... acts as, RUN-DMC, De La Soul, The Beastie Boys, Ice-T, and LL Cool J. RUN-DMC was among the first rap groups to climb the pop charts in a major way, they also were among the first to make incursions into the Rock-n-Roll element, when they teamed up with Aerosmith's Stephen Tyler ... Way." The beastie boys on the other hand, were White ex-Punkers gone Hip-Hop, and with their raucous style and rebellious behavior, managed to bring Rap music to a whole new group of listeners... White Middle-Class America. This exposure opened up a whole new can of worms, that of which still to this day ......

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... "Brenda's Got a Baby" reached number 3 on the Billboard's Hot Rap Singles chart. His second album "Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., crossed over to the pop charts with hits "I Get Around" and "Keep Ya Head Up". The album went platinum, selling more than a million albums and sky rocketing Shakur ... 's popularity. While Tupac was getting known through his music, he also made his film debut in the 1992 urban crime drama" Juice" with Omar Epps, Samuel L. Jackson, and Queen Latifah. His softer ... Thug Life" Persona after getting arrested for violent offenses in the 1990s. Tupac also fell victim t...

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... Island penitentiary. While 2Pac was still in jail his third album came out called Me Against the World. On its debut week Me Against the World was #1 on the Billboard's pop chart. The album goes double platinum seven months later after it first came out. Some time during October 2pac was released from jail by Death Row CEO Suge Knight for ... Wanted." It is a video which caricatured Biggie and Puff who are punished in the movie for setting up 2Pac. 2Pac comes back to New York on September 4th for a MTV Music Video Awards and then gets to a little scuffle. Three days later in Las Vegas a...

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... . west rap war that would eventually lead to both of their deaths. While in jail his third album "ME Against the World," was released. The album was #1 on the Billboard's pop chart upon its release. The album goes double platinum seven months after it is released. In October of 1994, Death Row CEO Suge Knight pays Tupac's 1.4 million bond, and Tupac ... was the kind of artist that made you think when you listen to it. He was a great storyteller about things that go on in the hood. I still listen to his music today. It seems to me that he knew he was going to live a short life. I can hear...

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... . west rap war that would eventually lead to both of their deaths. While in jail his third album "ME Against the World," was released. The album was #1 on the Billboard's pop chart upon its release. The album goes double platinum seven months after it is released. In October of 1994, Death Row CEO Suge Knight pays Tupac's 1.4 million bond, and Tupac ... was the kind of artist that made you think when you listen to it. He was a great storyteller about things that go on in the hood. I still listen to his music today. It seems to me that he knew he was going to live a short life. I can hear...

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