Tupac Shakur

simply not true, in those moments alone can help someone reevaluate themselves. Tupac Shakur spent some of his time in solitude pondering goals, trying to find and define himself without compromising who he is. I spend some of my moments in solitude, it allows me to find clarity and reflect on how to approach things in life. Tupac mentioned he was “CONSTANTLY yearning to be accepted and from all receive respect” (Shakur, web), finding acceptance is a constant struggle for most people. From…

The learning event I attended was the Tupac Amaru Shakur exhibit in Robert W. Woodruff library. The exhibit is opened to all AUC students and staff, from Monday-Thursday, 9:00am to 7:00pm. I attended the event on Tuesday November 9th 2015. There were no speakers or performers only tour guides to help assist you in attaining your information. The tour lasted about thirty minutes and I was given a pamphlet explaining what I just experienced. This was somewhat of a guided tour. They first…

Tupac Shakur, also known by his stage name, 2PAC, is a rapper from the 90’s. His songs sold more than 75 million copies.He was a very influential artist. He changed the face of rap forever. He is mostly known for his violence lyrics, and his violence actions. His songs are mostly about drugs, alcohol, gang violence, sex, and other problems he faced growing up. He started his career as a backup dancer with Digital Underground. He then went solo and came out with “2pacalypse” He has many awards…

“CJ, what are you doing?” Desean said. “I wanna be like Tupac.” said Cj. Tupac Shakur was an African American rapper. Most would consider he the best rapper of all time. His songs include: Keep Ya Head Up, Dear Mama, California Love, and many more. Tupac died in a drive by shooting in Las Vegas on September 13, 1996 at the age of 25. CJ was climbing on top of cars in a junkyard. He wanted to be on top of the world like Tupac. Desean told him “Man, you stupid. I’m gonna go get your momma.” CJ…

The songs and artists that I will be comparing today through Ethos, Pathos, and Logos are Merle Haggard in “Mama Tried”, and Tupac Shakur in “Dear Mama”. Merle Haggard was a very important figure in the country music genre in the late sixties, up until the mid-eighties. Haggard Was an ex-con whose best friend was executed when they were in prison which impacted him greatly and caused him to change his way of life. While Haggard was in prison he learned how to impersonate other famous country…

hop, two icons stand as pillars of inspiration and immense tragedy: Biggie Smalls and Tupac Amaru Shakur. The two artists' lives were marked with unparalleled success, talents, rivalry and in the end, untimely deaths. Their stories not only unravel deep into the worlds of hip hop, but American culture itself. What lies beneath the surface of these iconic figures and what do their legacies truly teach us? Tupac Shaqur and Biggie Smalls were two of the most influential people of hip hop in the…

Four bullets, enough to pierce the hearts of millions, but not enough to rupture the reverberating ramification Tupac Shakur left behind. On September 7, 1996, Shakur was leaving a boxing match only to find himself fatally caught up in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. Hurried to a nearby hospital, Shakur was in a serious state of haemorrhaging; his mother Afeni Shakur pleaded the doctor to stop operating after blood loss became too severe. Six days later, he was declared dead after being…

Dear Mama was written by Tupac Shakur in 1995. This song is a tribute to Shakur’s mother Afeni Shakur. Dear Mama portrays Tupac Shakur love for his mother and his appreciation for her work and motherhood throughout his youth. Although this song shows appreciation for Shakur’s mother he points out many struggles and social issues. This social issue includes; drugs, poverty, single mothers, gang affiliation and the absence of fathers in the home. Two Genres of music is used to attract two types of…

heartfelt message delivery. Tupac Shakur is known for his excellence in goal delivery and connecting with people by using real life situations and past events to communicate with his audience; he does this by using Rhymes and Mood to deliver his message in the song “Dear Mama”. When Tupac uses the lines “And even as a crack fiend, mama you was always my black queen mama” (Shakur 17-18) he uses rhymes by connecting two unlikely images of a crack fiend and a black queen. Tupac exalts his mother…

Concrete by Tupac Shakur helped me understand more about tolerance because in most of the poems he’s talked about his struggles. In his poem “Life Through My Eyes” Tupac wrote “[l]ife through my bloodshot eyes/ would scare a square 2 death/ poverty, murder, violence” (11), and that is him talking about the things he’s seen and been through. Later in the poem he wrote “[b]ut mark my words when I say/ my heart will not exist/ unless my destiny comes through/ and puts an end 2 all of this” (Shakur…