Tupac: Life Goes On

In the article, "Tupac: Life Goes On," Michael Eric Dyson talks about how Tupac's music was so influential and how scholars now-a-days a still looking at his music. He talks about Tupac's background and his influences. His influences were people like Maya Angelou and Niccolo Machiavelli. In his music, Tupac spoke about politics, the struggle of a young black man, and how the world around him was rapidly changing. He got these points across using allusion and historical references that provoked many of his fans the look into where he was getting these points from. By doing so he made kids want to read. Dyson said, "Tupac no only got young folk to read; he got them to read classics." He had a grip on his fans that was hard to shake and still has scholars reading over his lyrics as if it were something written by Shakespeare.

According to the article an artists record sales go up after their death when it comes to Tupac. The grip that Tupac had on his fans did not end when he died because eight more records were released after his death. His fans were so taken aback by what he was saying that they could not get enough of him and his music so they went out and bought all the new records that were released posthumous. It took people a while to understand what exactly he was saying, but once they did they wanted to analyze every bit of music that he came out with.

I myself did hop on the Tupac bandwagon. I can completely agree with Dyson on the things that he says in the article. Tupac is a very influential individual and his music is unlike that of anyone now-a-days. If you take the time to look at his lyrics and read about him it strikes you that this man was no ordinary rapper.

Ante Kovacevic