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Tupac!

Pick one yo!

My Life My Death?

My Poetry

My Life

This is my life, Dawg!

I’m too big to have on section for my life. Whatcha want?

Early Life

Rap Career

Compare Me!

Early Life I was born on June 16, 1971 in Harlem,

New York.

As a sophomore, I moved to Baltimore where I attended the Baltimore School for the Arts. I studied acting, poetry, jazz, and ballet.

Early Life Cont. I wrote a book entitled The Rose That

Grew From Concrete. It was a collection of poems I wrote in high school.

In 1988, I moved to California. I attended Tamalpais High School.

Yeah, there’s more! My poetry teacher organized a concert

for me to recite my poetry. A week later, I was signed with Alron Gregory, the creator of Digital Underground.

Quiz Number One, Bro!

Question 1Click This Now!!!

Let’s Review I was born June 16, 1971.

I went to Tamalpais High School.

I signed with Alron Gregory.

Wrong, you fool!

QUESTION 1 QUESTION 2 QUESTION 3

That’s my Dawg!

Correct!

QUESTION 2 QUESTION 3 FINISHED?

Quiz Over! Go Home!

My Career? My Dude!

My Career Starts Here The song that got me on the map was,

“Same Song.” It was a song I performed with Digital Underground.

After, I received my own opportunity, and released my first album entitled “2pacolypse Now”

Continued… I formed the rap group, Thug Life and

our album went gold!

I got tired of the group thing and went solo. “All Eyez on Me” was my first huge solo success.

Shutup. After “All Eyez on Me,” I became a huge

deal. Everything I did after that was untouchable.

I’m known as one of the biggest influences in the rap game.

Poet like Me?

You probably don’t think I have anything in common with a poet. Let me introduce you to this cat Edgar Allan Poe.

Family Edgar Allan Poe’s father abandoned him

when he was little.

My father also abandoned me!

Trouble Maker Edgar Allan Poe was an assistant editor

for a magazine, but was fired for being drunk at work.

I was convicted of sexual assault and went to jail.

Work Until Death Edgar Allan Poe tried to produce a

journal entitled “The Penn,” but it wasn’t published before his death.

I was just finishing up my last album, but was killed before it’s release.

Fortune Tellers? In one of my songs, I predicted my own

death. Many of my songs have messages related to how I died, as well as when I will come back.

Stick with this, it gets weird. In one of Edgar’s poems, he tells a tale

of a ship lost at sea. When times get desperate, the crew drew straws to see who they would eat. In the poem, Richard Parker drew the short straw.

Seriously read this…

Ahhhhhhhhhhh! 46 years later, a boat was lost at sea.

The crew once again drew straws on who was going to be eaten. A man by the name of Richard Parker drew the short straw. This was not a poem.

Looks like I’m closer to a poet than people think!

Question 1What is my freakin’ birthday?

August 29, 1971

June 16, 1971

October 3, 1971

Question 2What high school in California did I attend?

Westbay Tamalpais

St Pailo

Question 3Who freakin’ signed me?

Alron Gregory

Ashton Kutcher

Mickey Roark

My Death

No, I a’int dead!

Choose your side. According to reports, I was “shot and

killed” on September 7, 1996.

What do you think?

I’m Dead I’m Alive

WRONG!

GO BACK

Good Job My first album after my death was

entitled, “Machiavelli: The 7 Day Theory.”

Machiavelli was a famous philosopher who believed faking your own death was a was to fool your enemies.

Coincidences? In “2pac’s Greatest,” Tupac’s greatest

hits CD, I released six new songs. Sure, I could have recorded them previously, but I make references to the movie Armageddon, and congratulate the Broncos on winning the Super Bowl.

Both happened after I died…

Hmmm I’ve released seven albums since my

“death.”

I referenced the World Trade Centers being attacked, and have talked about other new world things.

In fact, I always wore a bullet proof vest. Why not that day?

Obviously, I’m still alive!

My Poetry = My Art

There are a lot of poetic devices I use in my raps.

Let me show you.

PersonificationDefinition – a description of an object as

being a living thing.

Example – “My fake friends say they love me, but I know they lie. The Darkness sees they full of homicide.”

- “Thug Style”

The darkness’ ability to see is personification.

Internal RhymeDefinition – rhyming that occurs within the

line.

Example – “I’m a homicidal outlaw. Five-O get your lights on, fight long.”

- “The Heartz of Men”

- On and long are internal rhymes.

SimilieDefinition – Comparison of two unlike

things using like or as.

Example – As even as a crack fiend, you always a black queen.

- “Dear Mama”

OnomatopoeiaDefinition – a word that imitates the sound

it represents.

Example – And the five-O, blaow, blaow. - “16 on Death Row”

- Blaow Blaow represents police sirens.

Let’s Review My first big hit was “All Eyez on Me”

Edgar Allan Poe and I share a strange bond

Edgar Allan Poe was fired for being drunk at work.

Let’s have another ballin’

quiz!

QUIZ

Question 1 What was my first big hit?

ALL EYEZ ON ME

DEAR MAMA SHUTUP

Question 2 What poet is just like me?

Robert Frost

Shakespeare Edgar Allan Poe

Question 3 Why was Edgar Allan Poe fired?

Drunk at work Fighting Murder

Sorry Dawg…

BACK TO

QUESTION 1BACK TO

QUESTION 2BACK TO

QUESTION 3

Atta Boy!

QUESTION 2 QUESTION 3

Let’s Review After I died, I came out with the album,

Machiavelli.

Personification is giving objects human characteristics.

Onomatopoeia is words that imitate sounds.

Another Quiz? You really like quizzes…

Quiz

Question 1 What was my first album after my

death?

Machiavelli I am not Dead

All Eyez on Me

Question 2 What is personification?

Comparing two unlike things.

Giving objects human

characteristics.

Words that imitate sounds.

Question 3 What is onomatopoeia?

Comparing two unlike things.

Giving objects human

characteristics.

Words that imitate sounds.

Question 4 Am I alive?

YES NO

YEZZIR!!!

QUESTION 2 QUESTION 3 QUESTION 4

SERIOUSLY?

QUESTION 1 QUESTION 2 QUESTION 3

Whether you answered yes or no, no one will know for sure. I hope you had fun learning a little about me.