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LEARN SOME TUPAC with 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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
LEARN SOME TUPACwith
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.