By:
MacKinnly Knoerzer and
Joshua Richman
Tupac Shakur's Life
- Born in East Harlem in 1971
- Name was Lesane Parish Crooks
- Became involved with street performers as well as gangs
- Harlem had a high poverty rate
- Attended Baltimore School for the Arts
- Participated in acting/dancing classes
- Moved to Marin City, CA, near Oakland
- Involved in street music as well as gangs
- Became a solo artist
- Produced first album, "2Pacalypse Now"
- Appeared in "Poetic Justice" (1993)
- Became involved in political issues
- Involved in crime
- Served time in jail
- Talked about other rappers poorly
- Offended other gangs
- Shot to death by an enemy gang
I was the tree who grew from weeds
and wasn't meant 2 be
ashamed I'm not in fact i am proud
Societal Context in the 1980s
Societal Context Today
- Poverty was common throughout the city
- Racial discrimination influenced his poems and music
Citations
http://research.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2010/11/05/new-funding-initiative-fet-young-explorers-scheme/
http://fonwall.ru/wallpaper/_w452.html
http://www.schmoozemag.com/?p=1362
http://wallpapers.free-review.net/42__America_-_oak_tree_in_new_england_sunrise.htm
http://lahorelondon.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/474/
http://prathmeshdesai.wordpress.com/2011/05/
http://cropandsoil.oregonstate.edu/weeds/
http://www.fanpop.com/spots/tupac-shakur/images/24635936/title/tupac-photo
Tupac Shakur:
Family Tree
it blossoms in darkness
and gives birth 2 promising pods
Because we all spring
from different trees
does not mean
we are not created equally
the tree must fight 2 breed
among the evils of the weeds
of my thriving family tree
Is the true beauty in the tree
or in the vast forest in which it breathes
I find greatness in the tree
that grows against all odds