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The ‘Thug Life’ Persona

February 24, 2020February 14, 2021 John Bigelow

Tupac Shakur – arguably one of the most famous musical artists of all time who was no stranger to controversy – personified a mentality he dubbed ‘Thug Life.’ According to Tupac, to the outsider – namely white Americans – ‘Thug Life’ could never be understood. In the 1990s and even

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The Ballad of Brenda: Breaking the Boundaries of the Music Industry

September 13, 2017February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

Each and every day, the human population is exposed to and at times bombarded with expressions of contemporary artistry. Often, these patterns and paradigms, as well as their cultural significance, go unseen and unnoticed. This does not occur intentionally, but rather thoughtlessly, just as one flips through a multitude of

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Attacking Oppression with Art: The Case of Tupac and Rize

December 2, 2015February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

People fight oppression in a lot of different ways. Some react violently, committing acts such as burning down buildings and engaging in physical fights, while others, such as Gandhi, fasted and peacefully protested. Tupac and the dancers in David LaChapelle’s Rize (2005) use art as a means of protesting their

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My Friend Death: Tupac’s Attitude Towards Death Versus American Society’s

December 2, 2015February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

Americans have a difficult time dealing with death. Death is the unknown; it is beyond human comprehension and people often fear what they do not understand. In the literary work “Rap as Wrap and Rapture,” author James W. Perkinson presents several examples in American society where our fear and denial

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