Got Your Back : The Life of a Bodyguard in the Hardcore World of Gangsta Rap
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (700 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312181116 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 213 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The shadowy world of gangsta rap has been the topic of immense media scrutiny, but all of the coverage has lacked one important element--an insider's point of view. Now, Frank Alexander, the bodyguard for Tupac Shakur in the last year of his life, tells his agonizing tale of guns, drugs, and, ultimately, death. photo insert.
From Publishers Weekly Alexander?ex-Marine, bodybuilder and professional bodyguard?began working for Suge Knight, president of Death Row Records, in 1995 and soon became the friend and chief bodyguard of Tupac Shakur, who was recording for the record company. Aided by Cuda, coauthor with Ice T of The Ice Opinion, Alexander recounts his year with the famous rapper, leading up to September 13, 1996, when Shakur was gunned down in Las Vegas, Nev., by a killer who has never been identified. It also includes Alexander's lament that, although there was nothing he could have done to save his hero, he was abandoned by the Death Row family after the killing, becoming the fall guy who will always be known as "the brotha who let Tupac get shot." Eight pages of b&w photos, not seen by PW. . Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. Alexander admired Shakur for his daring, humor and sexual prowess, and shows him to have been driven, complex and tempestuous as well as
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