Mutulu Shakur

Throughout time, “heroes” have come and gone each leaving their mark on the world around them. A sociologist, Orrin Klapp, has noticed trends and patterns in how we as a society define our heroes and how we follow them. In the example of entertainers, he said it was their “box office (ability)” (Klapp 54) that brings in their fans and that can in turn lift them to the status of heroism. I feel it is not just the natural ability of the entertainer that elevates them to the status of hero but also…

Gone Without a Trace Riding peacefully one second, gone the next. On the early morning of March 9th, 1977, Notorious B.I.G., also known as Biggie, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting. Although his death remains as an unsolved mystery in the police records, Notorious B.I.G. was abruptly murdered by LAPD detective David Mack. Notorious was in Los Angeles, California to perform his new album called Life After Death and present a music award to the artist Soul Train. After the ceremony he…

Hip Hop has altered to fit and to adjust to today’s society. My purpose is to inform my audience about the history of Hip Hop throughout the 1990s. Hip Hop is the culture of African Americans. The music speaks of the struggle of the African American community. Hip Hop did not affect the people and their ways. Society does. To start off, I will explain what Hip Hop is. Hip Hop is not only a genre, it is a culture. Within this new culture, Hip Hop has four subcategories. The Four categories are…

Rappers like Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa have brought marijuana to the mainstream, a popular issue today. 2Chainz spoke out on the issue on the Nancy Grace show in favor of legalizing it. Cypress Hill had a firm stance on legalization as well and there music definitely reflected that. With many rappers being huge celebrities it’s no surprise they’ve been offered several endorsement deals. Nas has been featured in both Hennesy and Sprite commercials. Rapper Drake has made a few Sprite commercials…

sitting in a car seat right behind my brother and Rohan is sitting behind me. Aditi is sitting in the middle. My brother, my cousins, and I really want some ice cream. Sasha is playing his loud rap music like Chance the Rapper, Big Sean, and Tupac Shakur. The Toyota Camry is as old as me so there are paint scrapes everywhere, dents near the Massachusetts license plate, and the seatbelt in the back doesn’t really work anymore. We make Rohan sit there because he is the oldest. I didn’t want to…

The poet Tupac Shakur faced a good deal of racial discrimination throughout his life. His poem “The rose that grew from concrete” is about Tupac Shakur sticking to his dream even though the hard times. The speaker describes the feeling of what arise when he held on to his dream. In “The rose grew from concrete” the main literary devices that Tupac Shakur used was metaphor to compare the difficulty of keeping your dream even when no else was there to support you. In “The rose that grew from…

On September 29, 2015, I visited the Tupac Shakur painting at Robert W. Woodruff library. Tupac was a legend and still is even after being desist for over eighteen years. Tupac was born in June 16, 1971 in East Harlem, New York. He was not just a rapper but also a poet, one of his most popular poem is “The rose that grew from concrete.” Pac wrote the poem before he was famous, the poem is about how he came from nothing and sees himself as something beautiful that can succeed from a turbulent and…

"The life of tupac" Prison is not meant for nobody wish i wasnt here.Mama on welfare god please just wrap your arms around us .I get out in a couple days .im in here for making dumb discussions.There is no woment alive that can take my mama place.Finally out cant believe it staying out of trouble.I attended bruce seldon vs mike tyson boxing matchwith shug knight.After leaving the match one of shug knights associates spotted baby lane a gang member from Compton in the mgm grand lobby.Earlier…

"I was your first music, I used to make beats and say Go Tata, Get Busy, Go Tata..I did that for all of my children, some girls too"- Abu I was born in 1988 Hip-Hop's golden year. My parents were teenagers, 17 and 18 years old and just like most kids in the 80s my Abu was engulfed in everything Hip-Hop. Even right now while writing this article he's texting me a plethora of artists that he listened to. For example, Rob Base and DJ Easy Rock, Stetsasonic, Audio Two, Eric B and Rakim and Run DMC…

Dear mama, by 2pac Shakur is dedicated to his mother. It outlines not only the struggles of his mother, but children, women & families alike. He describes the lowlights of his mother's drug addiction, finding a sense of family with gang members and then finally the climb out of his rough upbringings and reflection on the positives. The songs starts off with a warm, soft rhythm and harmony. "You are appreciated" is one of the most powerful lines throughout the whole song. It carries so much…