Got Your Back: Protecting Tupac in the World of Gangsta Rap - Softcover

Alexander, Frank; Siegmund Cuda, Heidi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312242999 ISBN 13: 9780312242992

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2000

Synopsis

On September 13, 1996, Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas. Millions of fans wept, while many critics claimed it was the inevitable result of a thugged-out lifestyle. The mystery surrounding the shooting-a suspect has yet to be named-has increased, and rumors of gang wars, disloyalty, and government conspiracies continue to linger. Only Frank Alexander, Tupac's bodyguard druing the last year of his life, knows the real story.

Got Your Back details the exploits of one of the most famous rappers of all time. The drugs, the women, the violence, the money-all provided fuel to the fire that was Tupac's life. As his platinum-selling, posthumously released albums prove, Tupac lives on through his music. Complete with exclusive new interview material with Tupac's mother, Afeni, Got Your Back provides an insider's view of a life gone awry.

About this title

About the Author:

Frank Alexander is an ex-marine and professional bodyguard. Heidi Siegmund Cuda is a freelance writer and the coauthor, with rapper Ice-T, of The Ice Opinion. They both live in California.

Review:

"The insights Alexander offers are those of a levelheaded insider...He conveys an evenhanded, endearing honesty, and an appreciation for the randomness of fate." --The New York Press

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0312242999
• ISBN 13: 9780312242992
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240