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Summary: Simply Unforgettable
Review: Tupac Amaru Shakur was a man who never lived to see his full potential. His greatest asset was that he spoke with brutal honesty about life and living in America as a young African-American male. The lyrics he expressed in his songs were sometimes controversial, but always real to life. Tupac will forever be remembered for his zeal for life........and death. The songs that he left behind are only a small part of the legacy of a troubled young man. Tupac will truly be missed. I am a young black man in America and the same prejudices that plagued Tupac also find their way into the lives of countless youths today. Rest In Peace, Tupac Amaru Shakur.
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Summary: The book was very informative.
Review: In the many interviews included in the book, it showed a side of Tupac not a lot of people knew about. I think it was well written and kept my attention until the end. Shakur wasn't just a rapper but a very smart and talented man who was taken away from the world too soon. He will be missed
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Summary: Tupac at his best!!
Review: Someone once said that "Vibe magazine is one some love s###." No, I disagree. Tupac has graced the cover of Vibe no less that 4? times before his untimely death. No one in the rap game (then or now) affected us the way Tupac did. The mystery that still surrounds his death still haunts most of his fans. Tupac became larger than life in death. He released more albums in death than in life. He has easily become the Black Elvis. The book gives you a timeline from the beginning to his tragic end. The questions still linger on. Who? What? When? Where? Most of these questions will never be answered. One man who was going to come forward with information was killed, execution-style. Suge (at the time) was in prison. Other people are either too scared to talk, are in prison, dead or cannot be located. There are lots of theories that Tupac is still alive as he may have insinuated in his music: post-humous album Makaveli: The 7 Day Theory. We even get to hear Tupac's side of the story for the woman who accused him of rape. {He was never convicted of rape, but of sexual abuse.}as well as the story of the first attempt on his life. This is an excellent book!
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Summary: Tupac at his best!!
Review: Someone once said that "Vibe magazine is one some love s###." No, I disagree. Tupac has graced the cover of Vibe no less that 4? times before his untimely death. No one in the rap game (then or now) affected us the way Tupac did. The mystery that still surrounds his death still haunts most of his fans. Tupac became larger than life in death. He released more albums in death than in life. He has easily become the Black Elvis. The book gives you a timeline from the beginning to his tragic end. The questions still linger on. Who? What? When? Where? Most of these questions will never be answered. One man who was going to come forward with information was killed, execution-style. Suge (at the time) was in prison. Other people are either too scared to talk, are in prison, dead or cannot be located. There are lots of theories that Tupac is still alive as he may have insinuated in his music: post-humous album Makaveli: The 7 Day Theory. We even get to hear Tupac's side of the story for the woman who accused him of rape. {He was never convicted of rape, but of sexual abuse.}as well as the story of the first attempt on his life. This is an excellent book!
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Summary: An excellent biography
Review: "There is nothing more tragic than a life cut short-one that has not been allowed to bloom to its fullest potential. The tragedy of Tupac is thats his untimely passing is respresentative of too many young black men in this country. Two and a half decades, 25 years of age...that is how old Tupac was when we lost him. Who knows what he could have gone on to? If we had lost Oprah Winfrey at 25, we would have lost a relatively unknown, local market TV anchorwoman. If we had lost Malcom X at 25, we would have lost a hustler nicknamed Detroit Red. And if I had left the world at 25, we would have lost a big-band trumpet player and aspiring composer-just a sliver of my eventual life potential." - From the Foreword of Quincy Jonesthese 160 pages revealing the life and death of the late rapper/actor tupac amaru shakur changed my view completely about the man. "live by the gun, die by the gun" was exactly what he did. whether he was rapping about his mama or making xxx music videos, you had to love him. there was something about his booming personality, large brown eyes, distinct voice, and smooth yet anxious flow that made you want to search for the real him. this book, loaded with information and photos, reveals the tupac that you are searching for. a DEFINITE get for true 'pac fans. "I believe that everything you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer for it. But in my heart, I believe what I'm doing is right. So I feel like I'm going to heaven." - Tupac RIP nigga 1971-1996
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