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The Rose That Grew from Concrete (1999) is a collection of poetry written between 1989 and 1991 by Tupac Shakur, published by Pocket Books through its MTV Books imprint. [1] A preface was written by Shakur's mother Afeni Shakur, a foreword by Nikki Giovanni and an introduction by his manager, Leila Steinberg.
The Rose That Grew from Concrete is a posthumous album based on the poetry/writings of Tupac Shakur, released on November 21, 2000.This album features a large cast of celebrities reading Shakur's poetry and writing, much in the spirit of a traditional spoken-word album. 2Pac is featured on the song "The Rose That Grew from Concrete".
The Rose, Vol. 2 is a 2005 posthumous album of Tupac Shakur's poetry. This album features recordings of Tupac's poetry in musical form, by other well-known artists such as Ludacris and Bone Thugs n Harmony. Tupac's poems are quoted, sung or simply used as inspiration for each track on this album.
In 1997, the University of California, Berkeley, offered a course led by a student titled "History 98: Poetry and History of Tupac Shakur". [274] In April 2003, Harvard University cosponsored the symposium "All Eyez on Me: Tupac Shakur and the Search for the Modern Folk Hero", [ 275 ] where Shakur's influence as both an artist and an activist ...
The album was originally going to be titled Tu Pimp a Caterpillar, a backronym for Tu.P.A.C., itself an allusion to the rapper Tupac. [49] Lamar decided to replace "caterpillar" in the original title to "butterfly", which he explained in an interview for MTV , "I just really wanted to show the brightness of life and the word 'pimp' has so much ...
The song starts with an introduction by Mexican singer Deyra Barrera, [1] [2] who sings in Spanish "Que reflejan tu mirada / La noche, tú y yo" ("That reflect your look / The night, you and me").
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Written by Lamar while on Kanye West's Yeezus Tour, [4] "Mortal Man" ends with a simulated interview between Lamar and the late Tupac Shakur. It was sourced from an obscure, previously unreleased November 1994 interview between Shakur and Mats Nileskär [] (host of Swedish radio station P3 Soul) that took place only weeks before the former was shot at Quad Studios.