Mike Tyson

war’ between the east and west coasts originated in arguments about the ‘ownership’ of the hardcore style of gansta rap” There were many violent and meaningless acts that hurt a few different rapper. Tupac was killed after he beat someone up at a MIke Tyson fight, while many people thought B.I.G killed him in a drive by. According to the article B.I.G was killed 6 months later in a drive by shooting in Los Angeles because people thought he killed…

Porter vs Thurman They say styles make fights, if that’s the case “Show Time” Shawn Porter (26-1) vs Keith “One Time” Thurman (26-0) has the makings to be Fight of the Year. Right now there are speculations that this fight is set for 12-12-15 in Las Vegas Nevada. This fight is so Important for the sport, you have 2 young hungry Boxers looking to make a statement in the Welterweight division, A division which was ruled and reigned by the kingpin Floyd “Money” Mayweather who retired this year…

I considered which story needed revision most. My first submission earned ninety-seven points, while the latter one got less. Ideas flowed for making it better. The other composition I submitted was abstract in its plot. I experimented with second-person through placing readers in the shoes of a ranked heavyweight who has gotten placed into a time machine and transported to an unspecified period in history to fight someone they think is Sonny Liston. There wasn’t a true setting apart from the…

Girl Power What is a Human? A human is a man, woman or child of the species Homo sapiens. It’s been that way for 200,000 years. Yet it took 198,080 of those years until women only had the right to vote. When did men become a different species that is thought of more highly than women? What happened to treat everyone the same? When did a pay inequality of 25 cents per dollar in 27 occupations become “okay” or “part of life”. Imagine you want to play a sport that you love. You are the best one on…

Giving Athletes are good role models they have the power and following to reach out and give voice to people or topics that go unnoticed. Athletes have the ability to gather and give resources that others can not. they have or are still chasing dreams which others can see and can use as inspiration to do the same. Athletes are good role models because they give voice, give back, give inspiration One reason athletes can be good role models is because athletes give voice to people who can not…

joyful or how sad the case there is sufficient poise for drama” (294). “Today’s News” by Elizabeth Alexander illustrates this penchant for drama by juxtaposing the concept of writing poetry with a brawling incident involving heavyweight champion Mike Tyson (Rampersad 1). Lamont B. Steptoe’s “Three Legged Chairs” is replete with images of staggering trees, “bullets in the back,” and people going to their “graves/embittered, enraged, unknown/and screaming” (18). Ray Durem portrays “a black…

parents as I sat in the office chair, spinning round and round. I had been dealt the potent concoction of ADHD and Dyslexia. Each disability alone is enough to put students at a severe disadvantage, but together it is a one-two punch that could put Mike Tyson down. I was faced with a mountain of an obstacle and I had no desire to conquer it. I went through 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade not caring that I was falling way behind my classmates and maintained a D average in English class. “What’s…

Cool Title Have you ever dreamt about how cool it would be to have an exotic pet? Imagine having a pet monkey, deer, chameleon, tiger, bear, lemur, owl, sloth, exotic snake, or exotic bird. It sounds pretty fun, right? The truth is that keeping exotic animals as pets is dangerous for both the animals and those around them. When someone desires to purchase an exotic animal, they most likely want a baby. Innocent animals are torn from their parents at a young age; poachers will even kill the…

The book I’m doing my book report on is called Tupac Shakur: “The Life and Times of an American Icon,” this book talks all about Tupac’s life from beginning to end. Formally known as Tupac Shakur born on June 16 1971 in New York City, birth name was Lesane parish Crooks his mother Afeni Shakur, renamed him Tupac Amaru Shakur a little under a year after Tupac was born, he was named after the South American revolutionary Tupac Amaru. Afeni Shakur was a member of the Black Panther party she was…

My eyes begin to open very slowly, as I had more eye boogers than Donald Trump has money. I can’t seem to focus on anything in the nearly all white room I am in. As I try to rub my eyes, I realize I am tied down to a small, cold, metal table with no sense of where I am. I begin to panic as and attempt to break out of the extremely tight bright orange zip ties and cold metal handcuffs I am locked into. Screaming at the top of my lungs for help, I pissed off who was ever holding me as hostage, as…