Tupac Shakur

             at the time of his birth, Tupac had firsthand account of the political battles reigning over .
             society at the time. Needless to say, this led to mental and emotional childhood over .
             development. As the years went on, Tupac could only live off his dreams of becoming a .
             vocalist. There were no lights, nor electricity. His only companion would be the battery- .
             operated radio, which comforted him as he wrote many of his rhymes by candlelight. .
             Despite living in absolute poverty, Tupac keep his hopes alive with dreams 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 leaving Tupac (who was 17 at the time) with a chance at graduating from the .
             Baltimore School of the Arts. It was only upon reflecting on a later date, that Tupac .
             acknowledges that this was the turning point in his life, where he got set off track. .
             Now living in Northern California, hustling, selling drugs, as well as fighting with .
             his mother, became part of Tupac's everyday struggle. Feeling completely trapped in a .
             female household, Tupac sought relief in living with a new friend in the neighborhood. .
             Later on in his years, this child became an artist, some sort of revolutionary. Although .
             the home environment Afeni Shakur provided lacked material comforts, it didn't lack .
             progrssive examples for her kids. Tupac uses his experience with poverty- the ghetto .
             lifestyle. "All the society is doin is leechin off the ghetto; they use the ghetto for their .
             pain, 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 .