Back In The Day: My Life And Times With Tupac Shakur

Back In The Day: My Life And Times With Tupac Shakur
by Darrin Keith Bastfield

Back In The Day: My Life And Times With Tupac Shakur
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Author: Darrin Keith Bastfield
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-09-18
ISBN: 0306812959
Number of pages: 216
Publisher: Da Capo Press
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  • ISBN13: 9780306812958
  • Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Back In The Day: My Life And Times With Tupac Shakur

Book Review: A different view of Tupac (RIP)
Summary: 5 Stars

I liked this book quite a bit.

Mainly because it offered a different perspective than most other books about Tupac.

This book was written by a teenage friend who experieced the same things Tupac himself experienced. They 'shared the struggle' of trying to better themselves in a very harsh environment.

This book shows the almost relentless passion Tupac had to try and influence the world around him in a positive way. And the internal struggle he had with some of his actions. He knew of the contradiction and was trying to evolve. Too bad he was cut short in his quest.

One of the most telling insights to the basis of Tupac's personality is the answer to the question one of his earlist teachers asked. "What do you want to be when you grow up?"

For those who haven't ever looked too deeply into Tupac's more intellectual and compassionate side, there is a surprise in store, Tupac's heart. For those of us that knew he was much more than a thug, you'll see more and more of his depth.

An easy read that kept me flippin pages..

Summary of Back In The Day: My Life And Times With Tupac Shakur

A legend after a bullet killed him at the age of twenty-five, Tupac Shakur was the most riveting rap musician of his day. Far from being the insolent "gangsta" the press put forth, Shakur was fiercely intelligent, fearless, and determined to make a mark. Darrin Bastfield grew up with him in a rough Baltimore neighborhood. In this vivid memoir, Bastfield reveals Tupac Shakur as the teenager he really was: bound for greatness.In tight, edgy prose, Bastfield recalls seven years of friendship. Shakur, new in town, a skinny thirteen-year-old in shabby clothes, may have looked uncool, but he blew the school away at a talent show, an electrifying performance. It was at the Baltimore School for the Arts, however, where things really started to happen-an encounter with Salt-N-Pepa, the wild night of the 1988 senior prom. Shakur and Bastfield lived through it together, and in this memoir, it all comes alive again.

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