Changes, Sheldon Pearce
Changes, Sheldon Pearce
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Changes
An Oral History of Tupac Shakur

Author: Sheldon Pearce

Narrator: Ashton Grooms, Aden Hakimi, Cary Hite, JD Jackson, Guy Lockard, Robin Miles, Leon Nixon, Fred Sanders, Jackie Sanders, Heather Alicia Simms, Pete Simonelli, Landon Woodson

Unabridged: 7 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/08/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A New Yorker writer’s intimate, revealing account of Tupac Shakur’s life and legacy, timed to the fiftieth anniversary of his birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of his death.

In the summer of 2020, Tupac Shakur’s single “Changes” became an anthem for the worldwide protests against the murder of George Floyd. The song became so popular, in fact, it was vaulted back onto the iTunes charts more than twenty years after its release—making it clear that Tupac’s music and the way it addresses systemic racism, police brutality, mass incarceration, income inequality, and a failing education system is just as important now as it was back then.

In Changes, published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Tupac’s birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of his death, Sheldon Pearce offers one of the most thoughtful and comprehensive accounts yet of the artist’s life and legacy. Pearce, an editor and writer at The New Yorker, interviews dozens who knew Tupac throughout various phases of his life. While there are plenty of bold-faced names, the book focuses on the individuals who are lesser known and offer fresh stories and rare insight. Among these are the actor who costarred with him in a Harlem production of A Raisin in the Sun when he was twelve years old, the high school drama teacher who recognized and nurtured his talent, the music industry veteran who helped him develop a nonprofit devoted to helping young artists, the Death Row Records executive who has never before spoken on the record, and dozens of others. Meticulously woven together by Pearce, their voices combine to portray Tupac in all his complexity and contradiction.

This remarkable book illustrates not only how he changed during his brief twenty-five years on this planet, but how he forever changed the world.

About Sheldon Pearce

Sheldon Pearce is the music writer and editor for The New Yorker. Previously, he was a contributing writer at Pitchfork. He has worked for NPR Music, and his writing has appeared in The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The Fader, Spin, Dazed, Complex, Deadspin, and others.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Zoe

This text contains personification which makes it a great resource for modelling how to use personification. In this story the author references to the number of changes we experience in life and how our imagination can take over- to me this was a powerful message. An example of this is when the aut......more

Goodreads review by Jacqui

This is an excellent book to use with a class of KS2 children as a stimulus for P4C lessons. It addresses how quickly changes can happen within a family. With just one sentence, it can change the way children think about and see their world changing around them. The illustrations initiate discussion......more

Goodreads review by Morteza

☆۵ آشنایی من با آنتونی براون، یک اتفاق فوق تازه بود. او خالق محبوب من در آثار کودک است. براون، با آفرینش تصاویری خارق‌العاده و ایجاد سیر داستانی‌ای درگیرکننده، می‌تواند هر کسی را در هر سنی مشغول خود کند و هرآن مفهومی که در نظر دارد را از این طریق به مخاطبش ارائه دهد. در میان تمام موقعیت‌های جذاب و حیر......more

Goodreads review by Carys

An interesting book about Joshua waiting for a change that his father told him was happening. Everything is surreal and not as it seems. A simple story line to follow and the images are great to lead discussion with a guided reading group in KS1.......more

Goodreads review by Fortuna

José no sabía qué hacer. Tal vez si diera una vuelta en bicicleta.........more