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Its ok now tho op.
Tupac back according to Rick Ross
Tupac back according to Rick Ross
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Originally Posted by UbUiBeMe
Not sure if you're even close to serious.
Originally Posted by Key 2 Life
OP is entitled to his own opinion, but I feel like people put wayyyy too much stock into what tupac brought to the table.
Originally Posted by RetroSan
oh wait you serious
Michael Jackson>>>>>>>>>Tupac
and i DARE someone to come at me...bro
I want to know how people even come up with these topics and build up the idea enough to create a paragraph of material and offer a discussion about this stuff man.Originally Posted by Classy Freshman
With the anniversary of Tupac"s death coming up we were talking about him and this today at work, and I really couldn't think of a reason to disagree.
Like it or not, the most influential people to the young generation have become the people in the media, mainly musicians and rappers. Yes Tupac had some derogatory lyrics and rapped about questionable topics, but he was also the son of parents who were Black Panthers... and it seemed like he had an understanding that coming together as people was the best thing for the black race. It almost seems like the East Coast/West Coast beef was put in place to kind of deflect attention off of what Tupac really wanted to rap about, and could have ultimately been the cover up for the real reason he was killed. He had the young generation ready for whatever.
With Tupac dead that opened the door for flashy rappers and "gangster for no reason rappers" to have the platform all to themselves, and there has not since been a rapper who had that kind of following who had the "military mindset" for the purpose of bringing black people together. So basically this whole generation has grown up to follow rappers with no substance and no purpose, which has had a direct negative effect in our youth.
Thoughts?
I'm not saying this is definitively the worst thing that has happened to black people in the last 20 years, but I do feel like it is an interesting perspective worthy of consideration.
And you if you disagree, what is the worst thing that has happened to the black race in 20 years?
This is what I was trying to get at. If the children had someone to emulate with a purpose and vision, things would be a lot different.Originally Posted by FEETure
i feel that our youths infatuation and idolatry concerning fictional hip-hop characters combined with their antics is much worse than pacs death. i think this question proves that. i am 25 year old black male that works with kids and i will say i could care less about tupac shakur but i do care that all these kids wanna do during class is cat-daddy, cook, cuss, and wear chicken nugget hair-cuts ala whiz k; just to state a few of the ills out there.. the impact that BET MTV and other media outlets is having on our impressionable youth is much worse than the death of an entertainer. just my 2 pennies mane.
[/h3]That depends. When were you born?[h3]Was Tupac's death the worst thing that has happened to the black race in the last 20 years?[/h3]
airmaxplus wrote:
i thought everyone was in agreement that its souljaboy. Birdman JR.
Economists say the Great Recession lasted from 2007 to 2009. In 2004, the median net worth of white households was $134,280, compared with $13,450 for black households, according to an analysis of Federal Reserve data by the Economic Policy Institute. By 2009, the median net worth for white households had fallen 24 percent to $97,860; the median black net worth had fallen 83 percent to $2,170, according to the EPI.
Since the end of the recession, the overall unemployment rate has fallen from 9.4 to 9.1 percent, while the black unemployment rate has risen from 14.7 to 16.2 percent, according to the Department of Labor.
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I would put Katrina number two, but its effect wasn't felt nationwide, but it still disproportionally affected black people.