Author: On Common Ground News

James Burnett is redeveloping the long-neglected Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts in DeKalb County. The Stone Mountain businessman purchased the Memorial Drive property last December and now he has embarked on a project to pay homage to the late rapper icon and his mother, Afeni Shakur, who died of a suspected heart attack on May 2. She was 69. “Since Afeni’s death, we have had so many people stop by to visit, including media who want to know what will happen to the property,” Burnett said. “They are excited to see the work that is going on. The…

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