Lesane Parish Crooks
(Tupac Shakur)

Who was Tupac ?

• An American Rapper
• Born In Manhattan
• Sold over 75 million worldwide records 
• Only 8 years in the rap industry 
• Changed the rap industry

POSITIVE Effects

• Especially from his rap to his mom ''Dear Momma''in 1995
• In 2010 ''Dear Momma''was put in the National Registry 
• Before him raps were about woman , drugs , and money
• Only rapper to be in jail and still be number 1 on the billboard charts
• First rapper to have a wax model of himself 

Negative Effects

• Tupac had a very controversial life
• He was living that aggresive gangster rap life back then
• Which caused him to have several arrests in the 1990's
• He was very political and talked a lot about the government and the police
• Throughout his arrest never did he let his mom get into the drama 

Citations

• Iwamoto, Derek. "Tupac Shakur: Understanding the identity formation of hyper-masculinity of a popular hip-hop artist." The black scholar (2003): 44-49.
• hakur, Tupac. The rose that grew from concrete. Simon and Schuster, 2009. 
• Armstrong, Edward G. "Gangsta misogyny: A content analysis of the portrayals of violence against women in rap music, 1987–1993." Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture 8.2 (2001): 96-126.