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tupac2 Tupac Shakur was a very influential person in 20th century USA. He was born on June 16, 1971 in Brooklyn New York, and died on September 13, 1996 in Las Vegas Nevada. But his family moved around a lot while he was a kid. He eventually ended up in the Bay Area California alone and spent his first two years there homeless. He grew up with only his mom and loved her very much. He even wrote a song called Dear Mama to his mom and thanked her for how she tried her best at raising him. His public career started when he joined the seminal Bay Area rap ensemble. He started as a tour dancer but then started rapping live. From there he released a couple albums and then was offered to be in some movies. He became friends with a couple of popular rap artists like Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre (Placid n.p.). He made some songs and music videos with them that made it big on the Billboard charts. This really helped his image. He released a double CD with the songs on it and a lot of his own songs and sold millions of copies More people were influenced to buy his CD. People listened to the music and did what he said he Tupac was rich and famous now. He was showing off his own style now and didn't need his popular friends. This is the time that many people saw the real Tupac and loved him. He was now very influential to fans. They wanted to be just like him. He starred in more movies and could be who he really was. He did a lot of interviews that showed his beliefs. He said self esteem and self respect was very important and said "I feel as though I am a shining prince just like Malcolm and feel that all of us are shining princes, and if we live like shining princes, then whatever we want can be ours. Anything." He also said he doesn't care if someone is white or black. And no one can be judged by their skin. "So just because it's Black don't mean it's cool, and just because it's White don't mean it's evil." If he judged a man, he judged them by what they do to or how they treat others. Tupac has a lot of self-values that he follows. He even said it's hard sometimes, but he keeps it up. He said "To me it's really troubling because I look over what's successful - Marky Mark, Hammer, Vanilla Ice, New Kids on the Block selling twenty-two million copies, and I want that so badly, but I can't do that. I would be wrong to do that, knowing what I know and having the brain that I have, for me to even go and write some simple *censored* would be wrong even though I would get paid and I would get more people's money." This means that Tupac has a strong will and values. He resisted the temptation to write some easy rhyming words and get peoples money. He instead followed his values and Tupac believd in Karma and in reincarnation. He wants to be a good man in this life, because he said he knew he was going to die soon and wanted to be ready for the next life. The Reason Tupac made is music is not only for the money, but so people would know what it was like for him growing up. He also wanted to be remembered in a positive way. He said his music is spiritual: a little like gospels, but with a different idea in mind. And that his music was not meant to be danced to, but just to be listened to. His music was for the strong willed. He shows his hard life through his music "Which celebrates violent defiance of a society viewed as largely racist and lethal" I think Tupac influenced most of the people that listen to his music. I hope his values and beliefs in a non-racial world also influenced people. He does say some bad things, but he did spend eleven and a half months in a maximum-security jail for something he claims he never did and ays that he was framed for. He also spent two years of his life homeless and grew up having it hard to fit in. Tupac was not a normal man, but he was still trying to send a good message to the youth's that listened and still do listen to his music. He also influenced many future and present rap artists. Biggie Smallz for example sounded just like Tupac, and used the same voice tones as Tupac. I've also heard about five other songs that steal the backgrounds to Tupac's songs. And if there are that many imitators now, there will definitely be a lot in the future. One of the many reasons he was so influential is because he showed his real self to the world through interviews, music videos, movies, his music, and his poetry. He showed his views on the world unlike most other rap artists. Another reason is because people liked his views and liked his non-racial ways. People liked the way he sung about real subjects. Also his unique style of mixing new sounds for a new beat really separated his music from others. He didn't use traditional beats that people get tired of. He added a twist to rap and hip-hop music all together. And brought a lot of people to like that. "Tupac was one of raps most controversial and influential performers" ("tupac" n.p.). "Tupac Amaur Shakur left a distinct impact on American culture that is still being shown today" (u.a., n.t., n.p. letter code D) He was one of the most influential persons in the 20th century America. And I believe he will be remembered and loved by a lot for years to come. He has served and will serve as a role model for younger kids growing up Bibliography:

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