Tupac Shakur - His Impact on American Culture
Tupac Shakur was a very influential person in the 20th century. He was born on June
16, 1971 in Brooklyn New York, and died on September 13, 1996 in Las Vegas Nevada
(unknown author, no title, no page, letter code C). But his family moved around a lot
while he was a kid (Bastin, J.D.). He eventually ended up in the Bay Area California alone and spent his first two years there homeless (unknown author, no title, n.p., letter code D). He grew up with only his mom and loved her very much. He even wrote a song called Dear Mama to his mom and thanked her for how she tried her best at raising him.
His public career started when he joined the seminal Bay Area rap ensemble (u.a.,
"original area," n.p.). He started as a tour dancer but then started rapping live (u.a.,
"original area," n.p.). From there he released a couple albums and then was offered to be
in some movies. He became friends with a couple of popular rap artists like Snoop Doggy
Dogg and Dr. Dre (Placid n.p.). He made some songs and music videos with them that
made it big on the Billboard charts. This really helped his popularity. He released a double CD with the songs on it and a lot of his own songs and sold millions of copies (u.a., n.t., n.p. letter code D) More people were influenced to buy his CD. People listened to the music and did what he said he did. So Tupac was influencing all of these people.
Tupac was rich and famous now. He was showing off his own style now and didn't need
his popular friends. This is the time that many people saw the real Tupac and loved him.
He was now very influential to fans. They wanted to be just like him. He starred in more
movies and could be who he really was. He did a lot of interviews that showed his beliefs.
He said self esteem and self respect was very important and said "I feel as though I am a
shining prince just like Malcolm and feel that all of us are shining princes, and if we live like shining princes, then whatever we want can be ours. Anything." (Patrick, Tony, n.p.) And when he says all of us, he means all men. He also said he doesn't care if someone is white or black. And no one can be judged by their skin. "So just because it's Black don't mean it's cool, and just because it's White don't mean it's evil."(Patrick, Tony n.p.) If he judged a man, he judged them by what they do ...
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...nds for a new beat really separated his music from others. He didn't use traditional beats that people get tired of. He added a twist to rap and hip-hop music all together. And brought a lot of people to like that.
"Tupac was one of raps most controversial and influential performers" ("tupac" n.p.).
"Tupac Amaur Shakur left a distinct impact on American culture that is still being shown
today" (u.a., n.t., n.p. letter code D) He was one of the most influential persons in the 20th century America. And I believe he will be remembered and loved by a lot for years to come. He has served and will serve as a role model for younger kids growing up today.
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http://www.u.arizona.edu/~bastin/interview.html 22/10/97
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http://.stallion.jsums.edu/~awil0997/tupac/interview.html 22/10/97
Placid, Sylvester. Personal Interview 10/11/97
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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7438/tupac.html 22/10/97
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June 16th, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York. Lesane Parish Crooks was born. Left by his father, Alice Williams, Tupac's mother changed his name from Lesage to Tupac Amaru Shakur. Tupac has moved from Oakland to New York and back again. When he was fifteen he was into writing rap lyrics and gang related subjects. By the time Tupac was eighteen he had been arrested eight times, even serving eight months in prison after being convicted of sexual abuse. Tupac studied the teachings of a war strategist known as Machiavelli in prison.
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