Tupac Shakur's 1995 track "Dear Mama" has been inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry, along with works by 25 other artists.
According to the terms of 2000's National Recording Preservation Act, the content considered for preservation must be 10 years old and have cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance. Nominations were gathered by public submission online and from National Recording Preservation Board members.
"Dear Mama" is described by the National Recording Registry as a "moving and eloquent homage to both his own mother and all mothers struggling to maintain a family in the face of addiction, poverty and societal indifference."
There are now 300 recordings in the National Recording Registry. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington assures that the Library of Congress' Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Virginia will give the public access to recordings and maintain them.
Other recent inductees include R.E.M, Willie Nelson and the 1959 original cast album of Gypsy.
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