With such valuable‚ one- time experience at hand‚ I would wish to spend not only an entertaining‚ interesting evening‚ but one which would also prove valuable‚ meaningful‚ and thought provoking. Such an evening might be fulfilled by dinner and conversation with Marshall Mathers. Marshall Mathers was born on October 17‚ 1972‚ at Saint Joseph‚ Missouri. Marshall Mathers is of Scottish‚ German‚ Swiss and Polish ancestry. Beside the distinguished honor of meeting this man‚ I have several reasons for
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Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on the East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City.[9] He was named after Túpac Amaru II‚[10] a Peruvian revolutionary who led an indigenous uprising against Spain and was subsequently executed.[11] His mother‚ Afeni Shakur‚ and his father‚ Billy Garland‚ were active members of the Black Panther Party in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s; he was born just one month after his mother’s acquittal on more than 150 charges of "Conspiracy against the United
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Tupac Shakur Famous rap artist Tupac Shakur was born June 16‚ 1971. He grew up in the west Harlem of New York City. Tupac Shakur began his career as a MC for the hip hop group Digital Underground ‚and then started to begin his solo career as a rap artist . Tupac Shakur’s songs started to become popular when his songs was about the violence in cities‚ racism and many other different problems. Both of his parents and other people in his family were in the Black Panther.Tupac Shakur lived in
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the lyrics of Tupac Shakur: The notion of "Realness". WORD‚ 55(2)‚ 165-178. doi:10.1080/00437956.2004.11432544 Two researchers from the English department of Wayne State University‚ Detroit‚ Michigan‚ United States‚ Walter F. Edwards and Leslie Ash‚ analyzed the registers used by Tupac Shakur‚ a prominent figure of American hip-hop culture‚ especially in rap culture. Using Tupac’s song lyrics‚ poems‚ and informal interview speech‚ Edward and Ash attempted to compare the way Tupac used African American
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Remember Me I chose to do my project on Tupac Shakur‚ because he is one of my many inspirations. He was mostly known for his music and making the term “Thug Life” famous. He was also known for his acting abilities. Additionally‚ Tupac was an advocate of creative arts‚ a supporter of the Black Panthers and contributed to several charities. Tupac is instrumental‚ because he spoke about real things that were happening in the world. He also cared
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good because they can relate to the experiences and the hard times rap artists have gone through. A good example of this is Tupac Shakur in his song titled "Changes." He uses the same beat of the original song written by Phil Collins in 1989‚ "That’s just the way it is." I like Tupac’s remix better because it is more up beat and relates to my generation. I believe that Tupac set a new
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The Role of Protest Music The harmonious song Changes was written by Tupac Shakur. Changes was written during his tenure with Interscope records in 1992. It was produced by Deon Evans‚ who had worked with Shakur on various other songs. After the tragic shooting death of Tupac‚ the song was remixed with the song That’s The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby. Shakur was notorious for rapping on the unjust that was going on in America during the late 1980s and early 1990s. This song had such a great impact
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TUPAC: MAMA The piece of music I chose to analyze is a rap/hip hop song called Mama by the rapper Tupac. This song is so different from his many other songs because it isn’t his usual graphic and vulgar type of music. This is one song that really gets to me and make me really understand what he is talking about‚ because I truly love and appreciate my mom also. Mama is a somber song because he is telling his mom how much he appreciates her and cherishes her. The instrumentation in his song
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4) Tupac starts the song with a very clear statement “I’m tired of bein’ poor and‚ even worse‚ I’m black” that announces what the song’s is going to talk about. In a decade where police brutality in Afro-American neighbourhood was a real debate‚ Tupac claims “Cops give a damn about a negro‚ Pull the trigger‚ kill a nigga‚ he’s a hero”. Problems are never far from you in these communities even for the younger “Give the crack to the kids‚ who the hell care? One less hungry mouth on the welfare!”. In
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Tupac Shakur was not just another ordinary rap artist. His songs hit close to home for so many people‚ and those people could relate to his music. As for myself‚ I have been listening to Tupac since I was a teenager. I remember cruising in my sister’s boyfriend’s Cadillac bumping music in the streets of Chicago. Tupac was his number-one most favorite rapper of all time. So of course‚ he had all his CD’s. Even though some of his rap songs have foul language‚ the song “Changes” has a different vibe
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