• Tupac Amaru Shakur, best known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli was an American rapper and actor. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide as of 2010, making him one of the best-selling music artist in the world.

• Born: June 16, 1971

• Died: September 13, 1996, Las Vegas

• Parents: Afeni Shakur, Billy Garland

POETIC JUSTICE

WHY IS TUPAC A LEADER?• Tupac as a Ghetto Activist Tupac's rap about the ghetto as bringing insight to

the masses about the social mind set of what Ghettoism is. AS why individuals act this way and are that way i.e. songs Brenda has a baby, Me Against the World, Keep ya Head Up, Changes and various others. Tupac perpetuated ghettoism in a charismatic persona as him being a true living example of the ghetto. (As this being an example of a young black male growing up in the ghetto system).

• Tupac as a poet Tupac was literary in composing his lyrics by metaphorically relating his feelings in a systematic way of being straight forward but to the extent where he can position his self expression to the reality of shifting you from your reality. This is the Tupac that most individuals revile from; for they mainly want to uphold Tupac's gangsta persona.

WHO FOLLOWED PAC?• Tupac didn’t really have any followers he just had his crew which he was doing the same

things as he was rapping.

WHAT CHARACTERISTICS SEPARATE TUPAC FROM OTHERS?• It was because almost every other rapper was commercial... 2Pac was street and kept it

real. He had deep songs but were also gangsta. In most of his songs, he tells story that someone can relate to, or that people can picture. If you listen to a song like Brenda's Got A Baby, or Changes, you can picture his story and can make you think.

• 2Pac made tracks that any gangsta can relate to. 2Pac also didn't rap about how rich he was unlike other rappers who only rapped about making money and all their cars, chains, gold etc.

HOW LONG WAS TUPAC IN LEADERSHIP CAPACITY• He released his first album in 1991 and was shot 4 times by a drive-by car on September

7, 1996. Shortly after he died.

POSITIVE TRAITS ABOUT TUPAC• His creativity - it gave him his ability to translate his reality into art. He didn't let

his environment dictate his future - he went all the way with his music. It goes to show that creativity is the most powerful when it's mixed with determination, whether it is a professional painter or a writing professor at some big university or a young kid from Harlem born to parents in the Black Panthers.

NEGATIVE FACTS ABOUT TUPAC• Tupac was said to have beaten on women aside from that he was a very violent person.

WHERE DID TUPAC COME FROM• the rapper who was killed over 13 years ago. Tupac was from the East Coast...was born

in East Harlem and raised in Bronx, New York. It was not until the late 1980's that his family moved to the West Coast - California.

• Tupac had an hard life being as he came from a broken home

HOW DOES TUPAC'S BACKGROUND AFFECT HIMBeing that Tupac came from a broken home he most likely took out his anger on others being that it was the way he was raised.

TUPAC'S FALL• Along with biggie and Tupac becoming rivals Tupac had been gunned down “September

13, 1996, Las Vegas”

SOURCES• YAHOO.COM

• BIOGRAPHY.COM

• YAHOOANSWERS.COM

• ASK.COM

RIP TUPAC.