and pretty much saves the entire country. Mulan is like the rose because despite being in harsh circumstances‚ she grows and is able to thrive. Tupac uses the phrase “proving nature’s law wrong” to describe the rose growing from the concrete. Mulan proves “nature’s” stereotypical gender role “laws” by being an amazing soldier in the Chinese army. Tupac wrote this poem by writing one line and then a new verse
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We live in a world with struggles everywhere and not a lot of effort from people to change it and make a better place to live in. In Tupac Shakur’s song “ Changes” (1992) the most important controlling idea supported by the lyrics is the way African Americans were treated bad for being a minority. He specifies struggles they go through living in the ghetto‚ war on drugs‚ and how they would get treated by the police because of their skin color. This was how it was back then when he wrote this song
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Anthony Johnson Ms. Perez Language Arts 4/4/13 Tupac Amaru Shukur was born June16‚ 1971 in New York City‚ New York. Born in Brooklyn under the name Lesane Parish Crooks‚ Tupac Shakur received the name with which he came to be known to the world from his mother which was in the Black Panther activist; Afeni Shakur‚ in tribute to Incan revolutionary Tupac Amaru. His biological father had separated from his mother before his birth‚ and his stepfather was imprisoned for armored car robbery when
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Tupac Shakur "Live by the gun‚ die by the gun." Tupac Shakur was born Tupac Amaru Shakur (Tupac means "shining serpent" in Inca) in New York City in 1971. He went on to have very successful careers as an actor & rapper. Look around the web for his career information‚ you know that’s not our gig. That said…. On September 7‚ 1996‚ Tupac was in Las Vegas to attend a boxing match between Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon. He was staying at the Luxor Hotel-Casino. The fight was being held at
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David 04/16/2010 Tragic Hero Essay Tupac‚ the one and only‚ is my tragic hero amongst thousands of other people. He was a very successful rap artist‚ poet and actor. Tupac Shakur was a great man who stood up for his rights‚ and reached out to people. He is also a tragic hero because he became a well known rapper‚ and suffered death as a result of his behavior and attitude towards life. Tupac Shakur was born on June 16‚ 1971 in New York. He was a distressed child all of his childhood‚ with
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D’monta Brown Period 5 November 4‚ 2012 Mr. Melchor Tupac Amaru Shakur‚ born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16‚ 1971‚ known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli‚ was an American famous rapper and actor. On the night of September 7‚ 1996‚ Shakur attended the Mike Tyson–Bruce Sheldon boxing match at the MGM GRAND in Las Vegas. After leaving the match‚ one of Knight’s associates spotted 21-year-old Orlando Anderson‚ an alleged member of the Southside Crips‚ in the MGM
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The aim of this essay is to do a comparison on two poems‚ woman work by Maya angelou and I aint mad at cha by tupac shakur. Maya Angelou is a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. As a poet‚ educator‚ historian‚ best-selling author‚ actress‚ playwright‚ civil-rights activist‚ producer and director‚ she continues to travel the world‚ spreading her legendary wisdom. Within the rhythm of her poetry and elegance of her prose lies
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Tupac Shakur the Tragic figure Tupac was born in New York City‚ where he attended a prestigious Baltimore School of the Arts as a teenager that helped him launch his tragic career. Later on moved to Oakland California were the gangster rap started. He started out as a second-string rapper and dancer for Digital Underground‚ joining only after they had already landed their biggest hit. . By 1994‚ 2Pac rivaled Snoop Dogg as the most controversial figure in rap‚ spending as much time in prison
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Grew from Concrete "Tupac Shakur could possibly be the most influential and compelling of all rappers" (Dyson 106) Do we really know who Tupac was? The famous phrase‚ "never judge a book by its cover" applies to Tupac ’s own personality and character. A first look at Tupac and you see darkness‚ you see a violent man with no purpose or direction in his life. Then you look deeper inside him‚ you step into his shoes and see a kind‚ caring‚ but very confused man. Tupac ’s life story is like any
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and the east coast against west coast rappers strived for the topmost spot in the music industry. Tupac took a major risk and released his new song “Keep Ya Head Up”. This song also focuses on a man’s softer side and arguably is one of his best individual performances ever. The poem is an important piece of work because while the rappers in 1993 were referring to women as “hoes” and “bitches”‚ Tupac chose to honor women and refer to them as “sisters”. It is important to people to read about violent
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