Thug Life: Volume 1

Even if it was fighting for equality or having a conflict with another artist, especially against Notorious B.I.G, Tupac was not scared to voice his opinion. In the book The Vinyl Ain’t Final: Hip Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture it states: "Since his death, Tupac has become an international martyr, a symbol on the level of Bob Marley or Che Guevara, whose life has inspired Tupacistas on the streets of Brazil, memorial murals in the Bronx and Spain, and bandanna-wearing youth gangs in South Africa," (79). Tupac’s influential music has touched not only the people of the rough neighborhoods in America, but many people around the world, similar to the influence of Nirvana’s Kurt…

1) Tupac concentrated on ballet and dance while in secondary school. 2) Tupac genuine name was Lesane Parish Crooks 3) Tupac was conceived in East Harlem, New York, on June 16, 1971. 4) Tupac was named after the South American progressive Túpac Amaru. 5) When he was 13, he played Travis Younger in A Raisin in the Sun. 6) He went to Baltimore School for the Arts, where he took artful dance classes. 7) …

violence, and teenage pregnancy.People loved it and he became very popular.His second album ‘Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z’ was out in 1993.It was more successful than the first one and contained the hits which people listen still nowadays ‘keep Ya Head Up’ and ‘I Get Aroud’.He formed a group’Thug Life along with other rappers, Big Syke, Mopreme Shakur, Rated R and others.They made a lot os succes, they released one album ‘Thug Life: Volume 1’ in 1994..The album was certified Gold in the…

lifestyle but when filtered through negative racial perceptions... these theatrical leant credibility to the assumptions of Black culture..." (Hart 15). The Black Best Friend’s main job is to help their white friend out of problems, their character has little to no context. They are also called the token black friend. They usually tag along behind the white friend with quirky jokes or witty comebacks. They do not have much life of their own, or is not shown in films unless they are helping their…