Hip-hop star Christopher Wallace best known as Biggie Smalls or Notorious B.I.G was involved in an East Coast conflict with the rapper Tupac. Months after Tupac’s death‚ Biggie was about to release his second album just before he was gunned down and shot by what is now said to be Tupac’s gang. He was shot while leaving a party in Las Angeles en route to his hotel. Once the album got released‚ its popularity bumped it all the way to number one on the charts. This helped make Biggie Smalls one of
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Do Not Judge a Book by Its Cover "What you see is what you get" is a saying that rings in a person’s head when they see someone that looks strange‚ or just different‚ from them. In those cases‚ society is quick to "judge a book by its cover". We see tattoos and piercings on people and automatically assume they are somehow a bad influence or just an evil person. We perceive people with tattoos and piercings negatively because we have been conditioned by society to accept this stereotype‚ which
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eyes of a black person. Originally‚ rap and hip-hop had a mission of uplifting the urban youth through music‚ but as it became more popular‚ it started to move away slowly from that goal. Where rap groups once brought fans together to work for social change and meaningful discussions on current events‚ most raps today is used as a tool of exploitation that promotes negative behavior‚ sexist attitudes‚ and criminal activity. Hip hop and rap music generally pushes teens into thinking that it is cool
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Patrick Wyszynski Doctor Todd Bruce ENG 111-68 5 October 2014 Hidden Intellectualism: A Summary During my lifetime‚ I’ve been referred to as “book smart” once or twice. For many years I thought this was preferable to the less flattering “street smart” label. However‚ Gerald Graff‚ a professor of English and education at The University of Illinois at Chicago‚ argues in his writing Hidden Intellectualism from his 2003 Book Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind that
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Makaveli? The predetermination of Tupac Amaru Shakur that his life or death would lead to the beginning of a wide spread phenomena of a thug nation created by his definition. Tupac’s name originated from the politician‚ Niccolo Machiavelli who was born on May 3‚ 1469‚ in Florence‚ Italy. His life was dedicated in his passion to politics. The Phenomenon of a reincarnated soldier goes beyond the definition of his accredited name. The Makaveli era of Tupac was his verbal will-in-testament to the
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shooting on former friend Tupac Shakur. His hip-hop career was focused by the struggle between Bad Boy Records and Death Row Records‚ which occupied most of his life. Tupac was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas on September 7‚ 1996. Rumors of Biggie’s involvement in Tupac’s murder were showing up almost immediately. Biggie Smalls‚ age 24‚ was pronounced dead at 1:15 A.M. On Sunday‚ March 1997. He was cut down in a fashion eerily similar to that of Tupac Shakur: on a crowded street
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life that can be portrayed by a majority of cultures across the world. Some exemplars can be revenge‚ sorrow‚ and brotherhood. The short story “Civil Peace‚” the poem “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night‚” and a rap made famous by the rapper Tupac Shakur entitled “Me Against the World” all share a prevalent universal theme. The theme to these influencing pieces of writing is “Never Give Up.” “Civil Peace” is a short story written by a Nigerian named Chinua Achebe. The story tells about a man named
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against the white supremacy. Hip-Hop as an expression of protest referring to a whole culture which was oppressed and exploited over centuries became very popular in the United States during the late 20th century. One famous hip hop artist was Tupac Shakur who was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1996. Some of his first recordings were released after his death to give an impression of how socially conscious themes ruled Hip-Hop. One of those records is ’Panther Power’ which is about his vision on
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differences between East Coast style and West Coast style‚ so much that the murder rates were skyrocketing in major cities…and nobody saw an end in sight. The media brought the two most prominent figures into question; Christopher Wallace and Tupac Shakur. Now‚ there is a theory of a ‘beef’ between these two rappers that happened one night but it will take much too long to explain. In the end‚ Christopher Wallace was shot while visiting California‚ doing a tour on the West Coast. From there
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The Hip Hop Defense Everyone has an opinion about the influence of hip--hop music on our nations youth. Many people‚ such as politicians and the ultra conservative‚ feel the influence is destructive and incites violent behavior. Some people‚ for instance the media‚ believe hip- hop glamorizes inappropriate behaviors and actions while promoting the demoralization of women in general‚ but more specifically black women. Few people are willing to speak out and defend hip-hop music as communicative
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