Tupac Shakur Tupac was a leading American icon because he crossed cultural‚ racial‚ and economic barriers. From the child in the suburb to the former vice president of the United States‚ everyone recognized Tupac’s iconic status. He had many traits that would make him stand out above the rest‚ and that is what made him the best. His traits are routed in his name because he was named after an Inca Indian revolutionary Tupac Amaru‚ which means "shining serpent"‚ and Shakur is Arabic for "thankful
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both sides to end the lives of two most influential rappers in the music industry‚ Notorious B.I.G and Tupac Shakur. Both rappers with similar backgrounds have changed the music scene completely with one sudden movement. Known mainly for their rivalry against one another and compared because of the backgrounds‚ these two artist had quite a distinctiveness to one another. Notorious B.I.G and Tupac Shakur are great influential artist in the music industry and had similar backgrounds but distinctive
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A Famous Conversation If I could talk to one famous person‚ it would be Tupac. I know Tupac is resting‚ but I have so much I would say to him. I want to meet and have a conversation with Tupac‚ because every other famous person is very rich and changed. They are also greedy and give nothing to the world but stubbornness and hatred. I believe Tupac could have kept rap music from changing the way it is today. Listening to lyrics from Tupac’s songs makes me with that I was able to meet him. I don’t
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Tupac "Changes" Lyrics combined with beat and tempo has the ability to change one’s whole outlook upon a certain subject. In Copland’s theory he states that music should be listened to only the beat. He thinks that music is supposed to be heard on only three planes; expressive‚ sensuous‚ and the musical plane. Yet Copland doesn’t talk about what lyrics add to these planes. In a song called "Changes" by Tupac Shakur ‚ lyrics to this song made it a brilliant example of Copland’s theory on all three
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that comes to mind is Tupac Shakur. Shakur was born in the Bronx on June 16‚ 1971. He was reared by his mother Afeni Shakur who was an active member of the Black Panthers. Tupac’s family later relocated to Oakland‚ California‚ where he spent much of his time on the street. As a kid‚ he was always getting himself into trouble‚ and he was very lonely. He started writing songs to keep himself out of trouble. An article from VIBE magazine "Troubled Times for Tupac Shakur" quotes Tupac. "’I was lonely‚ I
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Song Lyric Analysis Hit Em Up Tupac 1) I know the artist was very mad at a group of people music artists from the east coast. this song was a response they way east coast rappers were making fun of him while he was in prison‚ and to the people the thought may have set him up in a shooting. 2) The speaker in the song is just a first person‚ him calling out other music artists for wrongs he had felt done against him‚ and wanting to get a chance to get even with them for disrespecting him
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Tupac Amaru Shakur‚ also know as 2pac‚ has appeared in various movies and has written many poems‚ but his legacy will forever remain in his music. Tupac passed away a little over two years ago leaving behind many examples of his lyrical diversity. I intend to show the contrast in Tupac’s lyrics from one album to another. One of the songs on Tupac’s album Me Against the World is called "Dear Mama". In this song Tupac talks about how his mother managed to raise him regardless of the struggles they
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Chris Zenone Tupac Shakur Is Still Alive On September 7‚ 1996‚ Tupac Amaru Shakur was riding in the passenger side of a black BMW driven by Marion Suge Knight‚ president of Death Row Records. Tupac and Suge had just finished watching Mike Tyson defeat Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas‚ Nevada. Tupac was standing up through the sunroof while the car was stopped at a traffic light. The Cadillac containing the gunmen passed an entourage of Tupac’s allies‚ many of them bodyguards. Four
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Early life Tupac Amaru Shakur was born in the East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City.[3] He was named after Túpac Amaru II‚ an Incan revolutionary who led an indigenous uprising against Spain and subsequently received capital punishment. His mother‚ Afeni Shakur‚ was an active member of the Black Panther Party in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s; Shakur was born just one month after her acquittal on more than 150 charges of "Conspiracy against the United States government and
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Poet: Tupac Shakur Poem: And 2Morrow Critical Analysis Tupac Shakur is one of the most legendary and popular poetic/rap artists to this day. He is considered to be one of the most influential people of his time‚ influencing every African-American citizen in North America. Thought of as the creator of rap‚ Tupac has sold over seventy-five million albums worldwide although his career ended as quickly as it started. Six‚ is the number of years Tupac spent making rap professionally. Thirteen
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