Tupac Amaru Shakur, also known by 2Pac, Makaveli, and Pac, was an American rapper, record producer, actor, and poet. Tupac has sold over 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world, as of 2007. He was born on June 16, 1971, in New York, New York. Most of Tupac's songs are about growing up amid violence and hardship in ghettos, racism, other social problems and conflicts with other rappers during the East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry. Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1996. Tupac Shakur is considered as one of the all-time greats. He was an actor, poet, and rap legend. He was also one of rolling stones 100 greatest artists of all time. The reason why people look so highly …show more content…
of him is because of his poetry because he could act and he did all those artistic things so much. Early life and childhood Tupac Shakur, in full Tupac Amaru Shakur, was born on June 16, 1971. His birth name was Lesane Parish Crooks, but when he was a year old he was renamed Tupac Amaru Shakur after Peruvian revolutionary Tupac Amaru. His mother, Afeni, was an activist who raised him under the black panther philosophy (The Black Panther Party's purpose was to patrol African American neighbourhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality, and fought for economic, social and political equality for particularly African Americans) He spent much of his childhood on the move with his family. In 1986 they settled in Baltimore, Maryland, where Shakur attended the elite Baltimore School of the Arts. He honored himself as a student, both creatively and academically, but his family relocated to Marin City, California, before he could graduate. There Shakur took to the streets, selling drugs and becoming involved in the gang culture and exposing him to the thug lifestyle and violence that would one day provide material for his rap lyrics. Fame In 1990 he joined Digital Underground working as a dancer and vocalist for the Oakland-based rap group. Shakur performed on two Digital Underground albums,” This Is an EP Release” in 1990 and “ Sons of P” in 1991. 1991 is also the year Tupac changed. rap forever. This is the year he released ‘Brenda's got a baby’ and his first album ‘2pacalypse now’ album, which was #64 in the top charts. He also appears in several films such as Poetic Justice (1993), Gang Related (1997), and has the starring role in Juice (1992). Tupac's second album which was released February 16, 1993, featured the two hit singles ‘ I get Around’ and ‘ Keep Ya Head Up’. Keep Ya Head Up was specifically a very significant piece of work and maybe even one of the greatest as he talks about how women have problems as single mothers. This was a very influential song on the hip hop/ rap community. During fame Although he was a rising rap star, he was arrested 5 times from 1992-1994 for violent offenses.
He spent 10 days in prison for beating another rapper with a baseball bat. 15 days in prison for punching director Alan Hews, and in 1995 he was sentenced to about 4 and a half years in prison for sexual assault.In 1995 he became the first artist to reach #1 on the Billboard charts while incarcerated. With his double platinum album, ‘Me Against the World’. Dear Mama, a song that was at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart for 5 weeks and was certified Platinum by the RIAA on July 13, 1995, is a tribute to his mother, Afeni Shakur. In the song, Shakur details his childhood poverty and his mother's addiction to crack cocaine but argues that his love and deep respect for his mother supersede bad memories. This single shows a soft side of Tupac and also shows how much he cares for his mother. After serving 8 months in prison Shakur released the album ‘ All Eyez On Me’. This album reached #1 on the Billboard charts and, featured the hits ‘California Love’ and ‘How Do You Want It.’ Unfortunately Tupac's all Eyez on me record did contribute to the east-coast-west-coast feud that he had with Notorious …show more content…
B.I.G. Death and life after death On September 7, 1996, Shakur was gunned down in Las Vegas while driving with the CEO of death row records.
6 Days later, September 13, 1996, he died of his injuries at University Medical Centre, Las Vegas. Yet rumors still say that he's still alive. After Tupac's death, his estate filed lawsuits against death row records in because of 150 unheard records, 150 million dollars of unpaid loyalty and violation of their contract with Tupac. 1998 was the year in which Tupac's estate was given all unheard records by Tupac. This lead to the releases of his album ‘Greatest Hits’, ‘Better Dayz’, and other songs which were created by using older lyrics to create new songs, eg ‘ Thugz Mansion’ For the first 10 years after his passing 6 albums were released and each of them had hit records on it.15 years after his passing a hologram image showed up at a Dr. Dre concert in Coachella and freaked everyone out. Since his death, there have been 22 released albums. Tupac is essentially the Elvis of the hip-hop community, he's never going to
die. Personality Tupac had a had a Famous tattoo ‘ THUG LIFE’. He embraced the gangster lifestyle, even though his work had meaningful messages. He carried a gun sometimes, he was quick tempered and he didn't always respect women. This was one side of who he was. He is considered as one of the all-time greats. Although he had a ‘gangster’ side he was also considered very energetic, smart and wise. Tupac has had a significant impact on society. He sang about the troubles of growing up with a single parent, having to go through racism every day and has influenced many. Tupac had portrayed a life everyone wanted. He had everyone's respect in the music industry, supportive fans and many people looked up to him.
--Topic Sentence--Tupac and Biggie both were born in New York, spending their early years there. Tupac was primarily from the East Harlem section of Manhattan New York City, New York, but he moved multiple times in his youth. Tupac moved to Baltimore,
In 1997 he went to the Rap Olympics in Los Angeles where a few producers were very impressed and took a demo to Dr. Dre. After the two met, they recorded four songs within the first six hours of working together, creating his first album Marshall Mathers LP. That album was the first rap album to ever be nominated for “Album of the Year” and won 3 Grammy awards. In the first week the album was released, it sold 1.76 million copies in the U.S. which is a record for a solo artist. Eminem has released 10 albums, all rap music. He would spend hours...
Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on June 16, 1971 in New York City to Afeni Shakur, a Black Panther member since 1968. She gave birth to him 2 months after she was released from Women’s House of Detentions in Grenwich Village. She was charged with conspiracy to bomb several New York public locations and just had her bail revoked. In court she represented herself and won against the state of New York in a surprising turn out. In Incan dialect, his name Tupac Amaru means “shining serpent” and Shakur is Arabic for “thankful to God.” For most of his childhood his crack addicted mother shuffled Tupac between the ghettos of Harlem and the Bronx. Young Tupac began his performance career with the 127th Street Ensemble and then enrolled Baltimore School for the Arts where he was educated in ballet and acting. Tupac was forced to drop out of the school because he had to move to California with his mother, where his criminal career began. He left his house at the age of 17 because of the continuous fights with his mother he then began selling/doing drugs, and was homeless for about 2 years. His life was spiraling down wards at a rapid rate. Till one day he got his big break. Tupac always dreamt about being famous someday, now his dream was becoming a reality. He struck a recording deal with Interscope records. He was on his way to super stardom, but as we all know with fame comes problems. He was involved in the shooting of two off duty police officers, although the chargers were later dropped. He was also convicted of rape, and sentenced to 5 years in Clinton Correctional Facilities.
“Keep ya head up things are going to get easier, keep yah head up things will get brighter”. Tupac had such a great talent, which made majority of his songs classics. Most of the rap
Throughout America’s history there have been countless influential leaders that have proudly been American. Those have held positions of politicians, soldiers, and . Kanye Omari West has opened the eyes of today's generation and still continues to shape American history. His musical influence has transformed the lives of countless people. Inspiring many to stand up and fight for what they believe in is something Kanye West continues to do even today.. Also, opening the eyes of many to racial injustice towards African American citizens. I’ll further elaborate my claim in the following paragraphs using historical evidence.
Tupac Amaru Shakur born in East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City. His birth name was Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16 1971. His both parents were members of the Black Panther Party. Tupac Shakur was a vocal participant during the East Coast and West Coast hip hop rivalry. He went to High School in California and Maryland. His career brought him back to New York City. Forget about his education and family background, thinking about how he put himself into his career so successfully. To succeed and accomplishment that made him in legacy…..
On September 7,1996, Tupac Shakur had just left a wrestling match and was at a traffic light when he was shot by a African American male in a white Cadillac. Tupac was allegedly rushed to the hospital and treated for severe gunshot wounds. 2Pac died six days later on September 16,1996, after his mom, Afeni, took him off of life support. This is the news story that everyone hears how 2Pac “died”.
In the same fashion that Elvis defined Rock ‘n’ Roll; Tupac Shakur defined the hip-hop music scene, as we know it today. What made Tupac (also known as 2Pac, or Makaveli) so special were his enormous talent, his on screen friendly looks, and the sense that he was “real” and talked the talk, while walking the walk. Tupac was born on June 16, 1971, Tupac Amaru Shakur. He was named after Tupac Amaru, the Inca Indian that was sentenced to death by the Spaniards. He was originally from Brooklyn, New York. Tupac spent a lot of time moving around as he was growing up. He was the son of a Black Panther activist Afeni Shakur and Billy Garland. Tupac moved from Harlem, to Baltimore, to Oakland. The constant moving caused Tupac to fit into his new communities by joining gangs, and his lengthy rap sheet was created even before his profalic entry into music and film. He was arrested eight times before even turning twenty (MTV.com).
Immediately after Tupac Shakur’s murder the night of September 7, 1996, possible suspects were targeted and investigated. Among the earliest accused was Suge Knight, the creator of Death Row Records (Scott 183). Shakur’s contract with Death Row was a profit vacuum for Knight because of Shakur’s immense talent and popularity. And, allegedly, a four-million dollar insurance policy was enacted on Tupac after signing with Death Row Records, giving Death Row the benefit rather than his family (Scott 183). This policy reinforced the idea that Tupac was the driving money force for Death Row; therefore, he was extremely valuable for the success of the company. As Knight once said, "Tupac IS Death Row." (Johnson and McQuillar 173). However, tension came when Tupac supposedly was ready to depart from Death Row Records once the contract expired, which would negatively affect the success of Death Row (Scott 184). The devastation of Shakur’s departure would cause a major change in Death Row's success, and potentially causing another company to be more successful than Knight’s. T...
Tupac Amaru Shakur was an African-American rapper, poet, and record producer during the 1990’s. In his adolescent years, he attended the Baltimore School for the Arts where he took acting and dance classes, like ballet. He was taught radical politics by his mother, which helped him develop ideas about topics he would later use in his many works. At an early age, Tupac had seen the injustices of the real world. His mother was a former Black Panther activist who turned to substance abuse during Tupac’s childhood. Aside from that, he and his mother also moved many times while they lived together in New York City. While Tupac was in Baltimore, he discovered rap; not long after, he and his mother moved to the West Coast where he joined the rap group
How much does the world really know about Tupac Shakur? Tupac Shakur was a renowned hip hop artist whose rap music brought up many controversial topics. Tupac’s lifestyle played a large role in his contribution to music. Without his continual perseverance through his struggles in his early life, he wouldn’t have accomplished what he has done so later on in his career. His impact on the music industry has also greatly influenced the way society depicts the African American community. Shakur’s music has given white, middle-class Americans an insight on what it’s like to live in an inner city. (Josh Nisker). Tupac’s short life was a stem in the way rap is portrayed and interpreted in modern day hip hop.
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.
Imagine at the age of eight you are the lead singer of one of the most popular bands at the time with multiple songs reaching number one and produces incredibly popular albums, and at the age of around twelve you start a solo career, ("Jackson 5"). Michael Jackson's life was just that, including many multi-million selling songs across two music groups the Jackson 5 at the age eight and going solo at the age of twelve and having many adoring fans it contributed to Jackson being the best pop singer of all time. Although there were rape allegations which people suggest that Michael Jackson should be stripped of his title of the "King of Pop". Michael Jackson even with the faulty allegations, the popularity
Lesane Parish Crooks but was renamed Tupac Amaru Shakur. After his mother joined a gang that was when she changed his name. Tupac was named after an 18th century peruvian revolutionary who was killed by spanish then took his surname another panther called Mutulu Shakur. He was born on June 16th, 1971 in Manhattan, New York. Shukur lived in the east section of Manhattan. Both his mother (Afeni Shakur) and his father (Billy Garland) were active members of the Black Panther club. His mother was acquitted of more than 150 charges a month after tupac's birth. Tupac had 5 brothers and 3 sister, 3 of his brothers were his step-brothers and 2 were his step-sister. He has been around people who been convicted for murder or imprisoned most of his whole life.
It is so hard to become a rapper. But it is harder to become a Great Rapper. I believe Tupac is a great rapper. Not only a great rapper, but the greatest rapper. Like Snoop Dogg had said, “Tupac was many different things at once. Hardheaded and intellectual, courageous and afraid, revolutionary and….oh yeah, don’t get it f***ed up, gangsta.” To be a great rapper, you must have impact, commercial success, be good at song writing, a lot of performances and live shows and lastly, hella good rapping. The first song I heard from tupac was “ambitions az a ridah and all eyes on me” and it was real original so I went and listened to ‘Brenda got a baby’ which made me think “dammmmm he good, he good as hell”