Tupac spent most of his early life in the black community of Harlem, which is often stereotyped and associated with crime and violence. Greenburg (2011) reported in Forbes magazine that Tupac has sold over 75 million records worldwide, with the bulk of it coming after his death. (2017) suggests that Tupac was a “sensitive, precociously talented and troubled soul” and that his music career began with him as a rebel with a cause to articulate the injustices, faced by many African Americans. Tupac was an accomplished rapper and had a way with words, speaking to the concerns and struggles of African American citizens, particularly those of lower socioeconomic standings. (2009) reported that Tupac remains one of Hip-hop’s most influential voices as a consistent release of his album have kept relevant up to today. Mainstream media reports indicate that he died of gunshot wounds in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting. Tupac died on September 13, 1996, at age 25. Tupac Amaru Shakur was an influential American rapper, actor and poet whose death still attracts conspiracy theories today. Information about Tupac’s background helps us to understand the motives for and nature of this rhetoric. I will be examining three areas that will help provide the context for the artefact, that is: Tupac as a rhetor, the occasions on which the rhetoric was presented and the audience to whom the rhetoric was addressed.
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