Tupac Shakur Article

What is Tupac Shakur’s music about?

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Tupac Shakur’s music often glorifies the violent, misogynistic, drug-filled “thug life” led by many 1990s gangsta rappers. However, several of Shakur’s songs describe the bleak and racist reality experienced by Black youth who felt forced down that path. He also wrote songs that uplift women and emphasize the importance of fatherhood.