1997 THROWBACK: "C. DELORES TUCKER GOES OFF ON MAKAVELI, INTERSCOPE, AND MARILYN MANSON"

C. DeLores Tucker has a complex legacy. Some remember her as the renowned civil rights activist and politician who marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s and helped advance women’s and voting rights.

Others remember her as the woman who made it her personal mission to eradicate gangsta rap and drew ire from hip-hop legends like Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg, as well as Death Row Records founder Suge Knight, in the 1990s.

Whether one remembers Tucker as the former or the latter largely depends on what generation they were born. However, both descriptions are true of the woman who was unafraid to fight for what she thought was right, regardless of the consequences.