Running head: Tupac Shakur Biography Tupac Shakur Veronica Hernandez 11/26/2012 Tupac Shakur demonstrates the power of words weather it was through the rap game that made him a musical icon or the poems that he wrote in his private moments. Born in Brooklyn‚ NY later moved to California where he grew a huge fan base because of his career in rapping and also worked as an actor. During his career he became entangled in a dispute against East Coast and West Coast rappers‚ he was
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Tupac Shakur 1971-1996 Born: June 16‚ 1971 in New York‚ New York‚ United States Died: September 13‚ 1996 in Las Vegas‚ Nevada‚ United States Ethnicity: African American Occupation: Rap Musician‚ Musician‚ Actor "Don’t shed a tear for me ... / I ain’t happy here / I hope they bury me and send me to my rest / Headlines readin’ murdered to death."--from "If I Die Tonight" on Me against the World (1995) BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY With his tattoo-splattered physique‚ piercing deep-set eyes‚ and shaved
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I cry by Tupac Shakur review Tupac Shakur is known by his stage name 2pac. He was born on June 16‚ 1971 and he passed away on September 13‚ 1996. He got he’s education at Paul Laurence Dunbar high school. And he also went to Baltimore school for the arts. He was a legend in hip-hop and rap for his talent. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide. He was also one of the best-selling music artists in the world. Many people didn’t like rap and still to this day people don’t like rap. The only
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The Influence of Hip-Hop on Young adults Hip-hop is a new type of music that has been gradually increasing in popularity in the past three decades And like other music it can be very influential‚ and hip-hop has been anything but short on that. From sculpting the way modern day youth speak and introducing words that are used in everyday talk nowadays to how the youth may even dress or act. But are these influences on our youth positive or negative? There are critics that argue that people who listen
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Hip hop is a musical genre which developed alongside hip hop culture‚ defined by key stylistic elements such as rapping‚ DJing‚ sampling‚ scratching and beatboxing. Hip hop began in the Bronx of New York City in the 1970s‚ primarily among African Americans‚ Jamaican Americans‚ and‚ to an extent‚ Latino Americans. The term rap is often used synonymously with hip hop‚ but hip hop denotes the practices of an entire subculture. Rapping‚ also referred to as MCing or emceeing‚ is a vocal style in which
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Early life Tupac Amaru Shakur was born in the East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City.[3] He was named after Túpac Amaru II‚ an Incan revolutionary who led an indigenous uprising against Spain and subsequently received capital punishment. His mother‚ Afeni Shakur‚ was an active member of the Black Panther Party in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s; Shakur was born just one month after her acquittal on more than 150 charges of "Conspiracy against the United States government and
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On September 13‚ 1996‚ the charismatic and widely popular “gangsta” rapper Tupac Shakur died in a Las Vegas hospital of gunshot wounds six days after he suffered in a drive-by shooting. On September 7‚ Tupac and Suge Knight attended the Mike Tyson- Bruce Seldon prizefight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. As Tupac Shakur were leaving the MGM Grand‚ he and his bodyguard got into an altercation with a young black man believed to be Orlando Anderson‚ a member of a rival gang‚ The Southside Crips. It was
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“Hip-hop reflects the truth‚ and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It ’s a platform where we could offer information‚ but it ’s also an escape.”- Busta Rhymes (Hip Hop Quotes) Hip hop does contain a largely negative influence into the American society by black men getting into violence‚ assaulting black women physically and concerning about their education‚ their employment and their incarceration. The hip hop music influence young black
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English 112B “Changes” by Tupac Shakur The Problem of racism‚ police violence and poverty is still a big social issue. It was worse in 1990s than now but the things are getting better because of some motivational leaders and citizens who gave their life for change. The song “Changes” by Tupac Shakur is one of the more famous songs in history. It is a reference to social issues faced by African-American in the 1990s and some places in present days. Most of the songs by Tupac reflect the racism‚ violence
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Holograms Long before phone text and email were invented‚ Princess Leia used holographic message to ask help from Obi-Wan Kenobi. While we still can’t use that technology to send message‚ John Pepper invented an old stage trick to show people how Tupac Shakur used to look
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