Brenda’s Got A Baby: The Tragic Forgotten Tale That Inspired Tupac’s Legendary Song
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How this situation was handled showed that young women growing up in the ghettos were at risk of falling prey to child and teenage pregnancies. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 21 million girls aged 15 to 19 years in developing regions go through this yearly, and about 12 million give birth.
Tupac wrote a song about this incident to highlight how these young women faced odds that limited them, like a low chance of finishing their education or participating in the workforce. The economic stress from living under dire conditions would only be exacerbated after adding a newborn into the mix.
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