2Pac is a great name in the history of rap and hip hop music which assured him a permanent place in the hearts of the millions of music lovers even after his physical death. He has raised the level of rap and hip hop music by the creation of magical inspiring musical lyrics. Most of the 2Pac songs are made to inspire those underprivileged classes of the society who are forcibly deprived of their social and moral rights.

Start of the Musical Career of Shakur

Shakur, who is popularly known as 2Pac, started his musical career at the tender age of thirteen when his tremendous passion for art and music forced him to get enrollment at the Baltimore School of Arts. He learned and practiced a lot of rapping, MCing and hip hop art tactics and then returned back to the city of New york to make a name for himself and resigned himself to the hip hop musical culture of the contemporary society. He brought a new level to the hip hop music through his outstanding talents in order to inspire the existing hip hop fanatics.

 In between the years 1991 to 1993, he efficiently released two of his favorite music albums which are still now played in the different radio stations due to high public demands. In his lyrics, Shakur has always expressed the different brutal issues and the pathetic scenario of the street culture people.Though he was a violent gangster and singer, his soft skills of humanity got revealed in the world record breaking music of ‘Dear Mama' which was completely dedicated to all the mothers of the world. In the year 1996, his music album named "California Love" became the anthem of the hip hop and pop community of the world. Even after his death, he is still alive in the hearts of the people of the hip hop and pop community as a role model of hip hop.

Impact and Commercial Success of "Dear Mama"

"Dear Mama" is one of the best 2pac songs from the popular musical track of ‘Me Against the World', created by the famous African american music artist 2Pac. This was his third solo album which was produced by Tony Pizzaro and directed by Lionel C Martin and got released successfully on 21st February, 1995. The video for this song contains pictures of young Shakur in his childhood and the lyrics of the song reveal the hardships faced by his mother at the time of the revolutionery acts against the pathetic contemporary rules and regulations for her fellow black community and other under privileged and poor people of the society. This song was absolutely dedicated to his mother, Afeni Shakur, as a reward for her tough struggles and sacrifices for the welfare rights of the poor and underprivileged individuals of the contemporary society. This particular song has been a great source of inspiration and respect for all the mothers of the world.

Themes revealed by the Musical Lyrics of Shakur

The lyrics of most of the rap and hip hop 2Pac songs were based on the different social issues of the contemporary society and on the street culture of the gangsters. He has written these songs from his personal experiences of life which basically enable the listeners to connect their feelings and emotions deeply with these songs. The themes reveal the different barberic and inhuman activities inflicted on the poor, unprivileged fellows of the society and the black community. Through his songs he just tried to motivate the society people to fight for their social and legal rights against the prevailing ruling authority.