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Why is Tupac influential?

Why is Tupac influential?. I-search presentation Esperanza Schmoe May 2006. OVERVIEW. What I already know What I want to find out My research process What I learned Picture collage What this means to me Works cited. I. What I already know. He was murdered

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Why is Tupac influential?

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  1. Why is Tupac influential? I-search presentation Esperanza Schmoe May 2006

  2. OVERVIEW • What I already know • What I want to find out • My research process • What I learned • Picture collage • What this means to me • Works cited

  3. I. What I already know • He was murdered • Tupac, 2pac, Shakur, Makaveli • My brother and I like his music • Many people think he is still alive!!!!! • He liked and loved his mama • He also wrote poetry • He has had new songs come out after his death…this is confounding

  4. II. What I want to find out • How am I influenced by Tupac? • What is so significant about Tupac? • Has he set any records or won any awards? • What does his name mean? • Why is he a role model? • Why do people think he is still alive?

  5. III. My research process • I went to yahooligans.com and searched Tupac • Pictures and biography • I searched Google for “Tupac lyrics” • I then went to askjeeves.com to find the meaning of his name • I found information on a Goecities site

  6. IV. What I have learned • TUpac Amaro Shakur • Inca name, “Royal Serpent”, King Tupac Amaro was the last crowned ruler of Peru (b. 1544) • Dancer, writer, rapper, actor • His mother, Afeni, chose his name after the king who was a great man, honorable and respectable; the king also had a premature death (died young) • Five albums, five movies, in five years

  7. IV. What I have learned • Murdered by “East coast” group • Las Vegas, September 13, 1996 • P. Diddy and Notorious B.I.G. were involved(rumor) • His mother now helps to produce music Tupac recorded before his death • His penname Makaveli is believed to come from the Italian communist, Machiavelli, who had faked his death in order to fool his enemies • Many believe TUPAC lives on in his music

  8. V. What this means to me • “Changes Come on, come on, I see no changes, wake up in the morning and I ask myself is life worth living”-Tupac • I usually connect to his lyrics (see above) • My mother gave me the name Esperanza, which means hope; I also respect my mother • Tupac was very determined and achieved many things; I plan to achieve many things • I love to dance

  9. Works Cited • http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/music/bio?id=10131 Frank Meyer • http://www.flashkit.com/loops/Techno-Dance/Hip_Hop/Starin_-Doc_Holl-8590/index.php • http://www.angelfire.com/ut/rusellsworld/lyrics.html • www.tupacnet.org/lyrics/lyrics.htm • http://www.geocities.com/nikosonik/tupac.html

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