... shaped by the many problems off inner-city youths growing up in post-civil rights America - poverty, fatherless ness, constant relocation - Tupac's story began even before he was born. Afeni Shakur was like everyone else in the early "60s and watched the civil rights movement on ... it. Perhaps that is intentional. "My music is not for everyone. It's only for the strong-willed, the soldiers music. It's not like party music- I mean, you could gig to it, but it's spiritual. My music is spiritual. It's like Negro spirituals, except for the fact that I'm ... murdered friend to her prom. Tu...

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• Grade Level: High School