I Don’t Know You‚ But I Know You’re Important As said by Tupac Shakur‚ “The only thing America respects is power and power concedes nothing. After the LA Riots‚ they tried to calm us down and nothing changed since.” More than sixty people died during the L.A. riots on April 29‚ 1992. Gangs erupted afterwards‚ due to the apparent discrimination of African-Americans from Caucasian officers. In Freedom Writers‚ written and directed by Richard LaGravenese‚ a high school named Woodrow Wilson‚ suffered
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Members of the American hip hop group from Detroit‚ Michigan - D12‚ discussed the beginnings of the American rapper‚ record producer‚ and actor - Eminem‚ saying that individuals thought that Marshall Bruce "Eminem" Mathers III was black when they first heard him rap. The hip hop group D12 was formed in 1996 in the hometown of Eminem (who is the other half of the hip-hop duo Bad Meets Evil)‚ and apparently became famous following the subsequent success of Eminem. Hip-hop artist Kuniva‚ who is a
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Progress Report Scaffold Which brand of paper towel is most absorbent? Aim: The aim of this experiment is to see which brand of paper towel absorbs the most water out of a 200mL beaker. Hypothesis: In this experiment my reasearch has shown that Kleenex Viva would be most likely to absorb the most water as to the amount that the Woolworths homebrand would because of its thickness and the texture of the paper. Variables: |Independent variable |The independent variable
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A lot of us are still chanting “Biggie‚ Biggie‚ Biggie can’t you see‚ some times your words just hypnotize me. I just love your flashy ways...guess that’s why they broke and you’re so paid.” Yes‚ indeed. He was after all‚ “The Notorious B. I. G.”‚ an “American hip-hop star.” Born Christopher George Latore Wallace on this very day‚ May 21 back in 1972. He’s from the Bedford-Stuyvesant ’hood which is located in Brooklyn‚ NY. Being from the “hood‚” and especially in NY‚ he wasn’t born with a silver
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In today’s hip hop music‚ many rappers compare the struggle of growing up in an urban environment to soldiers at war. For example‚ in the rapper Jay Z’s 2002 song “A Ballad for a Fallen Soldier” he points out‚ “On one side we got a hustler getting ready for the block (human beings) Other side you got the soldier getting ready for boot camp (soldiers) They’re both at war (this is life)” (Genius‚ 2015). Jay Z grew up in Brooklyn’s Marcy Projects where he was exposed to drugs‚ poverty and violence which
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hffdd Do African American still have their freedom? That’s what Tupac Shakur would ask if he was still alive. Tupac is the author of the poem “Fallen Star”. Tupac always spoke with deep meaning‚ and he tried to express his feelings. He was a rapper who believed in freedom and respect. “Fallen star” was written for Huey Newton‚ a cofounder of the black panthers. He dedicated the poem to him showing Huey love and respect. Huey was living around the civil rights movement. He tried to be a role model
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that life for everyone isn’t easy and worry-free. In the song "Changes" by Tupac Shakur‚ the rapper illustrates an image of the common inner-city urban street. In his lyrics‚ Shakur describes a scene where white and blacks are enemies‚ and crack sellers are around every corner. Yet‚ even though these lyrics talk about the violence in the streets‚ it talks about needing to make a change within the society. Shakur raps "We need to make changes‚ Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers
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Changes by 2Pac Tupac was born on june 15‚ 1971‚ and grew up to be one of the most influential artists in the world. The song “changes “ by Tupac‚ is about how things will never be the same. Time has shown that we never know what the future holds. While Tupac was growing up in Baltimore‚ In this song‚ he talks about his own experiences that he has been through as well as the things that were going on in America at that time. Tupac talks about how messed up life can be because you can never expect
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With such valuable‚ one- time experience at hand‚ I would wish to spend not only an entertaining‚ interesting evening‚ but one which would also prove valuable‚ meaningful‚ and thought provoking. Such an evening might be fulfilled by dinner and conversation with Marshall Mathers. Marshall Mathers was born on October 17‚ 1972‚ at Saint Joseph‚ Missouri. Marshall Mathers is of Scottish‚ German‚ Swiss and Polish ancestry. Beside the distinguished honor of meeting this man‚ I have several reasons for
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Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on the East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City.[9] He was named after Túpac Amaru II‚[10] a Peruvian revolutionary who led an indigenous uprising against Spain and was subsequently executed.[11] His mother‚ Afeni Shakur‚ and his father‚ Billy Garland‚ were active members of the Black Panther Party in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s; he was born just one month after his mother’s acquittal on more than 150 charges of "Conspiracy against the United
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