Aint Nottin But a Gangsta Party

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Tupac Shakur
Aint Nottin But a Gangsta Party
BY CEDRIC SAUNDERS
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Introduction

• Tupac Amaru Shakur was born June 16, 1971 in
  Brooklyn, New York.
• He died on September 13, 1996 in Las Vegas,
  Nevada.
• His mother was Afeni Shakur, and his father was
  William Garland.
• He also had a step father, his name was Jeral
  Wayne Williams AKA Mutula Shakur.
• His half sister was Sekyiwa Shakur
• His half brother was Maurice Harding (Mopreme of
  thug life)
• His godfather was Elmer Geronimo Pratt

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TUPAC'S BACKGROUND

• Tupac was a famous actor/rapper.
• He was born in New York City
• Tupac Amaru comes from the Incas meaning,
  shining serpent and Shakur is Arabic Meaning
  thankful to God.
• Tupac wrote his first rap in 1986 under the name
  of MC New York.
• His family moved to Baltimore, and he studied
  ballet at the performing arts school.

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TUPAC'S INFLUENCE

• Tupac is famous for his influence on rappers we
  see everyday. When he raps its not just made up
  lyrics its everyday life, from what happened in
  his home, and in the streets. Everyone respects
  him as a person but they admire him as a great
  artist.
• We should remember that even though Tupac went to
  jail, and made a few mistakes in his life that
  the truth is hes a respectful individual.
  Everyone makes mistakes in their life, because no
  one is perfect. Also remember how he influenced
  these rappers until this day.
• Tupac was part of the East coast West coast
  violence, but since Notorious B.I.G. was the
  first to die and then Tupac, their rhymes made
  people think about what they are doing before
  more and more people get killed over something so
  stupid.

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TUPAC'S ALBUMS

• In 1991 he released his first album called
  2pacalypse Now.
• In 1993 he released his album called Strictly For
  My N.I.G.G.A.Z
• In 1994 he released his album Thug Life Volume 1.
• In 1995 he released Me Against The World.
• In 1996 he released All Eyez On Me.
• In 1996 he released Makaveli Don Kulliminati The
  7 Day Theory.
• In 1997 he released R U Still Down.
• In 1998 he released his Greatest Hits Album.
• In 1999 he released Still I Rise with his group
  Outlawz.

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SOME INTERESTING FACTS

• Tupacs given name was Lesane Crooks. He was the
  son of Afeni Shakur (Government name Alice Faye
  Walker) who was one of the defendants at the
  Panther 21 trial.
• Tupac was planned to act in the movie Cool
  Runnings, Higher Learning, Menace II Society and
  How To Be A Player.
• As a young man, Tupac also studied ballet and
  dance.
• Tupac wrote his hit song Dear Mama while in
  prison.

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TUPAC'S ENEMIES

• Biggie Smalls
• Bad Boy Records/ Puff Daddy AKA P. Diddy
• Lil Kim
• Dr. Dre
• Mobb Deep
• Nas
• Chino XL
• Wendy Williams
• LL Cool J
• Jay- Z
• Dan Quayle
• The Fugees
• C Delores Tucker

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MY QUESTION

• What advice can you give the rappers who look up
  to you and are inspired by your music?
• I ask this question because some of the new
  artist that look up to someone before them do not
  really know why they look up to them until they
  ask.

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TUPAC'S TIMELINE

• 1971 Tupac Amaru Shakur was born in New York City
• 1975-1983 Tupac family tries to find a new home
  in the Bronx and Harlem.
• 1986 Tupac and family moved to Baltimore where
  Tupac enrolled in the Baltimore school for arts
  and studied Acting and ballet.
• 1988 Tupacs stepfather was sentenced to 60 years
  in prison for armed robbery.
• 1990 He joined Digital Underground as a roadie
  and dancer.
• 1992 A 6 year old bystander was shot in an
  altercation involving Tupac.
• 1993 Arrested and Charged with sexual assault.
• 1994 Tupac was shot 5 times in his recording
  studio the robbed for 40,000 dollars.
• 1995 Tupac married Keisha Morris
• 1996 Tupac was shot in Las Vegas after watching a
  Mike Tyson fight. He later died at 403 p.m.

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WHAT DID I LEARN

• I learned that African American History has a big
  affect on not only blacks but other races too.
• People tend to write more information about
  people they are interested in than people they
  are assigned to.

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RESOURCES

• www.yahoo.com
• www.google.com
• www.tupacfans.com
• www.mobbfiggaz.net/timeline