njohnson747
11-10-06, 07:00 PM
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This Monday (November 13th, 2006) marks ten years to the day that Tupac Shakur's BMW and his body were riddled with bullets in downtown Las Vegas. It was by any definition a tragedy. Although some saw it as a fitting demise for a self-described thug most, however, saw it as a loss not only for the music community but for the human community. Ten years after his untimely demise it can be said that he is most certainly missed.
Don't count Tupac Shakur simply as 2Pac the hip-hop star: he was a human rights activist in the truest sense of the word and sought to empower the economically downtrodden of every race - men as well as women. He did not discriminate, instead he let the content of one's character determine his approach to people on an individual basis. He never sold his soul to anyone - never forgot who he was or where he came from, never sold out. He was not just a rapper, an actor, a superstar - he was his own man and his accomplishments in the human community are too many to list here.
And he had a death wish. He always saw "death around the corner", he said, and left a legacy of words and music that eclipses the body of work he did while alive. This is true for both his music albums made after his death and the humanitarian foundations they support. Tupac was an enigma, a dynamic personality, a fierce speaker who bowed to no one - including himself. Why? It can be said of Tupac that he was his own worst enemy - he saw death around the corner and he met it.
That he died ten years ago this week is a monumental loss that is only overshadowed by those incredible contributions to the human community he made while alive. Contributions which continue to this day even after ten years gone.
Tupac, may you rest in peace.
This Monday (November 13th, 2006) marks ten years to the day that Tupac Shakur's BMW and his body were riddled with bullets in downtown Las Vegas. It was by any definition a tragedy. Although some saw it as a fitting demise for a self-described thug most, however, saw it as a loss not only for the music community but for the human community. Ten years after his untimely demise it can be said that he is most certainly missed.
Don't count Tupac Shakur simply as 2Pac the hip-hop star: he was a human rights activist in the truest sense of the word and sought to empower the economically downtrodden of every race - men as well as women. He did not discriminate, instead he let the content of one's character determine his approach to people on an individual basis. He never sold his soul to anyone - never forgot who he was or where he came from, never sold out. He was not just a rapper, an actor, a superstar - he was his own man and his accomplishments in the human community are too many to list here.
And he had a death wish. He always saw "death around the corner", he said, and left a legacy of words and music that eclipses the body of work he did while alive. This is true for both his music albums made after his death and the humanitarian foundations they support. Tupac was an enigma, a dynamic personality, a fierce speaker who bowed to no one - including himself. Why? It can be said of Tupac that he was his own worst enemy - he saw death around the corner and he met it.
That he died ten years ago this week is a monumental loss that is only overshadowed by those incredible contributions to the human community he made while alive. Contributions which continue to this day even after ten years gone.
Tupac, may you rest in peace.