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This article is about 2Pac's song. For other uses, see Keep Your Head Up.

single by 2Pac

"Keep Ya Head Up" is a song by American rapper 2Pac from his second studio album, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z ().

It was released on October 28, by Interscope Records as the album's third single, peaking at numbers 12 and 13 on the US Billboard Hot and Cash Box Top

Background

The song features R&B singer Dave Hollister and is dedicated to Shakur's godson Elijah, and Corin, daughter of Salt from Salt-N-Pepa^[2] — the two had met through Treach of Naughty by Nature.^[3] The song focuses on black womanhood.^[2] Additionally, it makes reference to Latasha Harlins, who was shot by a Korean shopkeeper in , increasing tensions between the Black and Korean communities of Los Angeles before the Los Angeles riots.^[2] The music video for the song opens up with the words "Dedicated to the memory of Latasha Harlins, it's still on."