Tupac Shakur was not only an American Gangsta rapper and actor but he was also involved in political movements and social justice. His interest in politics began while Shakur was in school at the Baltimore School for the Arts where he started several campaigns. He started the “Stop the Killing Campaign” “Safe Sex Campaign” and “AIDS Prevention Campaign”. Tupac was also known to actively participate in several different grassroots organizations. At only 18 years old Shakur joined the New Afrikan Panthers, a group of young people whose focus was to work against police abuse, educate the public about NAO and advocate for the release of political prisoners. Tupac often expressed his social justice and political movement views in his music. The song “Trapped” is about police harassment in black and brown communities. The song “Words of Wisdom” recognizes racial discrimination. Within his political and social work Tupac created the ideology “Thug Ideology.” His ideology was developed around his own life experiences like growing up in a broken home with a mother who was addicted to drugs and an absent father. Due to the circumstances, he had at home Tupac turned to the streets just like others who grew up in broken homes and sought support systems from hustlers, and drug dealers.