Tupac Shakur: A Hip-Hop Inspiration Music is a cultural journal that expresses the realities and emotions of life in a poetic way. For the African American culture‚ music has always been a statement for many controversial topics such as racism‚ religion‚ politics‚ education‚ crime‚ and violence. In the 1990’s‚ Hip-Hop became the newest cultural and artistic voice for the African American population. Genres such as jazz‚ blues‚ rock-n-roll‚ and gospel that once dominated the musical culture
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	"Murda‚ Murda‚ Murda‚ and Kill‚ Kill‚ Kill "‚ these are the lyrics to one of the songs written by Tupac Shakur. Amidst all the controversy surrounding his personal life‚ this artist has managed to overcome all obstacles and spread his hope/hate message to a surprisingly receptive audience. Tupac’s music borrowed from the styles of early rap and hip-hop yet its appeal rested in Tupac himself. His persona of "Thug Poet" opened up a portal into the new genre of "Gangsta Rap
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Tupac Shakur’s Battle Cry to America Ron Shelden 20th Century African-American History Tupac Shakur’s Battle Cry to America Tupac Amaru was an eighteenth century Peruvian rebel leader who‚ although unsuccessful in profoundly altering society during his lifetime‚ became a symbol for independence and human rights for his people. Two-hundred
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We know thousands of rappers. But Tupac Amaru shakur’s life stands above those alone. He was an influential‚ best selling hip hop artist‚ considered by many to be the greatest rapper of all time. His nicknames include 2pac‚ Pac and Makaveli. Among his fans‚ he is known as simply “ Tupac”. The names “ Tupac Amaru” and “ Shakur” mean Shining Serpent in Arabic‚ respectively. Tupac wasn’t his given name; his mother renamed shortly after birth. He was born under Lesane Parish Crooks in Bronx‚ New
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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 Famous rap artist Tupac Shakur was born June 16‚ 1971. He grew up in the west Harlem of New York City. Tupac Shakur began his career as a MC for the hip hop group Digital Underground ‚and then started to begin his solo career as a rap artist . Tupac Shakur’s songs started to become popular when his songs was about the violence in cities‚ racism and many other different problems. Both of his parents and other people in his family were in the Black Panther.Tupac Shakur lived in
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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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Tupac Shakur was born on June 16‚ 197 1 in Brooklyn New York by Afeni Shakur who was a member of the Black Panther Party.Shortly after Tupac was born Afeni changed his name from Lesane Parish Crooks to Tupac Amaru Shakur which meant shining serpent ‚ thankful to god. In 1983 legs who was a drug dealer comes to live with the Shakur family and introduces Afeni to crack. Since Tupac never knew his father‚Tupac claims Legs as his father.In the same year Tupac enrolls in the 127th street ensemble
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after Tupac Amaru‚ an 18th-century South American revolutionary who was executed after leading an indigenous uprising against Spanish rule. His mother‚ afeni Shakur and his father‚ William Garland‚ were active members of the Black Panther party in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Shakur was born a month after his mother was acquitted of more than 150 charges of "Conspiracy against the united states grovement and New York landmarks" in the New York "Panther 21" court case. Shakur lived
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my mind.” --Tupac Amaru Shakur (T.I.P). This quote was spoken by one of hip-hop’s most legendary idols‚ Tupac Shakur. Tupac has become an integral icon of the hip-hop culture and will live on eternally through his dynamic lyrics and poems. Most of Tupac’s raps concerned growing up around violence and hardships in ghettos‚ and racial inequality in the United States. He experienced many of these factors growing up‚ especially race related issues. For instance‚ on October 1991‚ Tupac was stopped
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