Informative Speech: Tupac Shakur

As a poet, Shakur's work is a direct reflection of his life. He blends every aspect of his life together -everything from gang violence to poverty- and displays it to his audience, "Now Tupac had a difficult childhood, moving frequently around the New York City burrows from Brooklyn to the Bronx. He got an education early on from his mother in radical politics, but he also witnessed some of the hardships of life. His mother, she was struggling from a crack cocaine addiction" (McCrudden). Tupac's childhood in the home of Black Panther Party members forced him to see different aspects of life. Many of his poems, such as "Life Through'' My Eyes.. By Tupac", display the challenges he faced by using violent diction. In addition to the poverty and violence, many of the schools where he lived offered poor education. Tupac managed to include this piece of his past life in the diction of his poetry. These aspects are presented to his audience in simple diction such as lowercase letters and substituting number

Desmond Tutu was born at Klerksdorp, South Africa on October 7, 1931. Tutu's family had very little money but they somehow lived through it. The Tutu family lived without running water or electricity in a small shack. His father was a very well respected school teacher. Desmond Tutu was a Civil Rights Activist for social change. Later on in Desmond Tutu's life, on October 15, 1984 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for changing apartheid without

The son of a “Black Panther” activist he was influenced extremely as a child to the suffering and discrimination the black community went through. In the early ‘90’s he emerged under the name “2Pac” with his debut album “2Pacalypse Now” which ended up platinum and having 2 of his songs from that record in the top 5 in the country. He was condemned during his entire short career for his controversial actions and lyrics once spending several days in jail for assault for a director, he was convicted of sexual assault in another case. Tupac was shot, in a conspiracy theory filled way, on September 13, 1996 and he passed away 6 days later in a hospital. Tupac even after his death has had a prolific effect on the world through his avocation of rights for the black

The hip-hop icons Tupac and Biggie met in 1993. Tupac, though only a year older than Biggie, was something of a mentor to him. Tupac often gave Biggie career advice since he had a couple years more experience, and was more well-known when they met. Then a violent rivalry started. By the mid-1990s, the West Coast had proved itself in the hip-hop world with Death Row Records, the label that included Tupac and a few other hip hop artist.

Tupac performed and appeared by other great rap artist Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg which caused Tupac to flourish

His legacy as a rapper and as a person changed the way the world viewed life. Tupac made a name for himself through his demeanor, his vision, and his determination to change the world. Selling over 75 million albums worldwide, Tupac’s music has made him a rap icon forever. When you mention the word, “rap,” you think of Tupac. His music portrays his life of trials and tribulations, hardship, racism, and growing up in the ghetto.

Tupac Shakur became a legend because of his music that was heavily influenced by the experiences he had at a young age. Shukar was born Lesane Perish Crooks, the son of two Black Panther activist(Editors). Raised only by his mother, Tupac’s family was constantly moving to escape violence, because of this he learned many radical politics from his mother (Editors). “In 1986 they settled in Baltimore, Maryland, where Shakur attended the elite Baltimore School of the Arts”(Ray). He was able to excel in academics and in theater (Ray). Tupac’s days attending this elite school allowed him to escape into theater, ballet,

Do know about Shawn Carter's life . Well I’m going to let you know that is very interesting . Although all rappers seem to be the same jay-z is different from other rappers . Because he had a fall out with his brother then he went on to marry Beyonce Knowles and have two kids .

Tupac was making a change in the world, but due to an unaccounted event things slowly turned around. However many people think he is still alive, do you? Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur was in jail while pregnant with Tupac, she had originally named him Makaveli Shakur. She later gave birth in Lesane Parish Crooks in The Bronx, New York City on June 16, 1971.

Tupac Shakur know as “2pac” and “Makaveli” was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 16, 1971 by the name of Lesane Parish Crooks (Ray). At the age of 1 his mother, Afeni Shakur changed his name to Tupac Amaru Shakur honoring a Peruvian radical Tupac Amaru II. Many of Tupac’s family members

Today's hiphop culture is largely based and contributed by one of the most famous, controversial rappers of the 90’s. Tupac Amaru Shakur,whose life was cut short at the age of 25 on September 13,1996 in a tragic unsolved murder that remains ambiguous to this day. Born on East Harlem New York City, Tupac was the son of two active members of the black panther party, a black socialist organization.

Al Capone was born in 1899 in Brooklyn, New York. He was also born into an immigrant family and a poor family. Robert stroud was sent to jail his first time in 1909 after he had killed a bartender in a brawl. He had almost finished his sentence in jail when he stabbed a guard to death. Which had sentenced him to be hanged. But a handwritten plea was written by his own mother to President Woodrow Wilson, after that he was sentenced to life in prison, permanently in solitary. George Kelly was born on July 18th,1895 to a wealthy family in Memphis, Tennessee. When he left for Oklahoma from Memphis,Tennessee, he changed his name from George Francis Barnes Jr. to George R. Kelly to protect his family and to hide from the

The Black Panthers were an organization during the late 1960’s to fight for African American rights. Tupac grew up in an infrastructure where he had to struggle and battle for his rights growing up during the decades of the seventies and eighties because of the color of his skin. With tension and anger building inside of him, he used poetry to express his frustrations and immediately found his outlet. His outspoken charisma brought him attention from millions of people relating to the similar situation Tupac was going through, and eventually he used his poetry and pursue a career in Hip-Hop. Topics that he explained included using guns, drugs, committing crimes, having multiple affairs, and threatening the lives of people, specifically against law enforcement and his old best friend Christopher Wallace, The Notorious B.I.G. Wallace is often suspected of being the mastermind behind the conspiracy, because of his ongoing war with Tupac. They were both best friends, as Tupac initially took Wallace under his wing by teaching him how to record his music lyrically and developing his approach to hip-hop. Both Tupac and Christopher Wallace spent a lot of time together before their fallout because of reports of an affair between Tupac and Wallace’s wife, Faith Evans. This rumor was confirmed when Tupac released a song titled “Hit ‘Em Up” where Tupac explicitly raps about having an affair with Faith Evans. Theorists believe the affair gave Wallace the motive to kill Tupac for this betrayal. However, six months later, Christopher Wallace would die similarly to how Tupac died, but both deaths are not correlated with each

Furthermore Tupac wanted to leave a legacy, he wanted to be remembered for who he was and he left a legacy for himself for example, “I’m not saying i’m gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.” -Tupac

Malcom X (Malcom Little), was born in May 19, 1925, Omaha, Nebraska. Having to frequently relocate homes from threats from the Black Legion, a white racist group, his father was killed in a car accident when Malcom was only at the age of 6, Malcom’s mother believed the accident occurred at the hands of the Black Legion. In 1937, his mother was sent to a mental hospital, and Malcom then had to fend for himself in multiple foster homes. After becoming a Nation of Islam member in