Tupac as an individual seems very grounded in his thoughts towards his community. When he first started off in the eye of social media, he really preached against rich people. He never said that people shouldn’t have money, but that they shouldn’t have the right to blow it carelessly. He makes an important point that no man should have multiple houses if there are still people living on the streets , or no man should have multiple cars if there are still people starving. I think this makes so much sense, it is upsetting that people are not only selfish, but when they are drowning in money they don’t remember how it felt to have nothing at all. It was very respectable for Tupac to say stuff like that but when it came to actually following through, he fell short. He came to a point where he had a lot of money but his feud with Notorious B.I.G distracted him from the original message he was preaching. Even his rap lyrics began gradually changing as he became more involved in the feud and more known in the public eye. Its interesting the New Yorker, they talk about the older Tupac not being the “real” Tupac. He was in an out of jail, on and off probation, and in general his childhood was not only depressing but heavily impacted him as an adult and shaped the type of characteristics he held. Another aspect that led to his death was the East Cost – West Cost drama. It was originally only a verbal feud and then it turned into an aggression. I think at the end Tupac was involved in so many different events, whether it was how he was raised or what he participated in when he was older, that led to him being killed at a young age.
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