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Lesane Parish Crooks “Tupac Amaru Shakur”. Brittney Reeves English II 8 th Period. A leader’s struggles of the past can form who this person has become and who they will be. The leader’s influences and dreams could help create the leader they have became. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Brittney ReevesEnglish II 8th Period
Lesane Parish Crooks“Tupac Amaru Shakur”
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• A leader’s struggles of the past can form who this person has become and who they will be. The leader’s influences and dreams could help create the leader they have became.
• Tupac had a troubled life as a child. He had his certain dreams and inspirations. All of these things have made him the leader he is.
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Tupac’s Troubled Life
• Tupac’s mother was pregnant with him while she was in jail for bombing charges. At the time, she didn’t know who her child’s real father was.
• His step-father, a Black Panther Activist, introduced his mother to crack and impregnated her with Tupac’s younger sister.
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Tupac’s Troubled Life
• The fatherly figure in Tupac’s life was sentenced to 60 years for a fatal armour-car robbery (1981)
• Since his father was in prison, Tupac’s mother was forced to be a single mother.
• The Shakur family moved throughout many homeless shelters.
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Tupac’s Inspiration
• After moving to Baltimore, Tupac’s mother enrolled him into the “Baltimore School of Arts.”
• Here, he dreamt of becoming a Shakespearean actor. He was involved in school plays and drama clubs offered.
• This all lead to his real talent being revealed after writing his first rap under “MC New York” in June 1986.
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The Leader Tupac Became
• Tupac was considered a leader because he was brave enough to incorporate real life situations into his music despite the violence and harsh reality it contained.
• People respected Tupac for this because he took a risk, and expressed himself. People liked the idea of hearing music about struggles they can all relate to.
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Touched By Many
• Tupac touched many people not only rap and hip-hop listeners, but also people outside of that. He influenced young adults, struggling individuals and people who generally just like that genre of music.
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What Makes Tupac Different
• Through the art of rapping, young African Americans expressed their surroundings and situations they’re in along with their feelings and thoughts toward the problems.
• Now-a-days, these topics would include partying, drugs and getting women, but Tupac decided to step away from that and talk about something other artist rarely talked about.
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Tupac’s Leadership
• In 1991, Tupac arose as a solo artist under the name 2Pac.
• “Brenda’s Got a Baby” was a track on his debut album that reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart.
• This is when he became famous and started his career and lead him on the road to becoming a leader and an inspiration to many.
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Traits People Admired
• He had positive traits that people admired such as his outstanding acting skills and his good musical skills.
• People also admired him for some negative things too such as how he added violence into his songs despite the fact they meant something more than violence.
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The Death of Tupac
• Tupac’s troubled life contributed to his leadership by providing ideas to his music.
• He touched people when talked about his past and the struggles he has been through.
• Sadly, Lesane Parish Crooks passed away on September 13th, 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• To this day, he still inspires people. His albums are still selling.
• Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest; Respiratory Failure.
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