Got Your Back by Heide Sigmund Cuda & Frank Alexander

Got Your Back: The Life of a Bodyguard in the Hardcore World of Gangsta Rap by Heide Sigmund Cuda & Frank Alexander

Summary

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, in Got Your Back; Frank Alexander, the bodyguard for Tupac Shakur in the last year of his life, tells his agonizing tale of guns, drugs, and, ultimately, death.

Synopsis

The aura surrounding Tupac's life and death seems to grow every year. Bodyguard Frank Alexander now tells the story of his close friendship with the musician and reveals what went wrong on the night of the murder, while he was on duty.

He goes behind the scenes at Death Row Records to share what it was like to be running with Tupac.