Tupac Shakur, also known as Lesean Crooks, is a well known rap artist that (the police say) was supposedly gunned down, back in 1996, by former best friend Notorious B.I.G. ... The two rappers had been fighting for several years over a particular incident (East Coast vs. ... His expression in his vocal and the music itself evokes emotion. ... This is why he is and always will be known as a Messiah of the music industry, in all genres. ... An artist reflects emotion, time and love into their music. ...

• Word Count: 485
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

If music's purpose is to invoke emotions in the listener, then rapper Eminem has not only discovered this purpose but has utilized the power of music itself to convey his most agonizing traumas. ... However, when Caucasian rapper, Marshall Mathers, a.k.a Eminem, emerged from the slums of his Detroit home, he managed to stir more controversy with his lyrics than most people were ready to cope with. Eminem's lyrics made him "public enemy number one" when he openly rapped about murders and bad mouthed other artists in the music business. ... Much of the artistic value and many im...

• Word Count: 1106
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate