Tupac Shakur

The essay "Tupac and My Non-thug Life" by Jenee Desmond-Harris starts off with her coming home cheerleading practice. Her mom informed her that her favorite rapper, Tupac, her and her friend loved so much died. He died in a Las Vegas shooting. It was all over the news and a lot of phone calls were made. Her and her best friend, Thea, got together and drank alcohol to help with the pain of losing Tupac. They put tattoos on their stomachs and described what they were wearing and what they looked…

Ne-Yo’s real name is Shaffer Chimere Smith. He was born on October 18, 1982 in Camden, Arkansas. He was mainly raised by his mom in Las Vegas, Nevada where he started to develop skills for songwriting. Ne-Yo entered the music scene as one part of an R&B group called Envy but the band sadly parted ways in 2000. He was then signed by Columbia Records, only to find his album project being disappointingly shelved for more than a year, prompting him to leave the company empty-handed. However, a song…

reputation is not always uniform, meaning it opens a debate about a certain person, action or event. That’s the case of the most famous rapper of all time Tupac Shakur. Many believe him to be a leader, an innovator, a genius. While others criticize him for his…

“I spoke to the devil in Miami, he said everything would be fine”. Good morning/ Afternoon members of the Poetry Road Show. Jahseh Onfroy, better known by his stage name XXXTentacion, is an American rapper from Lauderhill, Florida. Despite best been known for his breakthrough track, “look at me”, containing, vile, explicit language, he has been misrepresented. Throughout his career, Jahseh has expressed his feelings of depression and grief. This is evident in his track, “I Spoke to The Devil in…

Shawn Corey Carter, also better known as Jay Z, is a rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. Jay Z was born on December four, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York, being at the age of forty-five today. I believe Jay Z is a charismatic leader because of everything he went through and achieved for it. Jay Z grew up in a drug-infested area called the Marcy Projects, where he ended up associating his life with gun-violence and drugs. Jay Z's father, Adnes Reeves, left the family when Jay Z was at the age…

Hardworking, energetic, and gifted with talent, Jaquae is the new hip-hop artist to hit the scene. Uniquely-equipped with a distinctive sound, Jaquae’s exceptional ability to make music come alive with storytelling has crowned him the “Hook King.” With just a few years on the music scene, Jaquae has laid down hooks for big name such as Pappose, Rick Ross, Jim Jones, Maino, among others. Born in Harlem, New York and raised in South Carolina, Jaquae began his profession in the entertainment…

Since a young age, Robert DeShaun Peace exhibited two different personalities, each corresponding to a different name of his. Rob was the part of him his mother wanted him to be: a studious, hardworking, correct young man who would go far in life. He went by Shawn when he was hanging around the neighborhood, with his dad’s contacts and the Burger Boyz, smoking or dealing. Ironically, each personality exhibited different stereotypical aspects of Hip Hop culture. Some he embraced, such as the idea…

My top three rappers of all time are Meek Mill, Young Pappy and Kodak Black and they are probably everybody else's too. But the best songs by Meek Mill are “Dreams & Nightmares”, “Trillest” and “War time”. These songs are the best because he killin the mic. Next it’s Kodak Black and he from Florida an he is not really know around the world but in our generation he is. An his best song is “Skrilla”, “Skirt” and “No flocking” and he have that dancing music. Next is Young Pappy he is the best…

Friday, when you hear that word most people think of the day before Saturday and the one right after Thursday. It’s the last day of the week before the weekend and for the most part the last day of work or school. But when I think of Friday I think of the movie. Some famous lines from the movie is “Bye Felisha,” “No sugar? Yall aint never got two things that match. Either yall got Kool-Aid no sugar, peanut butter no jelly, ham no burger.” But I’m not here to talk about the movie I’m here to talk…

When I think of the sentence where Tupac says in his poem “In the Depths of Solitude” “I exists in the depths of solitude / pondering my true goal” (1-2). I see it as him saying he is alone and, having to find what his purpose in life is. When we get time to think to ourselves we see things in a different light that we might not have seen with others around us. Tupac was a very successful rapper he in my opinion probably only got a couple of minutes alone. However like many others that are…