Everyone not just American readers, need to know that rap is a way for any person in any culture to show their outrage towards something and for people to express that outrage to the world. Because, Rap is a dream to a better life. You can see this by how Tupac Shakur’s picture hangs at the market stalls throughout Dakar. However, McBride uses many other descriptions of different areas near or in the city to illustrate his point.
“The war of words Escalated following a 1994 robbery attempt against Shakur in New York City. Severely wounded, SHakur blames B.I.G., or Combs, for setting up the affair, which would only end with both men’s violent shooting deaths some two years later (“Notorious B.I.G”). Although the Notorious B.I.G died at such a you age, he was very successful during his time as a
Shakur provides many reasons as to why youths partake in delinquent acts, the pressures, the accessibility, and the lack of positive role models in these young lives. Race and religion play huge factors as well as to why Shakur’s life steered the way it did, transitioning to Muslim once incarcerated helped Kody become Shakur and turn his life around. The ultimate advantage this autobiography has is that it’s written by Kody Scott himself providing a primary credible source giving direct experiences within his life, whereas most books are written from a second or third source and third point of view. Consuming the first few chapters was racial oppression and poverty, and they are focuses of why Kody made the decisions he did, and Shakur gave the impression that violence was a major method of combating racial oppression. As mentioned in the readings by Stretesky and Polegrin on gangs and gun violence, power contributes to a profound amount of crime, where power, respect, reputation, and wealth are the ultimate factors to
“[What goes] into the making of a young thug?” (Staples 242). In his short story, “Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space,” Brent Staples shares what it is like to grow up as an African American male in America. Staples suggests that a person will become “a young thug” as a repercussion from their home life (242). Staples was raised in a neighborhood with “a backdrop of gang warfare, street knifings, and murders” (242).
These individuals used a dance that was cultivated from their culture and heritage to deliberately assert their existence and essence, while also bringing light to the systematic forms of oppression that continue to harm black bodies. Located in the Chocolate Cities of the West South and Up South, Tupac Shakur would turn an often chastised depiction of African-Americans, into a term of empowerment for Black individuals. In 1993, after Tupac became a victim of police brutality and being labeled as “troubled” and a thug among mainstream society, Tupac would create the T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E Movement as a mechanism to liberate, encourage, and inspire black youth. Defined as The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody, this phrase would be plastered all throughout Chocolate Cities around the country, featured in videos, clothing, and music crafted by Shakur. The movement became so profound within many Chocolate Cities around the country, as Shakur flipped the meaning of thug, a common America perception tied with African-Americans, into a movement that inspired and motivated impoverished black children who were affected by horrors of systematic racism.
“Beyond Beats and Rhymes” Summary This movie was a broad discussion about hip-hop music (or more specifically gangster rap) and what kind of social issues the music not only showcases but seems to promote. The producer of this film, Byron Hunt, interviewed people involved in all aspects of the hip-hop industry, including famous rappers, to try to get to the bottom of this. Some of the most prominent issues discussed in the film were the over-sexualization of women, gun violence, and anti- homophobic attitudes. Hunt would ask those involved in the industry about why they think these themes are so prevalent.
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
War, destruction, devastation: all of these words have a similar connotation which all tend to lead to an unfavorable outcome. In The Things They Carried, the author, Tim O'Brien, describes a scene where new army recruits are deployed to a jungle-like area in Vietnam. The author makes use of various devices to describe this scene, specifically simile, imagery, and syntax to explain how it relates to the mood of the novel, a particularly difficult feat given that the author must convey these feelings through words. The author uses similes to describe the setting.
He attended Tamalpais High School and enjoyed writing. Shakur contributed his life to drama and took a lot of time writing in English class. In that class he wrote a paper called “Conquering the Obstacles” which he said “Our raps not the sorry-story raps everyone is tired of.” Shakur’s goal for writing his raps were to talk about the real world. Later he joined poetry classes of Leila Steinberg in 1989.
“Dear Mama” by Tupac is a tribute song to Tupac’s mother. The song depicts Tupac’s love for his mother and his gratitude for her work and mother ship throughout his childhood. She raised him from poverty, crack addiction, and many other circumstances brought on by the world that formed Tupac Shakur and Dear Mama. The reason I love this song because Tupac addressed his mother with brutal honesty, forgiving her for abandoning him and thanking her for raising him. “Even though you was a crack fiend, mama/ You always was a black queen, mama, “he rapped.
Within creating this song the NWA has established a negative connotation and narrow stereotype of African Americans being in relation to violence, drugs, murder and rape. The song links all African Americans to an “American gangster” lifestyle which creates and contributes to the undesirable marginalization of an African
The song Dear Mama by Tupac Shakur relates to the ongoing struggle and hardships that numerous lower class single mothers endure, where Shakur describes how he learned to appreciate his mother and the sacrifices that she made for him as he became older. By formatting the lyrics with verses around a repeating chorus, Shakur was able to emphasize his personal narrative within the verses and allow for a recollection period between each verse to allow listeners to reflect on and comprehend what they just experienced. The form of Dear Mama is consistently strophic, where at the end of each verse Shakur repeats the emblematic phrase, “There's no way I can pay you back, but the plan is to show you that I understand, you are appreciated.” Appealingly,
If you’re confused and didn’t know what that was, it’s one of Tupac’s well-remembered quotes that is relevant to America’s conversation about race relations and racism. In The Hate U Give, “THUG LIFE” is a relevant theme in the book because it represents a history of racial relations in the U.S., is related to current racial issues that still affect ethnic minorities and the effects of racial injustice towards communities of color decades later. To explain as to why “THUG LIFE” is a relevant theme in The Hate U Give is because it is a representation of a history of racial relations in the United States.
Tupac Shakur "Changes" Alexis S Whaley Keiser University Tupac Shakur was more than just an artist, rapper, or thug, he was a poet who inspired many young people of his time to take a stand. He used music as a tool to educate and speak awareness to low-income poverty-stricken neighborhoods. His words are still very influential and inspiring to many young and elderly people not just in America but throughout the world. Tupac 's song "Changes" is one of his most popular songs speaks very deep of racism and poverty in America. He starts the song tackling African American social issues.
Nowadays, everyone wears the identity with pride. The genre was a testament to triumphing over hardships, to having enough confidence in oneself not to let the world drag you down, and to rising above the struggle, even when things seem hopeless. Violence in rap did not begin as an affective agent that threatened to harm America 's youth; rather, it was the outcry of an already-existing problem from youth whose world views have been shaped by the inequalities and prejudice they have experienced. The relentless wave of heroic new rappers arriving on the scene formed the golden age of hip hop in the 1980s, a newfound voice which rose from the impoverished ghettos during the 1980s and inspiring a generation of black youth to fight the police brutality they faced on a daily basis.
