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While gangsta rap does have a strong condolence of violence, it is often simply a recollection of the rappers own historical conditions. Another supposed issue that plagues the genre of gangster rap is the music causes many White people to label all Black people as gang bangers and ghetto thugs. Esther Iverem wrote, "The reason the debate is on this level is because we live in a white supremacist society that denies the existence of black life outside the ghetto." Therefore, gangster rap is a category that is a plague to Black society because of its ghetto endeavors and its root in Black culture. Tupac however put is word out to end this plague. .
While Tupac was put into the category of "gangsta rapper", he did not abide by many of the outlines that have been laid down to model what a gangster rapper is. He did speak of violence in many of his songs, but he also spoke of the need for change. He also spoke about putting women on a pedestal. In his song Dear Momma, Tupac expresses his feelings on his mother and the life of a mother raising a child in the ghetto. Armond White brings a positive look onto Tupac when speaking of this song. "While Tupac constructs this sentimental autobiography, he bases it on an ode to the woman who raised him; he omits a reality check on the self indulgent narrator (118)." White continues, "Absolution is the secret song to the song's success, but by ignoring his mothers" failure, Tupac also avoids understanding her complexity Yet it wilts when it could have soared by leading to a hard-learned Oedipal or social truth (124).".
Tupac spoke of the need for change also. The song Changes acts as a social critique of life as a young man in the ghetto and the need for change. The need for the stop of Black on Black crime, police brutality and human unity are addressed in this song that reached the number one slot on the billboard top 100. Little to nothing has been written on this song.