The Rose That Grew From Concrete Summary

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Here is a summary of 2pac's life and death: When Tupac was born on June 16th, 1971 his mom, a member of the Black Panthers was in jail for bombing. When they got out 2pac's family went to Harlem, where his mother began using crack. He had no contact with his biological father, Billy Garland, until he was an adult. Shakur was originally named Lesane Parish Crooks, but his moniker was soon changed to Tupac Amaru Shakur. "Tupac Amaru" means "shining serpent." He had a difficult childhood, moving frequently around in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and the Bronx. Shakur received an education in radical politics from his mother, but he also saw some of life's hardships through her struggles with substance abuse. In his youth, he

explored acting by becoming a member of the 127th Street Ensemble, a Harlem-based theater company. As a teenager, Shakur attended the Baltimore School for the Arts, where he took acting and dance classes, including ballet. While living in Baltimore, he discovered rap and began performing as MC New York. The next year, after recovering from his injuries, Shakur was sentenced to four and a half years in prison in the sexual assault case. Later was released with a changed heart and started acting and played parts in many hit movies. During his career, Shakur had become embroiled in a feud between East Coast and West Coast rappers. He died six days later, on September 13, 1996, from his injuries at a Las Vegas hospital. Shakur was only 25 years old at the time of his death, and his killer has never been caught.

TUPAC SHAKUR
Tupac Shakur was born June 16, 1971, east Harlem, New York City, NY. My reason for selecting Tupac Shakur would be, because he truly impacted my life, inspired, and motivated me. His life really relates with mines in many ways. Tupac had a rough childhood and was raised by his mother most of his life. His mother was single and didn’t have the finical support that was required to groom and model him the way she should. He was moving frequently through the Bronx, Harlem homeless shelters during the years of 1975-1983. During his young years he had no friends he never knew who his real father was and his step father died from drugs. He always wanted to make money to help and pay back his mother and that’s when he started writing poetry.
Tupac once said "“Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?

Proving nature's laws wrong" in his book The Rose That Grew from Concrete. That quote alone wraps his life up showing at birth he had all odds against him was. He was birth into a place of hardship and struggle, and that made one of Tupac's obstacles would be trying try to get through life with little to no money and trying to stay out of trouble in an environment that was filled with violence. Tupac shot 2 off duty Atlanta police officers, and 18 days later he was arrested on sexual abuse charges he didn’t commit. He also spent 15 days in jail for punching a director named Allen Hughes. After being around and growing up around it and being brainwashed that’s its normal its makes it hard to turn

away.
However, Tupac Shakur was birth a member of the Black Panther, which is an organization form to protect and stand up for the blacks from police brutality.

Growing up under these conditions filled with emotional moments of hunger, mental pain, abandonment, and natural of his environment. All together motivated him to write poems to express himself and release the things he had built up within. My favorite poems I love would have to be In the Depths of Solitude, I Cry, Can You See the Pride In the Panther, Untitled 1, and many more. His poems weren’t getting the attention he hoped, so he start using his poetry in a form of music to catch people attention. He also talks about how he feel that poetry and music are nearly the same.
Tupac overcame these obstacles by staying focused not giving up on his mother or himself and working hard. Tupac also served a lot of time behind bars and had time to think about his actions and he wrote about his life including the mistakes he made. He was also was able to start a new life and make peace with himself which is what a lot of people born in that type of environment have to do in order to progress in life. So he started on that path for change and he had a vision and faith. After jail he came out with a whole new attitude his music, poetry, and speeches to the people changed for the

better.
Tupac Shakur is a very educated individual in my eyes I love his mind set, because we think alike and he help inspire my life. Tupac wrote many poems and is an awesome poet and made millions from his work. As he said in one of his interviews “There should be a drug class, there should be sex education, there should be a class on scams, there should be a class on religious cult, there should be a class on police brutality, there should be a class on apathy, there should be on racism in America, there should be a class on why people are hungry, but there not, there’s class on gym, you know, physical education, let’s learn volleyball. One day…you know…there’s classes like algebra where I’ve yet to go to a store and gone xy+2 and give me my y change back thank you. I think you can let me out, I’ve lived alone by myself. And the things that helped me were the things I learned from my mother, from the streets.” I fully agree, and would say he takes knowledge and education very seriously.
However, in the outbreak of his career Shakur had become embroiled in a feud between East Coast and West Coast rappers. He was known to insult his enemies on his tracks. On a trip to Las Vegas to attend a boxing match, Shakur was shot while riding in a car driven by Knight on September 7, 1996. He died six days later, on September 13, 1996, from his injuries at a Las Vegas hospital. Shakur was only 25 years old at the time of his death, and his killer has never been caught. Since his death, numerous albums of his work have been posthumously released, selling millions of copies.