By Allison Kugel

I am a longtime and passionate fan of the work and social ideas of the late legendary Tupac Shakur. When I got the chance to sit down and interview the woman who is behind the branding and professional legacy for Tupac Shakur, I jumped at the chance! Her name is Dina LaPolt, owner of LaPolt Law, P.C. She, in conjunction with Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur, is working very hard to make sure that Tupac Shakur is remembered as the brilliant artist and revolutionary that he was. They also see to it that Tupac's production company, Amaru Entertainment, thrives in the areas of music, poetry, film, and now The Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, which is being built in Atlanta, GA. Dina LaPolt is also co-producer of the Oscar Nominated documentary about Tupac Shakur's life, "Tupac: Resurrection." The Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts is their number one mission, and I am doing my part with this interview to help them carry that out! It's the very least I can do for a brilliant young man who gave so much to the world in his 25 years on earth.


(( Excerpt From The Interview...))

PR.com (Allison Kugel): Dina, you are a co-producer of "Tupac: Resurrection" which is nominated for an Oscar for best documentary feature this year. Congratulations! Are you going to the Oscars on Sunday?

Dina LaPolt: No. I'm going to all these other things that I've been doing all week long. The two people who are actually accepting are the director, Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali who is one of the producers. They got tickets and we had to get Afeni Shakur a ticket and her husband, but when they were the ones who actually got the tickets, a lot of us were relieved.

PR.com: But you'll be somewhere watching it of course…

Dina LaPolt: Oh of course!

PR.com: I'm rooting for you guys on Sunday, because I am a huge Tupac Shakur fan!

Dina LaPolt: Oh really?

PR.com: I'm so passionate about his work!

Dina LaPolt: Wow!

PR.com: I love his music and I love what he stood for. It almost brings tears to my eyes when I think about the fact that he was killed at the age of 25. When it happened I was in college and 21, and now that I'm 30, I look back and I'm like "25?" He was an infant when he died.


To read the entire interview, click here.