Topac's Influence On Tupac

“I know for a fact who the greatest rapper of all time is,” says the devoted hip-hop fans like myself. Although the rap game has many talented artists, the greatest of all time is one who’s touches my spirit in many ways. Rap is extremely misunderstood, It’s the art of storytelling but has a reputation of being a form of music that symbolizes violence. As a fan, I know there’s more to it than meets the eye, or should I say meets the ear. A lot of rap requires a cultured mind to analyze the complex metaphors and wordplay that good rap music holds. It rests on the content of the song just like any genre of music. A big contribution is who the artist is and how that artist has perceived his or her life. The dispute for the best rapper of all time

Harlem-born Tupac Shakur shook up the industry as a rapper, actor, and activist. One of the most controversial artists of all time, from his family being involved in the black panther party to his many run-ins with the law. People called him a thug and a menace to society, but I refer to him as the GOAT, the greatest of all time. Shakur began acting as a kid. his family eventually moved to Baltimore. Tupac studied jazz, ballet, and poetry while attending Baltimore School for the Arts. At the age of thirteen, he played Travis Younger in “A Raisin in the Sun”, which was performed at the Apollo Theater in Harlem to raise funds for Jessie Jackson's presidential campaign. (“28 Things you didn’t Know About Tupac Shakur.” BuzzFeed.) Tupac starred in films that are classics today like “Juice” and one of my favorite’s “Gridlock’d” a 1997 poetry film where Tupac isn't the thug with the gun for once. His character “Spoon” fights hopelessness with humor while trying to get clean after their bandmate overdosed her first time trying heroin. Tupac shows love for a woman and sensitivity to a friend. Most of his movies portrayed him as a menace but this role showed he can be more than how people view

With songs like “Changes” The lyrics of this song are still relevant as he goes into the everyday struggles of Black people in America or in “Only God can Judge Me” he says, “Got the doctor screaming over me I can make/got a body full of bullet holes, laying here naked” which is how he was murdered. Tupac released “Me Against the World” in 1994, by the year 1995 Tupac had been arrested 6 times since 1993 and with his lengthy record he was sentenced, 11/2 to 41/2 years for a false claim of sex abuse. While on this trial he was shot four times it really felt like Tupac against the world. In 1993 and 1994, he starred in two major motion pictures titled “Poetic Justice” and “Above the Rim”, released two albums and “Thug Life’s Volume 1”, and recorded “Me Against the World”, (“Tupac Shakur.” Wikipedia) one of rap genre’s masterpieces. “Me Against the World” hit number one on the Billboard 200, making Shakur the first artist to accomplish this while serving a prison sentence. (28 Things you didn’t Know About Tupac Shakur.” BuzzFeed.) He painted amazing images of harsh environments. “Me Against the World” stayed at the top the Top 200 for four straight weeks and three singles that were on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart. The heartfelt song "Dear Mama" was a one of many. “Dear Mama” was the third rap song in history to enter the National Recording Registry in 2010. To receive this rare honor, songs in the registry must be at