Jamal Joseph, the newly appointed acting chair of Columbia University’s School of the Arts film division, is a writer, director, producer, poet, activist, and educator. He is artistic director of the New Heritage Theatre and Impact Repertory Theatre in Harlem, and has taught in the film division at Columbia for nine years. His new book, Tupac Shakur Legacy, published by Atria, is a biography that features removable reproductions of Tupac’s handwritten lyrics, notebook pages, personal memorabilia, and a CD featuring rare interviews. Tupac Shakur Legacy is available in bookstores now.
