate his life and legacy. Artists from both coasts will come together to raise money and awareness around the Dare To Struggle Project, which was started by Dr. Mutulu Shakur and dedicated to Tupac. The event will be held at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City and at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles. starts @ 10pm on June 15th (Father’s Day) in NY, and will go until 3 am which is the first few hours of Tupac’s birthday on the June 16th. The event in Los Angeles will be on Saturday June 14th @ 10pm at the Knitting Factory on Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles. This event was organized by Dr.Mutulu Shakur from behind the walls of a Maximum Security Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. Among many other things Dr. Shakur was a leader in his practice of accupunture as a rehabilatation method to drug addiction and was a leader on the National Taskforce for COINTELPRO litigation and Research. Dr. Shakur has been targeted by the state because of his effectiveness and has been a political prisoner in the United.States. for the past 18 years, The event is a benefit and a promotional event for the Dare to Struggle Project. The first goal of the Dare to Stuggle Project was to compile a tribute album to Tupac (which now has been released) which would address the related issues of political prisoners in the United States and the Cointelpro relationship to Hip Hop. Dr. Shakur has been able to organize this event and the Dare to Struggle Project as a whole through his contacts with various production companies and grassroots organizations across the nation. The show in LA will be hosted by Erykah Badu and will have special performances from dead prez, Big Syke, Mopreme, Digital Underground, and various other artists that knew Tupac and/or support his work. In NY the artists invited and that will perform are Tahir, Black Ice from Def Poetry Jam, Rise & Shine, GAME, Don Divino, Smif & Wessin, artists off of the Dare To Struggle CD and a showing of an exclusive MTV interview with Dr. Mutulu Shakur about Tupac. Please come join us as we celebrate Tupac’s birthday and his life and legacy in a positive way and remember in the proper context, as a part of his family’s great contribution and dedication to the liberation of Afikan people.