Essay About Public Career And Music Videos

Tupac Shakur
Essay title: Tupac Shakur
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 didnt 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 doesnt care if
someone is white or black. And no one can be judged by their skin. “So
just because its Black dont mean its cool, and just because its White
dont mean its evil.”(Patrick, Tony n.p.) If he judged a man, he judged
them by what they do to or how they treat others. Tupac wasnt racis!
t against any body. And he showed that. Ive 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