Their lyrics created a canon for the culture. In the tradition of the Old Testament prophets‚ many rappers give vivid depictions of the struggles of daily life. Rappers have emerged as prophets‚ offering laments on behalf of their communities‚ and giving voice
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poison sword. Although Hamlet was already poisoned and knew he was going to die‚ he wanted to make sure that Claudius went down with him. Although Rap disses and killing someone’s father are dissimilar‚ the concept of revenge are alike between the Tupac/Biggie animosity and the Hamlet/Claudius
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the day. She mentions how people of color would be killed and just left there for others to see‚ “Black bodies swingin’ in the Southern breeze/Strange fruit hangin’ from the poplar trees… The bulgin’ eyes and the twisted mouth” (Lines 3-4;6). These lyrics give a descriptive idea that the bodies would be hanged on the trees like if they were a fruit. The song tells how the bodies would just be left hanging on the trees like nothing‚ “For the rain to gather‚ for the wind to suck/For the sun to rot…”
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Artists like TuPac‚ Biggie Smalls‚ Eazy E‚ Snoop Dogg and Pimp c had some of the biggest impacts on the genre of hip hop. Tupac and Biggie Smalls had about the biggest influences on Music until they made their fans choose sides between the two because TuPac was shot five times and robbed and had claimed Biggie and his crew had something to do with it. It had started the biggest beef in hip hop history. TuPac had dropped three or four diss songs to Biggie Smalls
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boundaries the artists crossed for free expression caught the attention of the society. Around the early-to-mid nineties artists that are considered the best of all time‚ such as‚ Tupac and Biggie‚ released albums. They were known for their flow‚ their art form‚ and the way a story was told in each song. After the era of Tupac and Biggie‚ the genre of rap has gone to the gutters. Many people may disagree that the entire genre of rap is atrocious‚ because no one hears what does not play on the radio
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relocation of the Viceroy to Rio de la Plata ignited the Tupac Amaru revolution. Scared about the potential loss of profits‚ the Crown moved the Viceroy located at Lima to Rio de la Plata. The drastic differences in location caused many local elites and colonist to begin to question if the Bourbon regime was capable of governing them. The sale of forced goods and caciques greed manufactured tensions between two popular figures to local Andean people‚ Túpac Amaru and Tomás Katari‚ and acted as the foundation
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Well shit. How do I even end up in these kinds of situations? It’s like‚ one minute I’m at home playing video games‚ and the next minute I’m trying to run away from the Time Cops in 1997. I mean‚ I know that there are rules to time travel‚ but can they just ease up on the whole "Time traveling is banned" stuff. I mean what kind of dictatorship is this? Anyway‚ now back to the story. But‚ before we pick up from where I’m getting viciously chased down by the Temporal Police and their AI companions
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them. On the journey back‚ the Inca died and his son Tupac took over. Tupac was an old friend of Ollantay and he told him that he would have to go through with the sentence but he would allow him to speak first. Ollantay stated that it was “the gods‚ not men‚ who decide who falls in love with whom.”(Bierlein 150-151) Tupac was so moved by this that he revoked Ollantay’s death sentence because he was convinced that it was the will of the gods. Tupac also brought Cusicoller and their daughter back to
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In the article‚ What Does Black Masculinity Look Like?‚ Crunk Feminist Collective has a picture of Tupac who displays a masculine figure by showing his jewelry and tattoos. Through Tupac’s outer image‚ it demanded respect‚ and power. His appearance asserted his dominance which is Hip Hop was about. In the image he has a tattoo that said “Thug Life‚” which portrayed him a tough. Tupac was not a gang member but because he was associated with the likes of Suge Knight‚ many people categorized
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Hi‚ my name is Cava‚ and I am one of the Incas who survived the Spanish conquest. And this is my story… Life before the arrival of the Spanish was very pleasant. My husband Maita and I‚ plus our two children‚ Tupac (our six year old son) and Urpi (our four year old daughter) all lived happily together in the city of Nazca. Maita was a high priest and I was an Acllyacona otherwise called a chosen woman. Together this made us very high in society. Being an acllyancona I served as a weaver. I
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