Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Hos vs Queens

Tupac Shakur had many controversial views on life. However, one view about women differed from many rap artists who refereed to women as "bitches" or "hos". Tupac believed that there were three types of women: Bitches, hos, or queens who deserved respect. If a woman demanded respect then she deserved respect. I agree to some respect that this is correct but can it no apply to men also? Aren't there assholes in both genders? On a different note, in the film Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel: Life of an Outlaw, people compared him to the late Malcolm X. Although they both valued education and African American culture and pride, Malcolm X did not participate (after surrendering to the Nation of Islam) in drug use, fornication, or a typical "thug life". In fact, Malcolm X eventually valued himself in way that Tupac did not. Tupac perpetually smoked weed and drank. In the film I mentioned before a fellow artist said that Tupac did not like to be sober. Malcolm X did not want to put poisons into his body at all, because he believed that it was giving the white man power because you could not drink without breaking a government seal on the bottle. Despite the different Tupac Shakur was a revolutionary who reviled the truth about the ghetto and life in general. He admits his mistakes, and he fights for the truth to be unleashed.

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