Facts – Tupac was born in Harlem,New York
Tupac was born on June 16, 1971, in Harlem, New York. He was an American rapper and actor who came to embody the 1990s gangsta-rap aesthetic, and who in death became an icon symbolizing noble struggle. His mother, Afeni, was raising two children on her own and struggled for money. The family moved homes often, sometimes staying in shelters. They moved to Baltimore, where Tupac enrolled at the prestigious Baltimore School for the Arts, at which he felt “the freest I ever felt.” His Baltimore neighborhood was driven by crime, so the family moved to Marin City, California. His love for hip hop steered him away from a life of crime for a while, at least . At 17, in the spring of 1989, he met an older white woman, Leila Steinberg, in a park. They struck up a conversation about Winnie Mandela. Shortly after, Shakur took to the streets, selling drugs and becoming involved in the gang culture that would one day provide material for his rap lyrics.He joined Digital Underground in 1990 , an Oakland-based rap group that had scored a Billboard Top 40 hit with the novelty single “The Humpty Dance.” Shakur performed on two Digital Underground albums in 1991, EP Release and Sons of the P, before his solo debut, 2Pacalypse Now, later that year.With increased fame and success came greater scrutiny of Shakur’s gangsta lifestyle which lead to alot of legal issues and gang battles with eventually lead to his death on the on the evening of September 7, 1996 in Las Vegas which was crossed a drive by homicide as results for gun wounds investigations concluded this incidence happened as a result of the rivalry between the East and the West Coast . He has sold 75 million albums to date, making him one of the top-selling artists of all time. Signed to Interscope then Death Row Records Owned by Surge Knights before he died List of 2 pac’s Albums 1991: 2Pacalypse Now: Gold 1993: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.: Platinum 1995: Me Against the World: 2× Multi-Platinum 1996: All Eyez on Me: 9× Multi-Platinum: 1996: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory: 4× Multi-Platinum Posthumous November 25, 1997: R U Still Down? (Remember Me): 2× Multi-Platinum December 19, 1999: Still I Rise: Platinum March 27, 2001: Until the End of Time: 3× Multi-Platinum November 26, 2002: Better Dayz: 3× Multi-Platinum December 14, 2004: Loyal to the Game: Platinum December 21, 2006: Pac’s Life:
Facts – Women can go topless in New york
Newsflash, it is legal to go topless in New York State. And exercising that right is quickly gaining popularity as a movement. To strip it down to the bare facts,here’s what you need to know: Penal law 245.01, which involves public indecency and exposure, was amended by the NY Supreme Court in 1992, ruling it legal for women to be topless in public under the grounds of gender equality . This law was amended six years after seven women were arrested in Rochester, NY for being topless in a public area and the 1992 case People vs. Ramona Santorelli and Mary Lou Schloss thrust the topless revolution into full-blown action. And yet, over a decade later, in 2005, Jill Coccaro, also known as Phoenix Feeley, was arrested on Delancey Street for leaving her shirt at home. After being detained for twelve hours, she later sued the city and was awarded $29,000 for her unwarranted arrest. Since then, advocacy groups like GoTopless have sprung up, launching Go Topless Day, while the Topfree Equal Rights Association was established in 1997, to aid women unlawfully charged for going topless. Some see a double standard at work. While a state law limits the ability of women to work topless, there is no similar law regarding shirtless men. One well-known example of the latter is the Naked Cowboy, who appears in nothing but his underwear, hat and boots (and his guitar), and has become as much a part of Times Square as its giant billboards. Even some social media sites, perhaps the new public sphere, maintain the same distinction; some users of Instagram, for example, have called on the site to drop its restrictions on pictures of women’s nipples. A 1992 Court of Appeals ruling on the state law said that women could indeed be topless in public, but let stand the prohibition against public female toplessness for commercial purposes. The court also did not settle the issue of whether the law discriminated against women, though some judges believed that it did. Some legal scholars say that ruling, in a case of seven women who purposely tested a topless ban in a Rochester park, seems to leave a door open for the city to arrest the desnudas for being topless if it could be proven they are engaged in a business. They note the United States Supreme Court has held that limits on nudity at erotic dance clubs are not violations of free speech. “It sounds like it is commercial,” said Eugene Volokh, a First Amendment expert at U.C.L.A. School of Law. “The city could say if you are naked in a public place for a commercial purpose, we are going to apply the law to you.” Holly Van Voast, an artist who was arrested in New York several times for going topless and filming the reaction of passers-by, sued the Police Department and obtained a $40,000 settlement. She said the Court of Appeals should revisit the law and finally settle whether the double standard for men and women in New York is discriminatory.