rhymes that captured audiences across America‚ and began to shape a new culture entwined with rap and hip hop culture. Some of the major influences to this new cultural phenomenon were Tupac Shakur‚ Notorious BIG‚ and The Fab 5 basketball team. "As was made most tragically evident by the 1996 and 1997 slayings of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious BIG‚ two of gangsta rap ’s brightest lights"(20). Also‚ " The baggy shorts‚ the black socks‚ the swagger‚ the way they played the game -- a young‚ soon-to-be
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shooting on former friend Tupac Shakur. His hip-hop career was focused by the struggle between Bad Boy Records and Death Row Records‚ which occupied most of his life. Tupac was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas on September 7‚ 1996. Rumors of Biggie’s involvement in Tupac’s murder were showing up almost immediately. Biggie Smalls‚ age 24‚ was pronounced dead at 1:15 A.M. On Sunday‚ March 1997. He was cut down in a fashion eerily similar to that of Tupac Shakur: on a crowded street
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Do Not Judge a Book by Its Cover "What you see is what you get" is a saying that rings in a person’s head when they see someone that looks strange‚ or just different‚ from them. In those cases‚ society is quick to "judge a book by its cover". We see tattoos and piercings on people and automatically assume they are somehow a bad influence or just an evil person. We perceive people with tattoos and piercings negatively because we have been conditioned by society to accept this stereotype‚ which
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and they decide if they want to conquer or be conquered. Tupac‚ Malala and Steven are all grand examples of humans who have overcame obstacles with a growth mindset and resilience. Initially‚ Tupac Shakur is an outstanding example of resiliency because he maintained a growth mindset‚ made it out of the inner city and succeeded as one of the bestselling music artists of all time. According to the poem “The Rose That Grew From Concrete‚” Tupac states “Proving nature’s
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about life that can be portrayed by a majority of cultures across the world. Some exemplars can be revenge‚ sorrow‚ and brotherhood. The short story “Civil Peace‚” the poem “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night‚” and a rap made famous by the rapper Tupac Shakur entitled “Me Against the World” all share a prevalent universal theme. The theme to these influencing pieces of writing is “Never Give Up.” “Civil Peace” is a short story written by a Nigerian named Chinua Achebe. The story tells about a man
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against the white supremacy. Hip-Hop as an expression of protest referring to a whole culture which was oppressed and exploited over centuries became very popular in the United States during the late 20th century. One famous hip hop artist was Tupac Shakur who was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1996. Some of his first recordings were released after his death to give an impression of how socially conscious themes ruled Hip-Hop. One of those records is ’Panther Power’ which is about his vision
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took people out of the rough streets and gave them hope. Malcolm showed strength by being able to control an angry mob with just the raise of a hand. I look up to Malcolm; he is a great leader and had a great story to bad his life was cut short. Tupac Shakur is one of the greatest heroes in the world of hip hop. He spread messages in his music. He
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Making the dress code for shorts be one or the other not 6inches or mid-thigh I strongly disagree with the fact of the shorts dress code rule being 6 inches or mid-thigh because if your shorts are 6 inches and not mid-thigh you can be dress coded; also if you shorts are mid-thigh and not 6 inches you can again be dress coded. I believe it is unfair because it gets to the point of you not knowing if the shorts are in dress code that you have to wear jeans all year even when its 100 degrees out
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Changes by Tupac Millions of people in the world listen to music for all different reasons. Most people all over the world listen to different genres of music in order to relax‚ but not too many people pay attention to the actual lyrics of a song. If you listen to the lyrics of a song you will realize that many songs have important messages or themes to them. An example of this is the lyrics of the song “Changes” by Tupac Shakur. If you listen to this song‚ you will realize that Tupac raps about
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mber 15‚ 2016 There are many conspiracies on whether or not tupac is really dead‚ and quite a few of them make a lot of sense. Most of people who have done research‚ and even written papers on it‚ think that he faked his death‚ payed off a few people‚ and fled to Cuba to live with his aunt‚ Assata (McKnight). Most of Tupac’s songs have some sort of line‚ or statement that could be used as evidence that he is still alive‚ and this is the main contributor to writer’s arguments. The album under
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