Essays on Tupac Shakur

The popular perception that rap music is an expression of the African Americans’ struggle for social equality seems to have some basis. This is especially true when considering that rap music originates, or at least become popularized, by Black artists who have expressed their racial sentiments through songs that have become expressions of their racial opinions, such as those concerning bigotry. Such is the case in the popularity of Tupac Shakur and the rap group, Public Enemy, specifically on how the Black Americans are able to relate to their songs’ themes on racial bias suffered by Blacks under a ...

Hip-hop music also known as rap music has been around since the 1970’s. The United States had heard the music which focused on rhyming while speaking the words. This type of music generally consisted of dance beat music and words of lifestyle. This new style of music had formed its own culture and category in the music industry. Many rappers and hip-hop artists were from an African American heritage. There were several techniques that were born because of the era of hip-hop. The music had created DJ’s scratching records to make different sounds while the artists performed ...

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2pac World. (2013). 2pac Alive Theories. Retrieved from 2pac World: http://www.2pacworld.co.uk/tupac-death/tupac-alive-theories/ This website talks about Tupac’s life, his music, his death and the conspiracies that he is still alive. The theories have made many people believe that Tupac still lives. Suge Knight, who was driving the car Tupac was riding was uninjured in the shooting. Furthermore, he never showed up for questioning. Another theory claims that Tupac wore a bulletproof vest everywhere he went. The fact that he failed to wear one to the Tyson fight raises eyebrows. The video of the song “I ain’t Mad at ...