Essay About Tupac Shakur And Music Videos

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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 (unknown author, no title, no
page, letter code C). But his family moved around a lot while he was a
kid (Bastin, J.D.). He eventually ended up in the Bay Area California
alone and spent his first two years there homeless (unknown author, no
title, n.p., letter code D). 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 (u.a., \”original area,\” n.p.). He started as a tour dancer but
then started rapping live (u.a., \”original area,\” n.p.). 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
popularity. He released a double CD with the songs on it and a lot of his
own songs and sold millions of copies (u.a., n.t., n.p. letter code D)
More people were influenced to buy his CD. People listened to the
music and did what he said he did. So Tupac was influencing all of
these people.
Tupac was rich and famous now. He was showing off his own style now
and didn\ 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.\” (Patrick, Tony, n.p.) And when he
says all of us, he means all men. He also said he doesn\ care if
someone is white or black. And no one can be judged by their skin. \”So
just because it\s Black don\ mean it\s cool, and just because it\s White
don\ mean it\s evil.\”(Patrick, Tony n.p.) If he judged a man, he judged
them by what they do to or how they treat others. Tupac wasn\ racis!
t against any body. And he showed that. I\ve seen him treat everyone
equal that I see him with on TV or even on movies. This is an influence
because since people want to be like him, they will follow his beliefs.
And if Tupac believes in non-racism, then the people will believe in that
too.
This is a big difference from him and other rap artists. A lot of others
are racist to different people, and the different people then don\ like
him, don\ listen to his music, don\ see his movies, and aren\
influenced by him. Almost all races listen to Tupac\s music. I\ve known
Mexican, White, Black, Asian, Indian, and even Pakistani people who
listened to his music and are influenced and are moved by him. I\ve
even saw a show in Singapore about music here and a Singaporean kid
said he listens to Tupac.
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\ 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 shit would be wrong even though I would get
paid and I would get more people\s money.\” (Patrick, Tony, n.p.) This
means that Tupac