Thug Life: Volume 1

Saint John the Baptist Although they lived in very different times, Tupac Shakur and Saint John the Baptist had many commonalities. Both became extremely famous for expressing what they believed. The media's portrayal of Tupac Shakur as a tattooed thug has focused public attention on his accused crimes instead of his music. This rapper, raised in Marin City, California, by a Black Panther mother, is more complex than his enemies like to admit. Shakur (who performs as 2Pac) was a talented lyricist

whom they are trying to inspire that is why I believe Tupac Shakur is an inspirational icon to underprivileged individuals. Tupac Shakur, through his music, poetry, and political views, inspires young disadvantaged people to recognize that there is life for them outside of the ghetto, poverty, drugs and other adversities. He speaks of poverty, teenage pregnancies, single parenting, self-esteem and an array of other problems that people living in the ghetto are faced with. Despite all of the negative

Juliana Quintanilla Gary Greg Music 103 1 August 2017 Tupac Shakur     Tupac Shakur was born in Harlem, New York on June 16, 1971, as Lesane Parish Crooks. Both his mother and father were members of the Black Panthers which was an African American organization formed to improve civil rights. At the age of 13, he  began his acting career in the production, “Raisin in the Sun” at the Apollo Theater. Tupac’s mother was single mother two and struggled with money, forcing them to move around a lot

the media rather than any of our proud investigating agencies or people who are responsible to monitor our financial activities. Billions of dollars are deposited by many Indians in the Swiss banks which are illegal. Do we have any idea of what is volume of Indian economy inside these Swiss banks. Are we trying to find it

the hip hop culture. “The presentation of hip-hop culture was not based upon an altruistic concern to reveal the environmental, economic, and social challenges of inner city communities, but was connected instead to more basic goal−profits” (Melvin 1). Hip-Hop music is used for so many things than just the negativities that media sets it out to be.

Shakur’s exposure to violence and the arts at an early age helped him to become a successful rapper following a prison term. Pac released an album called “All Eyez On Me” while imprisoned. It later became the best album of that time. After releasing that album it impacted Shakur to make more music to fulfill his dreams as the best rapper in the 90’s. Born to Black Panther activist parents on June 16th, 1971 in New York City. (www.biography.com) Originally Shakur was named Lesane Parish Crooks. (www

those were the ones that supported him and forgave due to their familiarity with racial inequality. O.J. shared a quote that demonstrates the reality of the situation he was in while picking the prospective jury for his trial, “I never, ever in my life looked at race. Now I’m in a position where I sit in that jury room and I’m counting the blacks in the room. I never knew how many blacks were in the room… Now all of a sudden the system has forced me to look at things racially.” It is shocking to

from a male point of view. His skill in doing so made him a spokesperson not just for his own generation, but for subsequent ones who continue to face the same struggle for equality. In death he became an icon symbolizing noble struggle, though in life his biggest battle was sometimes with himself. As fate drove him towards the nihilism of gangsta

Crooks also known as was Tupac Shakur was brought into the world on June 16, 1971 in the beautiful state of New York City. Both of Shakur’s Bill Garland and Afeni Shakur were both black panthers around the late 1960’s and late 70’s, Shakur lived a hard life as a child and grew up around a lot of violence and criminal defense. When Shakur was smaller his godfather Elmer Pratt had been convicted of murdering a high school teacher in 1982 and was also one of the top ranked Black Panthers. Soon after that

another sees towards the same object or person. But something we must always keep in mind is the stigmas we have aren’t always true. One controversial miss perceptions are black lives particularly black males in America. Viewed by a lot of people as thugs, gang bangers, and crooks, theses harsh and untrue things of what the majority of the population perceives. A group of individually regularly looked at and put under scrutiny, its people constantly put under a microscope if near the scene of any crime