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    when he was a teenager. He also shares how he got involved in “La Vida Loca” through his book Always Running. Rodriguez also wrote about his life through his poems one if them being “Mean Streets”and also “Watts Bleeds”. Similar to Rodriguez, Tupac Shakur tells a similar poem with “When Ure Heart turns Cold”. This three poem are similar as they all share the feeling of an emotional pain. In Rodriguez’s poem “ Watts Bleeds”, he talks about the violence and hardships caused by gangs that he faced and

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    Lamar promotes racial equality (even mentioning Eric Garner, and Michael Brown's case), and urges listeners and other artists to stop promoting violence and instead promote “world peace” in a way. This message runs parallel to Lamar's’ idol, Tupac Shakur (2Pac, an american rapper who sold over 75 million records worldwide). "If we really are saying rap is an art form, then we got to be true to it and be more responsible for our lyrics," Tupac told Vibe in 1995. "If you see everybody dying because

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    Juice (1992): When Respect is More Than Friendship This movie is interesting consisting of drama and suspense, four teens: Q (Omar Epps), Bishop (Tupac Shakur), Raheem (Khalil Kain) and Steel (Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins) go around their city pursuing power and respect, or in their case “juice”. Also friendship, loyalty, and greed plays a big role in this movie. When the members make a plan a robbery on their local corner store, things take a turn for the worse. Bishop unexpectedly shoots the clerk

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    to them so I did. As I’m rapping I’ve realized that I got a talent my dad had before he died, but as I grew I started making raps of my own. New music came out and I started free styling to the instrumentals. My role model in rap is my dad, Tupac Shakur, and many more singers and rappers. They inspired me in a lot of ways. 6th through my sophomore year I still make raps till this day. I just haven’t had time to continue on it, with school work, homework, practice and performances, I’ve been really

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    They further highlight that the hip hop of Palestine serves to connect a variety of struggles. The works of Public Enemy, Tupac Shakur, and Dead Prez clearly portray the African American struggles. The Palestinians proudly see themselves represented in their musical lyrics. Their music has, therefore, become a medium through which they tell their stories. As a result, a rich body

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    question the character witness about his prior history. Does Mr. David Mack has violent tendencies? Does he own any guns? They can question the expert witnesses on the mental state of the of the suspect because he had a shrine of the late Tupac Shakur. He can ask about a possible revenge theory.He can ask the forensic firearms examiner, about the 9mms seize when the search warrant was carried out in Mr. Mack home., and what did they find when the guns were examined. Defense Attorney: While the defense

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    As you get older, these things will continue to change. Our personality may change. We may go through a rough time in our lives, that might change true way we act or the way we think. In the poem “The Rose that Grew from Concrete” written by Tupac Shakur, there is a rose that grows from concrete. The rose symbolizes humans. It says how anyone can get through hard times, and when they do, they become stronger. As you continue your life, you may realize that who you thought you were, isn’t actually

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    in the New York region with an aggressive tone enclosing hard beats. Artist like Nas, the Notorious B.I.G., and DMX characterize this culture of rap. West Coast rap originates from California with a laid back sound resembling a funk rhythm. Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, and N.W.A are eminent West Coast rappers. The third group is the Old School rap. Old School rap were the first rap groups coming in the 70’s and 80’s. Old School rap followed a strict pattern, had simple raps, and were created to interpret

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    Isotis Thesis

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    Isotis is the love child of Athena and Zeus who was conceived in one day during the 21st century. America was in need of change, and Zeus would provide that change unknowingly. Zeus once again was cheating on his wife Hera and was caught in the act. Hera at this point was hopeless in ever getting Zeus to remain faithful so she simply requested that he grant the love child, Isotis power to instill justice, karma, equality, as well as fairness on the country that he will be exiled to. She requested

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    1. (a) In Chisholm’s paper, “Human freedom and the self,” Chisholm notes that causation is a relation between events or states of affairs. For example, if the roof in my house cave in during a hurricane- this would be something that was caused by several other events such as the roof being too weak, the rain pressure being too much for the roof to hold, excessive rain, etc. With this term, Chisholm created two other narrower terms to specifically describe the different types of causations. The first

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