Project Presentation- Tupac Shakur

Tupac's rap songs and his Influence on the African-American people

a presentation by: Jazem, Akkaash, Sercan and Granit

Index

5. Riots in Los Angeles 1992

1. Tupac´s life

6. Tupac´s Influence

2. Black Panther Party

3. Tupac - Changes

7. Our Opinion

8. Sources

4. Tupac - Keep Ya Head

Tupac´s Life

1.1 Childhood 1.3 Musical career1.2 Family 1.4 Criminal past1.5 West Coast vs. EastCoast

Tupac´s Childhood

• Lesane Parish Crooks -> Tupac Amaru Shakur
• Born on June 16,1971 in East Harlem (New York)
• 2Pac was raised with financial problems
• moved a lot and stayed in shelters
• He attended the Baltimore School of Arts in Maryland

2Pac´s Family

• Mother: Afeni Shakur
• Father (biological): Billy Garland
• Step father: Mutulu Shakur
• Ex-Wife: Keisha Morris (April 1995- March 1996)
• Girlfriend: Kidada Jones
• Daughter: Quincy Jones
• Half-Siblings: Sekiywa Shakur, +8

Chinua Shakur

Mutulu Shakur Tupac Shakur

Tupac´s Musical career

• First song was about Gun Control
• backup dancer for rap group Digital Underground in 1990
• First solo album 1991 “2Pacalypse Now”
• He moved to Los Angeles in 1993 to pursue his career
• rapped about the life in the ghetto
• pointed out political/ society problems between black and white
• sold 75 million records worldwide
• Inducted into Hip-Hop Hall of fame in 2002

Criminal Past

shooting against two police officers

13.09. 1996

18.11. 1993

05.05. 1993

Shakur's birth

punched Allen Hughes

arrested for sexual abusing

31.10. 1993

10.11. 1994

beated another rapper up with a baseball bat

Tupac's death

16.06. 1971

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East Coast

West Coast

VS

United States of America

West Coast

East Coast

Black Panther Party

2.1 Information

Black Panther Party

• African American revolutionary organisation
• Founded in 1966 by Bobby Seale and a Huey P. Newton
• Oakland, California
• Worked for the rights and freedom of black people, later more radical
• Government ordered FBI to take the party down
• End of the decade the party was dead and many of its leader fled

Changes

3.1 Topic 3.2 Lines3.3 Message

Changes

Topic

• Police violence
• (Systemic) racism
• Gaps in the system
• Gang criminality

" Cops give a damn about a n*gro, pull the trigger, Kill a n*gga, he's a hero."

Tupac Shakur- Changes

" First, ship 'em dope and let them deal the brothers, Give 'em guns, step back, watch'em kill each other. "

Tupac Shakur - Changes

Message

• blacks are systematically excluded and treated unfairly by the police

• The state is fighting the wrong problems of the system

• nothing changes

Tupac - Keep Ya Head Up

4.1 Topic 4.2 Lines4.3 Message

Keep Ya Head Up

Topic

• Negative plights of the African American community
• Suffering of women in the black community
• Encouragement and hope for women
• How a man has to be

" And I realize momma really paid the price, she nearly gave her life, to raise me right, and all I had to give her was my pipe dream. "

Tupac Shakur - Keep Ya Head Up

"While the rich kids is driving Benz I´m still trying to hold on to surviving my friends."

Tupac Shakur- Keep Ya Head Up

Message

• Women should be strong for their children

• Women should not be oppressed

• Men should be honest and protect their family

• Children should be raised properly

Riots in Los Angeles 1992

5.1 Video 5.2 Information

Los Angeles Riots 1992

Los Angeles Riots 1992

• The trigger was Rodney King
• Many violent riots
• 63 deaths, 2400 injured, 12000 arrests, property damage of 1 billion US dollars
• Set more than 100 fires
• Riots lasted for 5 days

Tupac´s Influence

6.1 Interview 6.2 Mindset6.3 Influence (past vs today)

Tupac's Interview

Tupac's Mindset

positive/motivational mindset

Systemic racism

wants to make changes

hates poverty

his mother had a big influence on his mindset

Unfair treatment of black people

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Tupac's Influence (Today)

Tupac's Influence (Past)

1. showed people life in the ghetto
2. showed how black people are being treated
3. was a hope for the Black Community
4. criticised the system
5. set trends (fashion, rap etc.)

1. big influence in the rap culture
2. role model for many
3. his lyrics are still important today (Black Lives Matter)
4. black people can still identify themselves with him

VS

Our own opinion on Tupac Shakur

Sources

Sources:

https://images.app.goo.gl/sJ5Q1PBdTa2CevcNA https://www.brookings.edu/articles/black-progress-how-far-weve-come-and-how-far-we-have-to-go/ https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/2pac/changes-53d65b51.html https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tupac-Shakur https://www.biography.com/musician/tupac-shakur https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2016-07/gewalt-gegen-schwarze-polizei-usa https://www.nber.org/digest/oct97/rise-and-decline-american-ghetto https://youtu.be/GL-ZoNhUFmc https://www.vice.com/de/article/zmwj4e/nein-du-musst-2pac-nicht-vergottern https://li.sten.to/Ofq5bN5 https://www.liveabout.com/rap-hiphop-and-randb-stars-mugshots-4123000 https://zettoplus.medium.com/the-1991-tupac-shakur-interview-that-all-americans-need-to-hear-in-2017-847978de0fd6 https://images.app.goo.gl/fVYPmPPGwFMihcWf8 https://images.app.goo.gl/Lsh3d9W8vx29DxYm9 https://images.app.goo.gl/MJANyjqshzCBwx1s9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Ya_Head_Up#/media/File:2Pac_-_Keep_Ya_Head_Up.jpg https://soundcloud.com/nigelnice/biggie-smalls-10-crack-commandments-nigel-nice-remix

SERCAN K.

aKKAASH s.

Thank you for your attention!

05.05. 1993

gRANIT D.

jAZEM J.