Jamal Joseph
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Jamal Joseph is a U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 writer, director, producer, poet, activist, and educator. While incarcerated for his active participation in the Black Panther Party
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party wasan African-American revolutionary leftist organization. It was active in the United States from 1966 until 1982....

, Joseph earned two college degrees, and wrote five plays and two volumes of poetry. He is currently a professor and Chair of Columbia University’s Graduate Film Division and the artistic director of the New Heritage Theater in Harlem. He has been featured on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, BET's American Gangster and on Tupac's Shakur's "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" Volumes 1 & 2. He is the author of the interactive biography on Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Amaru Shakur , known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide as of 2007, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world...

, Tupac Shakur Legacy
Tupac Shakur Legacy
Tupac Shakur Legacy is an official interactive biography of Tupac Shakur released on August 16, 2006. The author of the book is Jamal Joseph, a friend of the Shakur family and a former Black Panther Party member. The book is published by Atria Books a division of Simon & Schuster...

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Jamal Joseph is nominated for a 2008 Academy Award in the Best Song category for his contributions to the song "Raise It Up
Raise It Up
"Raise It Up" is a single by Slum Village. It was the last single to be released from their album, Fantastic, Vol. 2.- Structure :The song uses a sample from the song "Extra Dry" by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk...

", performed by IMPACT Repertory Theatre and Jamia Nash in the 2007 film August Rush
August Rush
August Rush is a 2007 drama film directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written by Paul Castro, Nick Castle, and James V. Hart, and produced by Richard Barton Lewis.-Plot:...

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