By Aaron Miller Mason Wilson-
Pupils from Temple University, Philadephia, Penslyvania U.S , are to use songs of the late rap star to exercise their memory, the Eye Of Media.Com has heard.
Tupac has many fans world wide, but not that many students in Temple University won’t know his lyrics because of their age and orientation, but a cash prize might change that. His lyrics are a mixture of inspiring and negative messages, but his rapping talent made him very popular in his hey day. His music has out survived him, but his penchant for telling violent tales appealed very much to gangsters and impressionable youths.
Law abiding citizens also fell for Tupac’s music and he was role model for many youths, but not a positive one in its true sense. Just before last weekend, a number of Tupac’s items were donated to Temple University by New Jersey’s Goldin Auction last week. Some of the pieces donated include handwritten lyrics from some of the American’s biggest hits like “It Ain’t Easy” and “I Ain’t Mad At Cha.”Also included in the donation is the diamond earing Shakur wore while pictured on the cover of the album “All Eyez On Me.”
HANDWRITTEN
Handwritten track listings from his unreleased albums including were also donated in memory of the controversial and popular rap artist whose rapping talent fetched him high acclaim in the 90’s. Over the weekend, a number of students began playing the rapper’s songs following news of the donation, one of them suggesting the idea of those who don’t know the meaning of the lyrics learning the words , with students analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of some of the lyrics.
The “California Love” rapper’s belongings were donated by an auction house and are housed at the school’s main campus. The famed rapper’s items fall under the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection that outlines “the global black experience.”
Temple University is an institution of research, home to many bright students with a mixture of A’s and B’s for all entrants. 19 year old second year health student, Mason Wilson told The Eye Of Media.Com:
” I think it is amazing that this University was chosen for donations of Tupac songs.
A few of my friends think it would be a good idea for many of us to try and learn some of his lyrics and to train our memory, but also analyse his message. Many of his songs were reflective and musing, revealing a man who came from tough humble beginnings, and rose to prominence in the rap industry. He was very vibrant and intelligent, but by no means sensible or sagacious.
Another pupil, second year science student Benjamin Matthews said ” this school is diverse and everyone seemed to be enjoying Tupac ‘s songs. An idea to give a cash prize to a pupil who never knew Tupac’s songs to learn a few of the, by heart will be entertaining and educational. Tupac’s lyrics had powerful flow and hooks, and were very detailed, he would have to have had an exceptional memory and intelligence level to remember it all. I think some of his most moving songs were ‘dear mama’, it is a true tribute to his mother whom he said was committed to her children despite being a drug addict.
‘Tupac’s admission of selling drugs is not one decent people should admire, but his greatest achievement was his drive to succeed in music and demonstrate a high talent that could have been directed in another field if he had the right environment for it’. There are plans for the creative teenagers to present the idea to their professors as part of research
It will be a good idea to see how if anyone will be up for an attempt to learn a number of songs from an album completely. We will have to select people we think don’t know his songs. is lyrics pay tribute to black people killed in the jungle of ghetto life and the rap star uses derogatory racist term of nxxxxx often, establishing a negative image by using encouraging the use of language among black people which they would protest against if used against them by white people.
He uses it in the derogatory term in a brotherly fashion, but it leaves a bad taste in the mouth of those who would object to that sort of language because of its historical connotations.
Shot: Tupac
KILLED
Tupac was shot and killed in America in 1996 after a Mike Tyson heavyweight title fight. However, numerous conspiracy theories have claimed the late rap star is alive and in hiding in Cuba, with others naming other countries where he allegedly lives in secret.
Some of Tupac’s Makavelli’s videos have led many of his followers to be convinced he is still alive. If he is, Tupac would be a legendary super genius, because the official position is that he is dead and gone long time ago. Other tracks donated to Temple University include Nuthin Gold, Street Fame, and Troublesome as well as the diamond earrings and the bullet-dented gold medallion he wore the night he was shot in New York City in 1996.
Tupac was one of the most enigmatic characters of his day, not many can compare with him. Eminem definitely comes very close in terms of poetry skills, though some of his lyrics were. “There is a lot of mystery around Tupac and his jewelry,” Smith said. “To have some of [it] here means a whole lot”. The New Jersey-native enigmatic rap starts of his generation, but lacked the necessary degree of circumspection to avoid an easily foreseeable death.
Those of his avid followers who believe he is still alive are unwavering in their conclusion that he was smart enough to fake his own death in what would be a successful attempt to evade his most harmful enemies .
Diane Turner, the collection’s curator, said that the Blockson Collection will put more of an emphasis on preserving hip-hop culture. “This is just the beginning of a long journey to collect and preserve hip-hop culture,” Turner said
Aaron Smith, a professor of Africology and African American Studies, teaches a Shakur-focused class at Temple. While speaking with The Philadelphia Inquirer, Smith said, “For a hip-hop head, this is truly a dream come true. Just 20 years ago, they were saying [hip-hop] was a pariah in society. Here, we have legitimization from the academic
“There is a lot of mystery around Tupac and his jewelry,” Smith said. “To have some of [it] here means a whole lot”. The New Jersey-native also mentioned that Shakur’s death possibly has to do with jewelry as the shooting that killed him “erupted over a medallion that was stolen in a previous altercation.”
Diane Turner, the collection’s curator, said that the Blockson Collection will put more of an emphasis on preserving hip-hop culture. “This is just the beginning of a long journey to collect and preserve hip-hop culture,” he added.