... the World" debuted at No. 1 even as he was serving a prison sentence at the time. Although mainly hardcore and uncut, there do exist Rap artists that strive to set positive examples for their followers. Kurtis Blow rapped in a video for the March of Dimes' fundraising drive to battle birth ... of the horrors of cocaine. On Grandmaster Flash's hit "White Lines," he details how the drug can ruin a life, and shouts, "Don't do it!" Rap music, once only popular with blacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and other scattered eastern U.S. territories, has grown to become one...

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... streets was bound to rise. The real problems are outside the music, not within (Leland). The problem of urban violence is much bigger than rap. Rappers such as Tupac, Snoop Dogg, and Dr. Dre, who have been publicly criticized for their lyrics, grew up in the ghetto, and ... be lying." Taneika Archer, another Long Beach teen said, "He tells it like it's supposed to be told" (Leland). When Tupac Shakur was murdered, anti-rap music activist C. Delores Tucker, said, "Mr.Shakur always talks about violence, and now it has come back to him." Many of Tupac's songs did contain violence ... charg...

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... lyrical references strong enough can take over the subconscious causing people to act in ways they otherwise wouldn't. Mark S. Hamm and Jeff Ferrell's article, "Rap, Cops and Crime: Clarifying the Cop Killer' Controversy,"" speaks of rappers singing about everyday experiences. They see nothing wrong with rappers singing about violence ... glorifies violence and demeans women. Andre Young, a.k.a. Dr. Dre, served five months in a halfway house in 1993 for violating his probation for breaking another rap producers jaw in 1992. He was also convicted of hitting a New Orleans police officer in ...

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... and the Freaky Ty shooting in Queens. Some may use the lifestyles of these four individuals as an excuse for their deaths, being that many of today rap artist have come from the streets. Many were drug dealers and "gunslingers." However, what people fail to realize is that these artist had left their " ... and pursued a career in Hip Hop. Ironically, both Big L and Freaky Ty were both killed at places that they were trying to escape when entering the rap game, the streets. Big L was shot in his own neighborhood in Harlem, and Freaky Ty was shoot in his home borough of Queens after a local...

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... two types of music, they show many differences. Country is full of guitars, fiddles, and sometimes-even banjos. Rap is exactly the opposite. The smooth lyrics and inventive beats in rap make it pleasurable to listen to. Someone who listens to country may consider rap nothing but a bunch of jumbled up, scurrilous language meaning absolutely nothing. Others might hate country because of the ... mutate into a cartoonish, larger-than-life act, with rappers like L'il Kim and Foxy Brown bragging about living large with expensive cars, designer clothes, diamond jewelry, and champagne. Similarl...

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... yet but it was slowly becoming more and more obvious that there was a conflict between rappers. Part of the reason that the war started was that West Coast rap dominated and nobody questioned their supremacy. Ice Cube, Ice T, Dr. Dre and Eazy E were the rappers of the moment. The war slowly worsened when East ... West Coast rappers were upset that they weren't 100% in the spotlight so they started to slam East rappers in their music proclaiming that East Coast rap was fake and couldn't top the West Coast. Then, East Coast rappers fired back obscenities at West Coast rappers and it kept up...

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... mostly due to the violence that seems to follow them around. I believe the reason for this is the media's constant extreme focus on rap stars and their subsequent violent behaviors. The biggest story to date in the hip-hop world was the feud that went on between the east ... rappers. The assumed leaders were Tupac Shakur representing the west and the Notorious B.I.G. headed the east coast. During the war, the only time that rap was mentioned in the news was to tell about someone getting shot or words that had been exchanged between the two sides. All a person ... Combs was subsequently ...

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... hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?" (Shakur, Tupac 3). These are words from Tupac, an American actor, dancer, poet, and rap icon. From the second he was born on June 16, 1971, he was destined for failure. Tupac was the rose. Born and raised in East Harlem, Tupac had ... was an active member of the Black Panther movement, she was pregnant with Tupac while she was imprisoned for participating in riots ( Edwards " From Poetry to Rap: The Lyrics of Tupac Shakur"). His family had little to no money and his dad was not in his life, but in the end Tupac triumphed. ... ...

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... death. Although he was shot 5 times, most fans and friends believe that Tupac is still alive, and that he faked his own death. So whats to believe? Is the legendary rap artist alive to this day, or is he dead? According to tupac.com, In interveiws prior to the shooting, Tupac talked about how he wanted to stop rapping and being ... planning to come back, it will be on September 13, 2003, which is this year. This date is seven years after his supposed death. Tupac was one of the greatest rap artists in history. Almost everyone of his albums have gone platinum. Through his music, he has t...

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... decided to take acting and dance classes, he even gave ballet a shot. This had a huge impact on his life as he soon discovered his interest in rap while residing in Baltimore and took the name of MC New York. As the late 1980s approached, Tupac and his family moved to the West Coast. He ... Now and emerged as a solo artist using the name 2Pac. The album was very popular as "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" ... year ...

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... . His mom was addicted to crack. Tupac always wanted to become a star. First it was about acting but then he found out that his real talent was in rap. He was able to rap about a life about a young black man that lives in the ghetto. From there they made a lot of money in a short period of time. He lived the classic life ... out his mother was buying crack from one of the dealers from the neighborhood. That hurt Tupac deeply; he needed to get his family out of the ghetto. Tupac loved Rap music, poetry and acting. Tupac was able to write great lyrics about the Black Panther Party and his ...

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... 's family moved to Baltimore, Maryland. It is here he was enrolled in the Baltimore School for the arts, studying ballet and acting. This is also when he wrote his first rap. Two years later Tupac moves west to Marin City, California. It is there where he was introduced to gangs and drug trafficking. It would have been the end to his ... story had he not run into a rap promoter who introduced to the Digital Underground record label, where he was a dancer and a rapper. In 1991 he was given his opportunity to make his own album. His album 2Pacalypse ... years for sexual abuse. He believes...

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... 's family moved to Baltimore, Maryland. It is here he was enrolled in the Baltimore School for the arts, studying ballet and acting. This is also when he wrote his first rap. Two years later Tupac moves west to Marin City, California. It is there where he was introduced to gangs and drug trafficking. It would have been the end to his ... story had he not run into a rap promoter who introduced to the Digital Underground record label, where he was a dancer and a rapper. In 1991 he was given his opportunity to make his own album. His album 2Pacalypse ... years for sexual abuse. He believes...

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... West Coast, East Coast. Death Row, Bad Boy. To some people these words have little meaning. But to people deeply involved in today's rap music and hip-hop world, these are the reasons why two of the rap worlds biggest influences are dead (Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls), sparking a long stemming feud between Death Row Records and Bad Boy Entertainment. What may ... over the police investigation on April 9th 1997, exactly one month after Small's death (www.home.flash.net/~manniac/). After coming across a lead that would tie in the LAPD to -4 rap mogul Suge Knight, he was told not to inve...

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... the epitome of pathetic and quickly became the butt of all the music related jokes. Look no further than artists such as Carman, who produced a song titled "The Resurrection Rap" in 1993. The beat was horrible and the lyrics, while they may have been trying to send a good message, are made impossible to listen to by both their cheesiness ... -cheesy at the same time. Whether you like hip-hop yourself or detest it, you must admit this is becoming a huge avenue to reach the unsaved. When guys like Lecrae rap about their past lives before Christ, unbelievers see someone they can relate to. ...

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... and how it all started one person comes to mind as the man who put it all together. Tupac Shakur was not only a rapper, He took rap music to a whole new level and would talk about issues that reflected off him and his family. He was raised in a home that was involved in the Black Panther which ... ...

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... a play "A Raisin in the Sun." In that play Tupac played Travis. In June of 1986, Tupac's family moved to Baltimore from New York. That is where Tupac wrote his first rap. 3 months later Tupac attended Baltimore School for the arts. That is where he studied ballet and acting. About two years later Tupac moves west of the United States to Marin ... signs with Death Row and begins his new record All Eyez on Me. On the 13 of February 2Pac's All Eyez on Me, Death Row debut was the first ever rap double C.D was released.. Exactly a month later All Eyez on Me goes quintuple platinum. In the mo...

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... his voice clearly recognized is known as Tupac Amaru Shakur. Tupac is a very influential rapper of the 20th century who voiced his feelings, thoughts, and opinions through the media of Rap music. Tupac Shakur was born on June 16, 1971 in Brooklyn New York. While Tupac was a kid his father was sent to jail, which in turn caused the shakur's to ... Area California, alone, and spent his first two years there homeless. Tupac had a love for writing lyrics as well as acting. Soon enough he ended up as a dancer for the rap group known as Digital Underground. After dancing with the group for ab...

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... he was murdered. By examining the facts of Tupac's "death", people will come to the conclusion that he was not murdered and is out in the world living a normal life. Rap star Tupac Amaru Shakur was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1971 to a mother and father who were active in the Black Panthers. He grew up in Baltimore Maryland, where ... he attended the Baltimore school for performing arts. Tupac's family later relocated to Oakland , California where he spent much of his time in the streets before hooking up with the rap group Digital Underground as a dancer and rapper. In 1992 Tupac rel...

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... of stardom, resulting from his never-wavering sense of ambition. In attending Baltimore School of the Arts, Tupac Amaru stayed focus on his attempts to reach his goal of becoming a rap artist. Alas, single mother Afani Shakur, was in the middle of her own struggles, which led her into crack addiction. As a result of this, the Shakur's were constantly moving, never ... , for their sorrow, for their culture, for their music, for their happiness, for their movies." Tupac tells the media about his need to fight for his freedom of expression as a rap performer. Tupac later becomes chairman of...

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... of the entire film was the part where it talked about Tupac Shakur because not only is he my topic but I feel that he is by far the most influential rap artist. I found this documentary to be extremely fascinating and well done. It seems to stick with the facts for the most part, instead of reverting to a bunch of conspiracy theories ... documentary. Filled with things we had known all along and things we never knew, this is a documentary worth watching over and over again. You don't even have to be a big rap fan to enjoy it. If you know enough about the record label's history and you a...

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... a "struggle" as one group Dead Prez claims, putting on paper what they believe in to make a better life for themselves and their people. This article is on an interview with rap group Dead Prez taken out of a "Music Matters" page in the December 2000 edition of The Source magazine. Dead Prez's lyrics are an example of society's views on music. Consisting ... ...

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The Death of Notorious B.I.G The death of the Notorious B.I.G in March of 1997, was a tragedy that devastated the rap/ hip-hop industry. Since Biggie was assassinated six months after Tupac Shakur, his death was reported in many newspapers and magazines, each giving its own view on his death. An ... ...

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... . I actually didn't choose a painting but a photograph of a stained glass window. The image on the stained glass window is Tupac Amaru Shakur. If you didn't know who he was, he was a rap superstar, who was shot to death (September 13, 1996). I decided to go with this image because the 7th anniversary of his death is coming soon (there is a urban legend about ... ...

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... officer in Texas about seven years ago. When asked in court why the teen shot the officer he replied "Tupac's music made me want to kill somebody". Tupac Shakur was a rap artist whose music frequently involved profanity and killing. Television violence affects youngsters of all ages, of both genders, at all economic levels, and all levels of intelligence. Childhood exposure to ... ...

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