Argumentative Essay On Tupac

Tupac Shakur was a very influential person in the 20th century. He was born on June

Biggie and Tupac were both big in the music industry, they both created the best feud in Rap/hip hop history. Tupac has sold more than 75 million albums worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. 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 vs. West Coast hip hop rivalry. Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1996.I think Tupac ha a greater impact on rap music than biggie, don’t get me wrong biggie had some good music to, but Tupac songs had a better impact on the people. His music was on his life and situations we go through daily. The song “Keep Your Head Up”, was my favorite

Shakur was an amazing artist of his time and still is. There are an exceeded amount of reasons why I decided to write about Tupac Shakur. He’s had a crazy life and I can’t imagine living the life he’s lived. He’s a very interesting person to research about. There are a lot of different stories, theories, experiences and lessons you can learn by learning about one person. He has a unique life nobody could ever relive. He started from the bottom and lived life like nobody else. Shakur can show you how you can start with a life with nothing, but work your way up to the top. This is just a couple of the reason’s why I chose to read, research and learn about a rap legend. Tupac Shakur had a wild life and a one you can really learn from. It’s really interest me about him, just how he’s lived. Shakur is my most favorite rapper. Everything about him, his music, his life is so unbelieveable. You really can’t even think about a type of life

He had the self control to express himself through his lyrics and say it how it is. Tupac wasn’t only known for his music he had a talent and passion for

     On September 7, 1996, Tupac Amaru Shakur was riding in the passenger side of a black BMW driven by Marion Suge Knight, president of Death Row Records. Tupac and Suge had just finished watching Mike Tyson defeat Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tupac was standing up through the sunroof while the car was stopped at a traffic light. The Cadillac containing the gunmen passed an entourage of Tupac’s allies, many of them bodyguards. Four unidentified men pulled alongside Suge’s car, fired 13 rounds, and sped away. No one gives chase and there were no witnesses on the street. How come? Why not, especially after a heavyweight fight? Tupac was shot in multiple places

Tupac Shakur is one of the most legendary and popular poetic/rap artists to this day. He is considered to be one of the most influential people of his time, influencing every African-American citizen in North America. Thought of as the creator of rap, Tupac has sold over seventy-five million albums worldwide although his career ended as quickly as it started. Six, is the number of years Tupac spent making rap professionally. Thirteen is the number of years Tupac spent writing poetry and rap lyrics. Twenty-five is how old Tupac was when he received four bullets to his chest causing him to pass away. In those twenty-five years, Tupac has influenced millions of people and artists

Tupac Amaru Shakur was a very influential person who overcame many difficulties. Tupac was a rapper of truth that spoke about the things that go on in the “Hood” and the unjust police. He was treated differently because he was black and was even arrested for jaywalking. After he was arrested he was beaten by the cops who wanted him to “learn his place”(Joseph 29). This shows how bad Tupac had it because he was African American. Tupac died an early death at 25 because of a brewing rivalry between the East and West Coast rappers. Shakur was a person who would stand up for what he believed in no matter the cost and died fighting for that. He never let anyone win a battle that he was determined to win and always knew what he was fighting for. His mother was the same, as a loyal member of the Black Panther Party, a group that protected all African Americans from police brutality. Tupac was literally born to be a fighter and carried on his mother's legacy. Despite his rough life, Tupac Shakur became one of the most influential rappers of all time.

Tupac is just one of the many artists that talked about social justice issues. He along with many others gave a voice to people that were scared whilst expressing themselves. Even though Tupac did not have the best life he still found a way to express himself through music. Social justice issues are something that we can left untouched that is why artists talk about them throughout

Not only are they sparking fear in their listeners about guns and killing, but they are also putting a false sense of fear into them about the police department. If the thought

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

“Shakur was the son of Black Panther Party members Billy Garland and Afeni Shakur” (Through their influence, Tupac was raised to challenge police brutality.His first breath through in music came in 1991 as a member of the group Digital Underground. In the same year he received individual recognition for his album “2pacalypse Now” but his one was also the beginning of his notorious opportunity as a leading figure of the gangster permutation of hip-hop, with reference to cop killing and sexual violence.His solo movie career also began in this year with Juice which was in 1992 and Poetic Justice which in 1993 starred his co-star Janet Jackson and him in 1992 . Therefore, his message usually included violence toward police and encouraged the hatred toward them. Many people decided to join in on Tupac’s reassurance of the police discrimination. Tupac had a lot of struggles in his life On the night of November 30, 1994, the day before the verdict in his sexual abuse trial was to be announced, Shakur was robbed and shot five times by three men in the lobby of Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan.Shakur began serving his prison sentence on sexual-assault charges at Clinton Correctional Facility on February 14, 1995. Shortly afterward, he released his Multi-Platinum album Me Against the World. Shakur became the first artist to have an album at number one on the Billboard

In this book written by Greg Kading a former LAPD officer who spent twenty-five years dealing with complex cases like this one retired to later write this book in 2010. He gives some interesting details and reflections from each person who accompanied Biggie and Tupac when they were murdered. Starting from small time rappers and drug dealers to big time musicians and actors, Hollywood sure can change the

When most people hear the name Tupac, they think of a tattooed thug, a gangsta rapper killed in a tragic shooting who only got what was coming to him, a man who lived by the gun, and who died by the gun. However, those people probably have never taken a chance to look beyond what their eyes tell them, past the ignorance and into the depths of the man who really was Tupac.

Tupac loved his life with Death Row Records; during his time with the label, he was at the epitome of his career.

Tupac was raps biggest icon and still to this day is the most popular rapper and it's not because of the theory he's still alive after being shot in September, but his music was meaningful and to most people it was like he was telling the people's story's because he had a big voice that other can't do.