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In the shocking passing of the legendary rapper Tupac’s mother, Afeni Shakur, the song “Dear Mama” was searched and play more than ever before. Now, there’s an original version of the song with a different twist to it.

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Thanks to DJ King Assassin, who worked with Tupac in his earlier years, we have the OG version of “Dear Mama”. This version includes vocals from a rapper affiliated with Ice Cube’s “Da Lench Mob” called Yo-Yo. DJ King Assassin wrote a note to Ambrosia for Heads explaining the the difference of the original song.

“The original version of ‘Dear Mama’ was far different than the version that was released, as far as the hook was constructed”. “Originally, the hook was a sample of a song from the legendary rapper and friend of both of ours named Yo-Yo, from Ice Cube’s Lench Mob. The sample was ‘Wouldn’t be a damn thang without a woman,’ which was taken from the original song from Ice Cube’s ‘This Is A Man’s World,’ with the scratching done, of course, by yours truly DJ King Assassin.”

He went on to explain also that it couldn’t be used because they couldn’t get the samples cleared.

“The day after we had finished up on everything we were in Echo Sound in L.A. when Tupac comes in the studio very upset and proceeds to explain to us that we had to take out Yo-Yo’s part because a person by the name of Pat Charbonet would not give us the clearance to use that part in the song, so we had no choice but to take it out and that’s where even the Richard Pryor excerpt, which you will hear, is completely off the released version of the song.”

Either way, we were still blessed with an amazing song that will forever be a classic.

Rest In Peace Afeni Shakur.

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