4) Tupac starts the song with a very clear statement “I’m tired of bein’ poor and‚ even worse‚ I’m black” that announces what the song’s is going to talk about. In a decade where police brutality in Afro-American neighbourhood was a real debate‚ Tupac claims “Cops give a damn about a negro‚ Pull the trigger‚ kill a nigga‚ he’s a hero”. Problems are never far from you in these communities even for the younger “Give the crack to the kids‚ who the hell care? One less hungry mouth on the welfare!”. In
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I will compared and contrast two poems that deal with a similar topic of being caged. What I seen comparison in these poems are that we are giving a visual representation of people who are free and successful while there are people who are caged ready to be successful but are kept down either by their peers or the society they live in. In Tupac’s poem the rose represents the desire of people that are caged and how it takes a strong will to reach the so called “freedom”‚ freedom is represent as
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That artist name was Tupac Shakur‚ a rapper who is considered to be one of the best rappers of all time but sadly passed away in 1996. His song “Keep Ya Head Up” addresses issues concerning lack of respect toward the female gender‚ especially poor black women. It has a very
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Tupac Amaru Shakur 1971 - 1996 DOB: June 16‚ 1971 - Brooklyn‚ NY DOD: September 13‚ 1996 - Las Vegas‚ NV Height: 5 ’10 Weight: 168 Mother: Afeni Shakur Father: William Garland Step Father: Jeral Wayne Williams AKA Mutula Shakur Half Sister: Sekyiwa Shakur Half Brother: Maurice Harding (Mopreme of Thug Life) Godfather: Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt Music Groups: One Nation Emcees‚ Two From The Crew‚ Strictly Dope‚ Digital Underground‚ Thug Life‚ Outlaw Immortalz/Outlawz Aliases: MC New York‚ 2Pac‚ Makaveli
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Tupac Shakur What is a thug? Many people consider a thug to be some big gangster- who sells drugs‚ has been in trouble with the law‚ is rebellious‚ etc. According to Tupac Shakur‚ the term "thug" means the underdog‚ not a criminal or someone who is going to hit you over the head in the street- as the media portrays the word (Shakur 122). Even though the images of some rappers seem to send the wrong messages‚ Tupac’s songs are where his real messages are. If people would listen to the words
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good because they can relate to the experiences and the hard times rap artists have gone through. A good example of this is Tupac Shakur in his song titled "Changes." He uses the same beat of the original song written by Phil Collins in 1989‚ "That’s just the way it is." I like Tupac’s remix better because it is more up beat and relates to my generation. I believe that Tupac set a new
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1 / 3 Isabel Chang Period 2 Mrs. Bowley November 13‚ 2013 Fallen Angels Essay Fallen Angels‚ by Walter Dean Myers‚ tells the fictional story of a young man named Richie Perry and his struggles throughout the Vietnam War. The war takes place in Vietnam‚ where North Vietnam is trying to “unify” the country under communism‚ while South Vietnam believed they were under attack from communists and preferred to stay separated. The United States involved itself in the war because our leaders were
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to look at them from different views. In order to draw a bigger picture one cannot simply look a person in one way they must observe that person in many different lights. Tupac Shakur is often categorized as a rapper rather than a poet a thug rather than philosopher. Tupacs poems and lyrics are essential to understanding Tupac as person but even more important to understand him as a rapper. In order to do so his life must be used as a key to unlocking the meaning and understanding of his works. Tupac’s
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Research Paper on Tupac Shakur Tupac Shakur was a famous rapper during the 1990’s. His unique voice and lyrics made a huge impact on the hip hop industry. Tupac became a tragic hero after he got shot and killed on September 13‚ 1976 in Los Angeles. This affected the hip hop industry more than ever. Tupac started showing off his talents at age twelve‚ when he discovered his interests in acting and writing love songs. After Tupac attended the Baltimore School for the Performing Arts‚ a lasting
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of all time‚ then who else is? LL Cool J is widely known amongst the hip-hop community as the grandfather and originator of many different styles and types of rap‚ but in my opinion the greatest rap artist of all time definitely goes to Tupac Amaru Shakur. Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on was born June 16‚ 1971 in New York City and his first name means “Shining Serpent‚” and his last name “Shakur” means “Thankful to God.” At the time in the 1990’s where gangster rap
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