| "Keep Ya Head Up" | |
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 Single by 2Pac from the album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... | |
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Released |
16 February 1993 |
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Format |
12", cassette |
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Recorded |
1992 |
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Genre |
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Length |
4:22 |
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Label |
Interscope |
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Writer |
D. Anderson, T. Shakur, R. Troutman |
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Producer |
DJ Daryl |
| 2Pac singles chronology | |
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Previous |
"I Get Around" (1993) |
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Next |
"Papa'z Song" (1994) |
"Keep Ya Head Up" is a single by American rapper 2Pac, released in 1993 on Interscope Records. It is the fourth single from his 1993 album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.... The song features R&B singer Dave Hollister under the stage name "The Black Angel", and was produced by DJ Daryl. The beat is sampled from "Be Alright" by Zapp, and uses the chorus from "O-o-h Child" by The Five Stairsteps.
The music video for the song begins with a dedication to Latasha Harlins, a 15-year-old African-American girl was unlawfully shot and killed by a Korean store owner, who claimed self-defense. The video has a basic format with Shakur seen rapping in the middle of a crowd of people, and has some scenes where he raps while holding a child. His mother Afeni Shakur also appears in the video.
The song later appeared on his 1998 Greatest Hits compilation. A sequel to the song, "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)", was released on Still I Rise, a 1999 album by 2Pac and Outlawz.
| Tupac Shakur | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 2Pacalypse Now • Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... • Me Against the World • All Eyez on Me • The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory |
| Posthumous albums | R U Still Down? (Remember Me) • Still I Rise • Until the End of Time • Better Dayz • Loyal to the Game • Pac's Life |
| Collaborative albums | Thug Life: Volume 1 |
| Live albums | 2Pac Live • Live at the House of Blues |
| Compilation albums | Greatest Hits • The Rose That Grew from Concrete • The Prophet: The Best of the Works • Nu-Mixx Klazzics • Tupac: Resurrection • The Rose, Vol. 2 • The Prophet Returns • Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988-1991 • Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 • Best of 2Pac |
| Singles | "Trapped" • "Brenda's Got a Baby" • "If My Homie Calls" • "Holler If Ya Hear Me" • "I Get Around" • "Keep Ya Head Up" • "Papa'z Song" • "Dear Mama" • "So Many Tears" • "Temptations" • "California Love" • "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" • "How Do U Want It" • "All Bout U" • "I Ain't Mad at Cha" • "Life Goes On" • "Toss It Up" • "To Live & Die in L.A." • "Hail Mary" • "Wanted Dead or Alive" • "Made N*ggaz" |
| Posthumous singles | "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" • "Do for Love" • "Changes" • "Unconditional Love" • "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" • "Who Do U Believe In" • "Until the End of Time" • "Letter 2 My Unborn" • "Thugz Mansion" • "Still Ballin'" • "Runnin' (Dying to Love)" • "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" • "Thugs Get Lonely Too" • "Ghetto Gospel" • "Untouchable" • "Pac's Life" • "Playa Cardz Right" |
| Featured singles | "Call It What U Want" • "Gotta Get Mine" • "Slippin' Into Darkness" • "Be the Realist" • "Smile" • "World Don't Take Me Personally" |
| Other songs | "Same Song" • "I Don't Give a Fuck" • "Cradle to the Grave" • "Pour Out a Little Liquor" • "Runnin' (From tha Police)" • "Hit 'Em Up" |
| Books | The Rose That Grew from Concrete |
| Stage | Holler If Ya Hear Me |
| Documentaries | Biggie & Tupac • Tupac: Resurrection • Tupac: Assassination |
| Related articles | Death of Tupac Shakur • Digital Underground • Discography • East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry • Outlawz • Thug Life |