Tupac Accomplishments
Aprie Knight
Mrs. Range
4th-ENG I 1/31/16 Remember Me
I chose to do my project on Tupac Shakur, because he is one of my many inspirations. He was mostly known for his music and making the term “Thug Life” famous. He was also known for his acting abilities. Additionally, Tupac was an advocate of creative arts, a supporter of the Black Panthers and contributed to several charities.
Tupac is instrumental, because he spoke about real things that were happening in the world. He also cared about people and the community. For example, he contributed to the Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopez Foundation and “A Place Called Home.’’ He opened people’s eyes about the problems in the black community that happened in the …show more content…
He had the number one album in the country during 1995 called ‘‘Me Against the World.” During that time he was also signed to Death Row Records. He acted with Janet Jackson in Poetic Justice and he was also in Above the Rim as Birdy. He produced his own music video called 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted. He also wrote poems. One of his poems is called “Liberty Needs Glasses.”
He wasn’t all about his music, acting and poetry. After receiving a letter from the parents of Joshua a very ill young dying boy whose last wish was to meet him. Tupac flew to Maryland to meet Joshua and took him to a basketball game. Soon after hearing of Joshua’s death Tupac renamed his publishing company from Ghetto Gospel Music to Joshua’s Dream.
Sadly tragedy struck. On September 13, 1996 Tupac Amuru Shakur was shot and killed. But even after his death he is still celebrated and greatly missed. There has even been a hologram created for the late rapper in his honor. They used the hologram in two-thousand and twelve for a performance with Dr.Dre and Snoop Dogg at Coachella. He will always be remembered by his music and his other great
Mrs. Range
4th-ENG I 1/31/16 Remember Me
I chose to do my project on Tupac Shakur, because he is one of my many inspirations. He was mostly known for his music and making the term “Thug Life” famous. He was also known for his acting abilities. Additionally, Tupac was an advocate of creative arts, a supporter of the Black Panthers and contributed to several charities.
Tupac is instrumental, because he spoke about real things that were happening in the world. He also cared about people and the community. For example, he contributed to the Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopez Foundation and “A Place Called Home.’’ He opened people’s eyes about the problems in the black community that happened in the …show more content…
He had the number one album in the country during 1995 called ‘‘Me Against the World.” During that time he was also signed to Death Row Records. He acted with Janet Jackson in Poetic Justice and he was also in Above the Rim as Birdy. He produced his own music video called 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted. He also wrote poems. One of his poems is called “Liberty Needs Glasses.”
He wasn’t all about his music, acting and poetry. After receiving a letter from the parents of Joshua a very ill young dying boy whose last wish was to meet him. Tupac flew to Maryland to meet Joshua and took him to a basketball game. Soon after hearing of Joshua’s death Tupac renamed his publishing company from Ghetto Gospel Music to Joshua’s Dream.
Sadly tragedy struck. On September 13, 1996 Tupac Amuru Shakur was shot and killed. But even after his death he is still celebrated and greatly missed. There has even been a hologram created for the late rapper in his honor. They used the hologram in two-thousand and twelve for a performance with Dr.Dre and Snoop Dogg at Coachella. He will always be remembered by his music and his other great