Sanyika Shakur tells his life story in detail in his book, Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member. He tells how he lived from a very young age and survived the gang life in South Central L.A. during the 1960’s and 1970’s, which was during the startup of the Crips. He was born Kody Scott and he was born into a very poor family. He had an absent father and was therefore raised by a single mother. At the very young age of eleven Kody Scott turned his life over to the Crips.
Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, also known as Lupe Fiasco, was born on February 16, 1982. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois, where he became fascinated by hip-hop. He started his journey into the music industry by recording songs in his father’s basement. His parents divorced when he was just five years old and went on to live with his mother. Muhammad signed a record deal with the Atlantic Records through the help of the rapper, Jay-Z. Jay-Z helped Lupe produce his album, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor.
Yachty): They went from rapping on the street corner, to sold-out shows all across America. Until Christopher Wallace better known as ‘Biggie Smalls’ and Tupac Shakur were shot dead within a few months of each other. Strangely, no one was convicted for these murders. 20 years ago whilst leaving a Mike Tyson fight night, Shakur was shot multiple times from a vehicle which had pulled up beside him at a traffic light on the 30th of September 1996. Shakur died a week later.
There are many artist that have the potential to be great, but they the lack lyrical flow and originality. The art of Lupe fiasco is not one of them. The way the game changed because of Lupe Fiasco also known as Wasalu Muhammad Jaco is amazing. His music, biography, career development and legacy are all great things. Lupe Fiasco by definition is a hip hop and rap artist.
“Rose that grew from concrete” By: Tupac Shakur Can we always count on people to be by our side when things don’t go right? Many people have to go on and do things on they own. Also having to prove people that you can go do something they swear you can’t do because of your lifestyle. The poem is about how Tupac himself grew up in a bad neighborhood and he became a amazing and inspiring person to many people. In the poem of “The Rose That Grew from Concrete”, Tupac Shakur uses metaphors and power in order to show how people misrepresent and don’t understand people and their struggle to rise from the bottom.
Peterson Dorelus Enc1101 9:30 Tupac Shakur Tupac Amaru shaker was born in New York 1971; known by his stage name 2pac was an American rapper. ‘’Shakur received an education in radical politics from his mother, but he also saw some of life's hardships through her struggles with substance abuse’ ‘Tupac was like an Elvis to hip hop in my eyes. Tupac was known for his rapping, his many talents like acting, Also his beef between the East coast and the West coast. To begin, ’‘I hear Brenda's got a baby
Tupac Shakur on Tupac Shakur To come up from the bottom of the society all the way to the top, Tupac Shakur thought he would no longer face any more hardships; however, racial inequality took the place of economic hardships. Tupac argued that “...if I was white I would have been like John Wayne... Somebody who pulled himself up from their bootstraps. From poverty.
Sweet lady, Dear mama, Place no one above ya, sweet lady, You are appreciated.” Tupac informed the society on how we must accept and love our mother. The mothers belong to their children all the times at no matter what the circumstances are. Even though, Tupac without his father and the father’s absence in the family showed the society that father’s absence largely affects African American community. In Tupac’s relationships with his single mother, Afeni Shakur raised two children, drug addicts, jailed, and was former the Black Panther Activist.
Signed to Hip-Hop “Mafia-Don” Gucci Mane at 1017 Records, as well as 300 Entertainment, Jeffrey Lamar Williams has been successfully gunning down gender stereotypes since day 1. Ever since the star first became a highly publicized controversy in the United States, millions of fans have over-glorified Thugger Thugger’s music, and have based their lives in accordance to his. Children, as well as adults have idolized him for his provocative lyrics, and for the ideologies he believes in; whilst at the same time, understanding very little of the words he says. His success continues, and yet still the fact remains: the media picks Young Thug apart, this way and that, for committing the simple crime of living the life he works hard to live.
Tupac’s music influenced the people who listened to it. Tupac Shakur was born on June 16, 1971. He was the son of Billy Garland and Afeni Shakur. His mom, Afeni whole carrying her son was put in jail for bombing charges. He was born with the name Leasane Parish Crooks.
Lupe Fiasco, originally named Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, was constantly set apart from the common man simply due to his ethnicity, religion, and the ghetto he lived in; he, along with his neighbors, endured poverty among other struggles, which pushed Lupe to write songs like “The Show Goes On,” portraying these
And top of the totem pole he is. Kanye West’s music production, fashion design, and outspoken or winning mentality, changed pop and hip hop culture tremendously. Not only did he change it, he set the bar that many other artists strive to reach. Kanye’s influence has played one of the biggest parts in not only hip hop, but in a great deal of the music culture altogether. Kanye West was born in Atlanta, Georgia on June 8, 1977.
I’m searching the web for music like any other day, and suddenly I see Tupac pop up in my rap playlist. Of all the different artists I had come across, I hadn’t discovered one like Tupac. His music captivated me with positive lyrics that had powerful meaning behind them. His intelligent views on those subjects and how he spoke on them is the reason why he had great power over how I adhere to my own morals today.
King overcame a childhood that would set the stage for the rest of his life. Martin Luther King Jr. grew up in Atlanta, Georgia under the care of his parents Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams. At the age of six, King befriended a young boy about the same age as him whose father owned a shop across the street from Luther’s home. Once they both entered school, his friend told him that his father said that they could no longer be friends. “…one day that his father had demanded that he would play with me no more.
Desmond Tutu was born in 1931 in Klerksdorp. His father was a teacher and his mother a domestic worker. Tutu grew up in the apartheid era but seems to have made the best out of it. He was completely dedicated to the anti-apartheid cause. From being an Anglican priest, Tutu became general secretary of the South African council of Churches and then rose to become the first black Archbishop of Cape Town.
