When talking about dead rappers, such as Tupac, people don’t realize how much they impacted peoples’ lives. Shakur always wrote about issues like racism, women’s rights and police brutality.Tupac Shakur was born 1971 and tragically died in 1996 at the young age of 25. He grew up in Harlem, Maryland. Shakur’s real name is Lesane Parish Crooks, but shortly after he was named his mom changed it to Tupac Amaru Shakur. He was a 1990s rapper, his most played song is “hit em up,” which is a diss to Biggie. Biggie refused to react to Tupacs’ diss on him. When talking about dead rappers, such as Tupac, When questioned about their favorite artist, people at Clear Creek Amana High School two people named Tupac. Here is what they said about him.

Carson Brandt said Tupac was his favorite. He went on to explain that he had been listening to him for 4 years. Brandt shared, “ my favorite song is “California Love.” In this interview Carson was asked about his personal feelings about him other than the few questions he was asked. Carson would eat food with him and then one thing he would say to him would be “why were you shot?”

Kaina Brooks, another at Clear Creek Amana High School also shared her thoughts on Tupac. She said Tupac was her favorite and that she has been listening to him for 1year. She further explained that her favorite song is “All Eyez on Me.” She was also asked about her personal feelings to Tupac and how he impacted her life. She would want to make a song with him and eat some food if she could ask one question it would be “why did you start making music”

Following conversations about Tupac, other high school students named Juice Wrld and Mac Miller as “dead rappers who are worth remembering.” Juice Wrld was born in 1998 and died in 2019 at the age of 21. He was a rapper for about 4 years and he started making music in 2015. Wrld’s most played song is “Lucid Dreams.” Student Camron Johnson said he has been listening to Juice Wrld for 4 years and his favorite song by him is “Robbery.” he was asked personal feelings about him as well. he would eat food with him and if he could say one thing to him it would be “was good”.

Finally, Mac Miller is a deceased artist worth having a conversation about. Miller was born in 1992 and died in 2018. He was 26 when he died. He started his career as a rapper in 2007. During such time he was a high school student in the Pittsburgh Public School District. His most played song is “Nikes on My Feet.” In an interview with Clear Creek Amana Science Teacher, Emily Kriegl, she shared that said her favorite song was “Perfect Circles.” Kriegl has been listening to him for 10 years Kriegl talked about her experience listening to Mac miller also personal feeling to.she would eat food with him and if she could say one thing to him it would be “life is worth living”.