2Pac ‘s classic song “Brenda’s Got a Baby” was inspired by a true story — and the story continues.

The incredible story behind one of hip-hop’s most iconic tracks has been revealed, more than 30 years after its release.

*To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the hip hop crime classic “Juice,” director Ernest R. Dickerson has released an alternate ending that’s got social media buzzing. Dickerson co-wrote the “Juice” ...

Author Jeff Pearlman tracked down the mother and son who inspired Tupac's track 'Brenda's Got A Baby' while penning a new ...

*En Vogue may be Cindy Herron’s claim to fame, but her hip-hop credibility is something to look into. The Ernest Dickerson-directed drama, released on January 17, 1992, celebrates its 25th anniversary ...

Jeff Pearlman, author of the recently released Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur, says he was instrumental in connecting the then-12-year-old girl, “Brenda,” immortalized in ...

The director recalls a fateful night that may have altered the trajectory of the late rapper’s career forever.

A 1991 story in the Daily News, about a pregnant 12-year-old from Brooklyn, served as the inspiration to the breakthrough ...

Tupac Shakur was born in Harlem in 1971 to two members of the Black Panther Party. Taking the name MC New York when he first began rapping, Shakur spent a few of his formative years in Baltimore, and ...

Tupac Shakur biographer Jeff Pearlman talks locating Davonn Hodge, the child that inspired 2Pac's "Brenda's Got A Baby" song; and how he even helped reunite the now 34-year-old man with his mother.