... to his mother and to Suge Knight. He was quoted as saying that he wished to be buried in his song "Life Goes On," off his All Eyez on Me CD (Alive 2). The fact that his mother and his best friend went against his own death wish definitely made me wonder. Now no one can ask to dig up Tupac's remains ... song Bomb First, the fifth song - Blasphemy, and the last song - Against All Odds, reading the un-coded message inside the CD/Tape cover, reading the words on the CD/Tape front cover, and deciphering the religious symbols on the CD/Tape front cover (Murphy-Smith 2). In a 1994 interview Tu...

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... many lives to die in vein. How do we get the youth to understand that music is for entertainment and is nothing to take seriously? Can we put bans on CD's or is it illegal due to the First Amendment. Does music have an influence on violence or is it just rap? This isn't the first time rap has been blamed ... ...

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... way people act in society today. People are responsible for their own actions. None of the rap artists that people consider to be offensive, (note that these kind of offensive CD's are labeled with parental advisory stickers) are making people buy their compact discs, or commit violent acts upon each other. That is all in the mind of the listener. If ... ...

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... , white and blue bootleg, "50 Cent Is the Future," revisiting material by Jay-Z and even Rapheal Saadiq. That's when the unbelievable happened, and hip-hop history was written. The energetic CD caught the ear of supa MC Eminem, and within a week Em was on the radio saying, '50 Cent is my favorite rapper right now.' Em looked to mentor Dr. Dre ... ...

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... it. Rappers rap about their lives. If a rapper's life is filled with violence, the rap will be filled with violence. Blaming rap is easy and convincing, because someone can hold a CD in his hand and say "This is the problem. Eliminating it is the solution." Everyone looks for an easy target for blame. Unfortunately, the problem is greatly more difficult to ... ...

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