What is "shakur"

Shakur is a surname. Notable people with the name include:

• Tupac Shakur (1971–1996), American rapper and actor
• 'Abd Allah II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur (died 1930), last Emir of Harar, Ethiopia (1884–1887)
• Afeni Shakur (1947–2016), former member of the Black Panther Party, mother of Tupac Shakur
• Assata Shakur (born 1947), former Black Panther Party activist and escaped convict (sister of Mutulu Shakur)
• Mopreme Shakur (born 1969), rapper (stepbrother of Tupac Shakur)
• Muhammad ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur, Emir of Harar, Ethiopia (1856–1875)
• Mustafa Shakur (born 1984), basketball player
• Mutulu Shakur (born 1950), Black Liberation Army leader and convicted murderer (father of Mopreme Shakur)
• Sanyika Shakur (born 1963), born Kody Dehjon Scott and also known by his former street moniker Monster, former Los Angeles gang member
• Elias Chacour (born 1939), Archbishop of Akko, Haifa, Nazareth and All Galilee of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 2006 to 2014