Tupac Shakur & The American Dream
Tupac Shakur is an American rapper and actor most known for his relevant messages of racism, poverty, and violence in America. He has sold over 75 million albums worldwide and Rolling Stones magazine has named him one of the greatest music artists of all time. Tupac was born as the son of Black Panther activist, Afeni Shakur and grew up in the ghetto. Tupac had no father figure to look up to while he was growing up, meeting his biological father only when he was an adult. Throughout his life, Tupac faced constant tribulation and struggles, but ultimately rose as the greatest rap artist of all time. Despite the racism, gang violence, and an early death, Tupac's legacy lives on even today and will continue to for years to come. The most notable aspect of Tupac's life is that he started out with nearly nothing but rose to become one of the most prominent and influential Americans of all time. Tupac's career was cut short; he was assassinated at the young age of twenty-five. But despite this, Tupac remains one of the greatest rappers of all time.
Like Tupac, I want to lead an influential life and rise to success.
Like Tupac, I want to lead an influential life and rise to success.
Table of Contents1) Ascension and the American Dream
2) Growing Up (Upraising) a. Samuel’s Personality and Interests b. Tupac Shakur’s Upbringing c. Shelf of Influential Books Tupac Read 3) Getting Up (Upheaval) a. Tupac Shakur’s Struggles b. "Always Running" c. Interview with the Late Tupac Shakur 4) Rising Up (Upsurge) a. "Ambition" b. Tupac Shakur’s Facebook c. "Revolution" 5) Staying Up (Eminence) a. Class Syllabus for a Tupac Shakur Course b. Letter from 2013 6) Additional Endnotes a. Works Cited b. Reading Log c. Reflective Endnotes |
"If we had lost Oprah Winfrey at twenty-five, we would have lost a relatively unknown, local market TV anchorwoman. If Martin Luther King had died at twenty-five he would have been a local Baptist minister who had not yet arrived on the national scene. If we had lost Malcolm X at twenty-five, we would have lost a hustler named Detroit Red." (McQuillar and Johnson, 249)
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