Essays on Music

Tupac Shakur is an inspiring figure to many underprivileged individuals. Tupac Shakur through his political perspective, music, and poetry inspired young disadvantage people to realize that they can achieve a better life for themselves outside of drugs, poverty, crime and the ghetto. Tupac, is perhaps...

California Love, is a single written and recorded by none other than Tupac Shakur. Tupac was an American rapper and songwriter as well as an aspiring actor, who was a 1990’s gangster. Tupac began his career of rapping, to embody the injustices and unfair lifestyles...

The song “Dear Mama” is a song written by Tupac Shakur at the age of 25 from East Harlem, New York (Tupac Shakur). There is only one album version of this song called “Me Against the World”. The song is about Shakur forgiving his mother...

Poems are used around the world to make the audience feel a specific way, and for the artists to express their feelings and emotions. Poetic devices are a very important method in voicing our message. In poems, different types of poetic devices are used to...

‘The Flowers’ (1973), is a bildungsroman short story by Alice Walker set in the deep south of 1930s America. Exploring the loss of innocence of a 10-year-old girl Myop, and the conflict between the fantasy of a child’s mind and the reality of the world...

Gangs are a huge problem in America. They have taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of people over the centuries. One of them being the King of Hip Hop. On September 7. 1996 at 11:15 pm, Tupac Shakur was shot. At age 25, he...

What could define someone as being inspirational to others, do they have to wear a suit and tie, have a degree from Harvard, drive an expensive car and speak of nothing but glory? No, it all depends on the person of whom they are trying...

The Hip Hop community is filled with various artists who have all respectively contributed to the African American community. Whether it be bringing exposure to blacks, political movements, and even starting trend, these artists can all be looked up on and thanked by the black...

Tupac Shakur was a standout amongst the most powerful craftsman of our last couple of decades. He made a few collections, but on the other hand was a huge job in numerous movies and an artist. A large number of individuals purchased and still purchase...

“Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real,” said world renowned rapper Tupac Shakur. Tupac wanted to change the reality of racism and despair, into one of hope. Tupac was one of the most recognizable faces ever in the music industry and a pioneer in the...