Tupac (Two-pahk) Amur Shakur‚ commonly known as 2pac‚ led a violent life. He died on September 13‚ 1996. He was a gangsta rapper/Aspiring actor. Tupac was a big figure in the rap community‚ always doing what he wanted and not caring what others thought of him. His life symbolized what a lot of people have gone through‚ through his music and movies he showed us how hard life can be. Tupac was born in Brooklyn‚ NY in 1971. His family and he moved to Baltimore‚ Maryland early in his life. He took Performing
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was once a style only party going New Yorker’s knew about in the 1970’s; yet it has grown to be one of the most widely listened to genres of today. Initially word about this new style of music making got around‚ influencing famous rappers such as Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls to write their inspirational songs using this fairly new style of music making. Common knowledge will tell you that hip hop has grown in popularity over the years‚ and since hip hop has become sub divided into various styles‚
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Anthony Johnson Ms. Perez Language Arts 4/4/13 Tupac Amaru Shukur was born June16‚ 1971 in New York City‚ New York. Born in Brooklyn under the name Lesane Parish Crooks‚ Tupac Shakur received the name with which he came to be known to the world from his mother which was in the Black Panther activist; Afeni Shakur‚ in tribute to Incan revolutionary Tupac Amaru. His biological father had separated from his mother before his birth‚ and his stepfather was imprisoned for armored car robbery when
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Holly Smith Makavelli in this Renaissance The term “Machiavellian” was first coined by Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli but the late rap artist Tupac Shakur has also used the term in his lyrics. Machiavelli was a historian‚ politician‚ diplomat‚ philosopher‚ humanist‚ and writer based in Florence‚ Italy during the Renaissance. Tupac Shakur was a gangster rapper‚ drug dealer‚ poet‚ activist and actor born on the streets of East Harlem‚ New York. These two come from very different backgrounds
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CHANGES—AN ANALYSIS OF TUPAC Historians and cultural critics trace the post-modernist hip hop movement which pioneered sampling and graffiti art to the 1970′s‚ New York‚ a movement rooted in the black nationalism of the black panthers post civil rights movement (Price‚ 2006). Hip Hop has become a dominant global youth culture with music‚ art‚ fashion‚ films and Tupac an icon within this culture a “Black Elvis”. Hip Hop has many different sub genres such as conscious‚ gangsta‚ party rap and with
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II. Rise of Hip-Hop in the mid 70s Worldwide spreading Famous artist who paved the way III. Feuds in the late 70-mid 90s From dancing to speaking How Hip-Hop Slang Beef became popular IV. East vs. West Bio on Biggie Smalls(East) Bio on Tupac Shakur(West) V. Other Examples of Media advantage Roxanne Jay Z vs Nas VI. Subject important to History of APM Big impact on Hip-Hop culture Material used Books Films VII. Conclusion My feelings towards this project What made me decide this
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Women and Men Traditionally‚ the musical genre of Hip-Hop is notoriously known for having crude and obscene lyrics. Generally‚ this statement is justified; however—like everything else—it has its good aspects. In the song “Keep Ya Head Up” by Tupac Shakur‚ best known by his stage name 2Pac‚ he appeals on the most part to females; however‚ depending on the interpretation of the song‚ it can affect and influence anyone. As the title suggests‚ the song refers to women standing tall even though the
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platinum in July 1995.(13)All Eyez on Me was the fourth album completed by Tupac. This album was distributed on February 13‚ 1996 by Death Row and Interscope Records. This record released two singles. The first was
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Poetry Analysis Tupac Amuru Shakur or better known by his stage name 2Pac was an American rapper and actor who came to fame in the 80’s-90’s era. Both Tupac’s mother and father were active members of the “Black Panthers”. Shakur’s parents were very outspoken and tenacious individuals‚ although they divorced during Tupac’s younger years both of their qualities can be seen through Tupac’s words and actions. From an early age Shakur was surrounded by struggle and relatives who were imprisoned‚ this
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Grew from Concrete "Tupac Shakur could possibly be the most influential and compelling of all rappers" (Dyson 106) Do we really know who Tupac was? The famous phrase‚ "never judge a book by its cover" applies to Tupac ’s own personality and character. A first look at Tupac and you see darkness‚ you see a violent man with no purpose or direction in his life. Then you look deeper inside him‚ you step into his shoes and see a kind‚ caring‚ but very confused man. Tupac ’s life story is like any
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