Tupac Shakur and his mother, Afeni Shakur, will be the focus of a five-part documentary headed to FX, the network announced Tuesday at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Directed by Allen Hughes,Outlaw: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakurwill recount the story of a mother and son, as told by the people who knew them best.
“There’s a ton of music and a ton of material, but there’s also an unbelievably fascinating biography, which is really a biography about Tupac’s mother and father and how he grew up in various places with them,” FX CEO John Landgraf told reporters at TCA. “[Shakur] is a very fascinating man and a very complicated artist. I think the kinds of stories that appeal to us are the ones that have characters at the center of them but they’re also about humanity.”
He added, “What excites me about this documentary is that even though it’s non-fiction, it falls into all the same categories asAmerican Crime Story. I think there’s still a lot to be excavated through writing a character that’s really worth examining.”