Tupac Shakur "Live by the gun‚ die by the gun." Tupac Shakur was born Tupac Amaru Shakur (Tupac means "shining serpent" in Inca) in New York City in 1971. He went on to have very successful careers as an actor & rapper. Look around the web for his career information‚ you know that’s not our gig. That said…. On September 7‚ 1996‚ Tupac was in Las Vegas to attend a boxing match between Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon. He was staying at the Luxor Hotel-Casino. The fight was being held at
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David 04/16/2010 Tragic Hero Essay Tupac‚ the one and only‚ is my tragic hero amongst thousands of other people. He was a very successful rap artist‚ poet and actor. Tupac Shakur was a great man who stood up for his rights‚ and reached out to people. He is also a tragic hero because he became a well known rapper‚ and suffered death as a result of his behavior and attitude towards life. Tupac Shakur was born on June 16‚ 1971 in New York. He was a distressed child all of his childhood‚ with
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D’monta Brown Period 5 November 4‚ 2012 Mr. Melchor Tupac Amaru Shakur‚ born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16‚ 1971‚ known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli‚ was an American famous rapper and actor. On the night of September 7‚ 1996‚ Shakur attended the Mike Tyson–Bruce Sheldon boxing match at the MGM GRAND in Las Vegas. After leaving the match‚ one of Knight’s associates spotted 21-year-old Orlando Anderson‚ an alleged member of the Southside Crips‚ in the MGM
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In general‚ poems can be very similar and very different. These two poems by Tupac Shakur and Robert Frost have many similar hardships within their message. They also have many different experiences in their poems.They are both short but have a lot of information. The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur and Fire and Ice by Robert Frost have deep descriptions in detail and they have a similar tone but may lead in two different directions. The Rose That Grew From Concrete is about the struggle
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The aim of this essay is to do a comparison on two poems‚ woman work by Maya angelou and I aint mad at cha by tupac shakur. Maya Angelou is a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. As a poet‚ educator‚ historian‚ best-selling author‚ actress‚ playwright‚ civil-rights activist‚ producer and director‚ she continues to travel the world‚ spreading her legendary wisdom. Within the rhythm of her poetry and elegance of her prose lies
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Tupac Shakur the Tragic figure Tupac was born in New York City‚ where he attended a prestigious Baltimore School of the Arts as a teenager that helped him launch his tragic career. Later on moved to Oakland California were the gangster rap started. He started out as a second-string rapper and dancer for Digital Underground‚ joining only after they had already landed their biggest hit. . By 1994‚ 2Pac rivaled Snoop Dogg as the most controversial figure in rap‚ spending as much time in prison
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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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and the east coast against west coast rappers strived for the topmost spot in the music industry. Tupac took a major risk and released his new song “Keep Ya Head Up”. This song also focuses on a man’s softer side and arguably is one of his best individual performances ever. The poem is an important piece of work because while the rappers in 1993 were referring to women as “hoes” and “bitches”‚ Tupac chose to honor women and refer to them as “sisters”. It is important to people to read about violent
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Rose That Grew from Concrete “are a group poem created by Tupac Amaru Shakur. His message much simpler and more direct rather than complex
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Herc originally created this style of music” (Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia). It was created as a way for people living in poverty in the inner cities to be heard. People outside of the cities didn’t take it very seriously until rappers such as Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. used well-written rhymes and nice beats to catch the attention of people. People started to notice the conditions that people were living in and it was embraced and brought to the spotlight as a major problem in some areas
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