Steve Nash Blog

     Steve Nash is an amazing point guard for so many reasons. He is different from most point guards in the NBA because he doesn't just look to score, but rather he is skillful in the way he plays. He passes the ball around to make sure his team is playing together and everyone on the court is happy. This is a another player in the NBA I look up to. Nash was born in South Africa and played professionally in Canada before moving to the United States, where he joined the NBA. When I was growing up, I would always watch his highlight games and try to learn to play they way he does, because he is a talented player and is an amazing athlete! Also Nash is confident when he plays. In his games, he would not hesitate when he got double teamed, missed a shot, or did something wrong. He always found a way out, usually by involving his whole team and getting the ball to his teammates. I really looked up to him for this because I didn't have this skill.  Whenever I played basketball and was in a situation such as being doubled team, I would always lose the ball and end up getting scored on. For many reasons,  I think Steve Nash is one of a kind and a lot of people enjoy watching him play the way he does, he makes the game more exciting. 

tupac 2

Back when I was first introduced to Tupac and his music I started doing resarch on him. When I found out that he was shot and killed on September 7th, 1996, it was really sad news to me. After I had started listening to his music I was really hoping I'd get to attend one of his concerts one day. He was shot after a boxing match in Las Vegas and his killer was never found. 

Then the Tupac conspiracies starting arising and everyone started saying that Tupac might still be alive. That he  never died, but rather he ran away from the hospital and went to Jamaica, some said Africa. This really had me thinking so I did more research on the topic. People had pictures of him in places and I began questioning what was true and what was not. The media had got me thinking he is alive and I become hopeful that I might have a chance to maybe see him and meet him one day. However, I snapped out of it all and reminded myself that this was all people and media talking. He was killed and there were police and hospital reports as evidence to prove it all. 

Tupac Shuker Blog

Do you have a favorite singer or rapper? Tupac Shuker, a rapper from the 1980s, is my favorite artist. He started his career  way before I was even born. I was in California in the summer of 1999 with my family visiting our cousins who live in North Los Angelas. At the time I was about 8 years old and my cousin, who is 9 years older than me, was around 17 or 18. This was my first time in California. One of the days during my visit there, my older cousin went out to purchase some things and asked if I wanted to go along and see the city. I was really excited to see the big city because it was different from Portland, so I tagged along. As we were driving, I remember he had the radio tuned on to the local hip pop station, and the song that had been playing was a song called "Dear Mama." That was my first time ever hearing it and I really liked it. I asked my cousin who the artist was and where I could find his cd, and he replied to me by telling me not to worry about it because he had one at home, and was going to give it to me. When we got home he gave me his CD player along with the CD and I listened to every single track on the cd that day; I had fallen in love with the music. Before I left California, he had bought me three cds, titled, "Me Against The World," "All Eyes On Me," and "Greatest Hits." I listened to each CD probably over a 100 times, I just loved his music. At the time, the house I lived in was near the local library so I went and put everything they had on Tupac on hold. Some of  the things I wanted to check out weren't age appropriate, and they wouldn't let me. However, I convinced my aunt to check them out for me. He had some movies, lots of books about his life, and many other great material. I enjoyed all of it very much.