Got Your Back : The Life of a Bodyguard in the Hardcore World of Gangsta Rap
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (515 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. photo insert.. 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
Great read Great book gives insight on tupacs last year on deathrow and also alot of things fan dont know about him. R.I.P Frank. Got your back V. Young wonderful book on the real. good read. great product, arrived on time. Nick peneyra said Five Stars. Great book
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 generous and caring?"both poet and warrior." A cloyingly sentimental conclusion dwells on Alexander's pride in having worked for Shakur. . 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. Written in gangsta style ("I thought to myself 'Fuck, I can't park here.' It was so nasty, I didn't want to get my Benz all messed up"), the book presents a stunning picture of the "Thug Life," as one of Shakur's tattoos read, replete with drugs, sex and brawling. It also includes Alexander's lament that, although there was nothing he could have done to save his hero, he was abandoned b