Many of the various stories I had found about children being abandoned in garbage cans or dumpsters were news articles from the 1980’s. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Since his death, a handful of posthumous releases have reached Platinum status. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. “Based” on a true story, does not actually mean it “is” a true story. However, there are also lines that only rhyme internally and even slant rhymes in terc... Teksten som vises ovenfor er bare et utdrag. Brenda got herself a boyfriend The Lyrics. So I think that if there were a 12 year old who experienced all the things Shakur wrote about, and the media was aware of it, it would be fairly easy to find an article about it online. Som medlem av Studienett.no får du tilgang til alt innholdet. The video of the song is in black-and-white. At least not within the time frames when he was living in these areas. The first part shows Shakur and "Brenda" and then the actual story starts. He also had a promising film career, starring or co-starring in a few well-received movies before his death. Went out and had a church of kids Now Brenda’s gotta make her own way 3-6). I tried searching for variable phrases such as “12 year old incinerator” or “cousin 12 year old pregnant”. However, its message is deeply social. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. But how many movies have we seen where they were based on a true story, but many details were changed, such as names, places, and even certain events in the storyline? "I got up to the roof and saw him there," said Larry Varick, a security guard. We know this, because after she throws her child in the trash bin, Shakur states that she didn’t have any money or a babysitter, which prevented her from keeping a job. Unless the entire story was fictional and solely based on the hundreds of babies that have been discarded by their mothers over the years. Omar went on to say that Pac was “so rattled by it, the whole day, kept bringing it up.” According to the actor, that same day during their lunch break, Shakur invited Epps into is trailer. Prostitute, found slain, and Brenda’s her name Something like that would be major news, especially since it would have occured before those other two cases I mentioned. A damn shame, the girl can hardly spell her name He said the 12-year-old gave birth in the early morning in her bedroom in her fourth-floor apartment and held onto the baby until dawn. So now, what’s next? Kanye West Producing Nas’ New Album From The “Sunken Place”, Toni Braxton Says Wedding To Birdman Will Be Elegant and Sexy, Your email address will not be published. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. It also completely contradicts the story in the song, because Brenda ended up keeping her baby instead of leaving him in the dumpster (or putting him in an incinerator). On the track, which features Dave Hollister, the late artist raps about a 12-year-old girl who lives in an impoverished neighborhood and doesn’t have the means to support a baby. ( Log Out /  Your email address will not be published. "She was stunned to hear that she had delivered a full-term infant. [Verse: 2Pac] Tupac is one of seven rap acts in the Rock Hall, and the best-selling artist of them all. ( Log Out /  And yet and she thinks that he’ll be with her forever I can’t argue with his induction into a hall of fame, though this once again raises the issue of whether rap and hip hop belong in the “Rock” Hall. She wrapped the baby up and threw him in a trash heap The most common one being that Tupac read about a similar story in the newspaper, and didn’t actually know a girl named Brenda. Who really didn’t care to see, or give a damn if she It’s sad, ’cause I bet Brenda doesn’t even know Now Brenda’s belly’s gettin’ bigger She has gone through too much too young.". After an exhaustive search, I had to conclude that the rumored story about the child being thrown in the incinerator was false. Rhythm is given by the way the singer decides to stress certain words, according to his/her message. "These kids got no parents, no home life, and this is what happens. I read hundreds of articles about children being thrown in dumpsters. Now many of Shakur’s fans are wondering this story could actually be true. You got to live it to believe it. Everybody was shocked that High School kids could do such a thing. Most songs are much like poems, following certain rhythm and rhyme schemes. I started my investigation with Google. I really am not familiar with Tupac’s work, though I certainly am aware of his influence. I believe he did in fact read one of these stories, about a baby being found in a dumpster. “Brenda’s Got a Baby” was 2Pac’s second single from his debut album, 2Pacalypse Now. Still, a man was killed inside the complex two months ago, shot 12 times. The baby suffered hypothermia but no bodily injuries, and the young mother was charged as a juvenile with attempted murder. If there was a particular story out there that inspired him, a single incident, I wanted to know. If you listen to the song, you will notice that the singer is the one who establishes the beats, or which words are stressed. Neighbors Are Skeptical. I wasn’t satisfied. "She said she did not know she was pregnant," said a friend. Times: “A newborn baby was rescued from a trash compactor in Brooklyn yesterday morning when two maintenance men heard the baby’s cries just as they were about to start the crushing machine’s motors, the police said.”. One of his most powerful songs, Brenda’s Got a Baby, was used as a weapon against critics and proved to be one of 2Pac’s most powerful songs, with deep felt meaning. This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. She was quiet and withdrawn. "Most of us don't expect her to recover from this. Neighbors said Gladys Perry had a history of mental problems and had suffered a nervous breakdown. Some Muslims later met with local drug dealers and ordered them to leave the apartment complex, residents said. Do whatever it takes to resist the temptation The fact that the music video for the song reads “Based on a True Story” in the intro lends even more weight to the possibility that it is true. Some residents contend that the killing was carried out by Muslims, who scorn the use of drugs. Omar Epps remembers the exact day Tupac Shakur wrote his debut single “Brenda’s Got a Baby.”.