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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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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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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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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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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the lyrics of Tupac Shakur: The notion of "Realness". WORD‚ 55(2)‚ 165-178. doi:10.1080/00437956.2004.11432544 Two researchers from the English department of Wayne State University‚ Detroit‚ Michigan‚ United States‚ Walter F. Edwards and Leslie Ash‚ analyzed the registers used by Tupac Shakur‚ a prominent figure of American hip-hop culture‚ especially in rap culture. Using Tupac’s song lyrics‚ poems‚ and informal interview speech‚ Edward and Ash attempted to compare the way Tupac used African American
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Remember Me I chose to do my project on Tupac Shakur‚ because he is one of my many inspirations. He was mostly known for his music and making the term “Thug Life” famous. He was also known for his acting abilities. Additionally‚ Tupac was an advocate of creative arts‚ a supporter of the Black Panthers and contributed to several charities. Tupac is instrumental‚ because he spoke about real things that were happening in the world. He also cared
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good because they can relate to the experiences and the hard times rap artists have gone through. A good example of this is Tupac Shakur in his song titled "Changes." He uses the same beat of the original song written by Phil Collins in 1989‚ "That’s just the way it is." I like Tupac’s remix better because it is more up beat and relates to my generation. I believe that Tupac set a new
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