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15 years on from his death after being shot by a mysterious assassin, Tupac's former bodyguard Frank Alexander reveals who he thinks was the killer (and explains why he wasn't to blame).

How are you doing Frank?

Just riding my horse, man. Just hanging out and chasing those cowgirls.

How did you come to be Tupac’s personal bodyguard in the first place?

I spent 11 years in the Marines and trained to become a world-class bodybuilding champion. I was working as a prison officer when I got a cal from a friend of mine, asking me if I wanted to work security for Death Row Records, owned by the man Las Vegas police believed to be the New Prince of Darkness, Marion ‘Suge’ Knight.

We heard they hooked you up with Snoop and the Dog Pound, and after your quick thinking saved them from being shot in New York, Tupac asked you to work for him.

I was 5 foot 11inches and almost 20 stone. I knew my size was a factor for Tupac. He liked having a big-ass nigga on his side. They used to call me ‘Big Frank’. Tupac also liked me cos I was the only one that could keep up with him. He was like the Energiser Bunny; he was a workaholic. Plus he loved to drive fast and crazy. He used to try to shake his security, but I was the only one who managed to stick with him. Tupac was a lot of fun. We had a blast.

How much did you get paid?

About $300 a day, but there were other perks.

Like what?

Like candy – Tupac’s code name for weed. Pac smoked weed 24/7. When he first got out of bed every morning, he rolled a Philly Blunt. Tupac taught me how to make one. You basically take a cigar, slice it up in the middle, take out the tobacco and replace it with weed. The shits so good, you’ll never go back. Tupac looked at things like this: money, first; weed, second; pussy, third. That’s saying a lot, because he really loved women.

So Pac wasn’t exactly training for priesthood?

I couldn’t count the number of hoochies Pac slept with while I was working with him. But it would have to be in three digits. Women threw themselves at Pac and he wasn’t dodging – including Madonna; Faith Evans (Biggie Small’s wife); OJ Simpson’s daughter, Arnelle; and Kidada Jones (Quincy Jones’ daughter).

You must have met some cool people.

I met a ton of people – like Samuel L Jackson and Tim Roth. One time, we were invited to Men’s Fashion Week in Italy and Pac and Versace hit it off real well.

Tupac was pretty close to Mike Tyson, wasn’t he?

Mike hung out with us all the time. He and Tupac had a lot in common: the bad boy thing. It goes back to where they came from. I remember one time on tour, Tupac had Mike come up on stage and do a song with him. Pac started rappin’ about Mike and Mike was jumping up and down on the stage, throwing his hands in the air and screaming like a bitch, he was so excited.

Tupac didn’t mind a scrap, did he?

Pac wasn’t a big guy: 5 foot 7 inches and 160 pounds, but he loved to fight. It was my job to neutralise those situations before they got out of hand.

Didn’t he get into a fight on the night he got shot?

That’s right. It was with Orlando Anderson, a Crip from the South Side. Anderson had previously got into a scuffle with one of the Death Row guys. They’d torn up a mall. That was the kick-off for everything that was to eventually happen.

So what happened with Anderson and Tupac?

On the night of the Tyson/Seldon fight, a friend of Suge Knights came up to Tupac and whispered that he had spotted Orlando Anderson in the arena. Tupac ran over and that’s when they got into it. I ran over and saw Tupac throw a couple of blows. Anderson tried to throw one back, but ended up going down, and that’s when a ton of Death Row guys jumped on him.


Yeah. If you get into a scuffle and you get you butt whupped, whatcha gonna do? You’re going to tell your friends, ‘Hey I just got into a fight and guess who it was with? Tupac!’ And someone’s going to say, ‘You know what, lets go get some payback.’ I can see that happen.

What happened next?

After the fight we planned to go to 662, Suge’s club. We were hanging out in the hotel lobby with some of the finest hoochy mammas, who were all angling to get into 662. But first Suge wanted us to go over to his place so that he could change. When we left Suge’s we had an entourage… 16 to 20 cars full of women, friends and groupies. We’d just turned onto Flamingo Strip and had stopped at the lights when this white Cadillac just rode up, man. This black gun stuck out of the back window and just started blasting the back of Pac’s BMW. All we saw was the gunsmoke. They blasted into the car 13 to 15 times, emptied the clip, and took off.

But you were with Tupac, right?

No, Pac had asked me to drive Kidada’s car. He wanted me to drive The Outlaws [Tupac’s posse] cos they were gonna be drinking and I was the only one who wasn’t. My gun was in my car, plus the law of the State of Nevada states that it’s illegal to carry a weapon.

But as his bodyguard, shouldn’t you have ignored his request and rode with him anyway?

No. If I’m working for you and you ask me to do something then my job is to do it, within reason. If you want to ride with the chairman of your record company and whatever you’re discussing has nothing to do with me, you don’t want my ears there. I’m going to take the keys and drive the car you asked me to drive.

After the shooting, Suge Knight held you responsible for Tupac’s death. How did that make you feel?

A lot of people thought it was my fault, but I had very few options. I was asked to ride in Kidada’s car. I had no weapon and the car had no gas. Had I been in my car I could have followed the Cadillac and possibly shot at it. At Death Row they always said that if anything ever happened then ‘we got your back. We’re going to take care of you.’ Well, that turned out not to be true.

In fact, you received death threats from Death Row…

That’s right. They wanted me to testify on Suge’s behalf over the beating of Orlando Anderson and I felt I had nothing to do with that. This was after they had turned their backs on me after the shooting. I realised they were using me and I didn’t want to be part of that. One of the bodyguards called me up and said, ‘Hey, if you don’t testify for Suge then they want you dead.’ I’m like. ‘Who does?’ and he goes, ‘Death Row.’


Were you afraid of Suge Knight?

No! I wasn’t scared. I’m not afraid of death, so I’m not afraid of Suge. He’s in jail now.

Do you speak to anyone from Death Row now?

No, I don’t.

What made you write your book Got Your Back?

I was reading all the magazines about Tupac’s death and they were all saying things that weren’t true. The best source of the truth is from the horses’s mouth, and I’m the horse!

Do you have any plans to go back to being a bodyguard?

Its funny you should ask that, cos a friend of mine who bodyguards for Rakim and Whodini has been calling me trying to get me to work with him.

What did you say?

No. it’s not something I’m ready to do. I have a daughter and another career now.

There’s a line at the end of Goodfellas when Henry Hill has been given a new identity in suburbia by the Witness Protection Agency. He says. ‘That’s the hardest part. Today everything is different. There’s no action. I have to wait around like everyone else… I’m an average nobody. I got to live the rest of my life like a schnook.’ Can you empathise with that?

Absolutely. Ab-ser-lute-ly! I’ve lived the life of a rap star. I got used to five-star restaurants, five-star hotels… the best of the best, man. I had all that fun and then I had to go back to being an average Joe who has to worry about paying the bills. If I got the opportunity to do it again tomorrow I’d have to do a whole lot of thinking.

Frank Alexander’s book, Got Your Back, is available from his [url]website[/url]

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/music/tupacs-former-bodyguard-reveals-who-shot-the-rapper/

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eggheaders: fuccktard,you brand yourself intelligent. lols joke of the century.it is an insult on imbe.ciles calling you imb.ecile cause your I.q is far lower than theirs.mofo have lost count on k.o I have given to your sorry a55 on this forum.reducing you to your ever one line response.everyone now knows you bas**tard is a professional gej a55 sucking nitwit.telling you to go get a life is just a waste of time.

ok airhead

ilugunboy: Toma...

back to post.

Why are you praising and arselicking Jonathan?

Point of correction, Ilugunboy, stop asking me barbaric question, you know me too well on this forum! I don't flow with the 'crowd' for the fun of it, I have given you my reasons many times here peruse through them, collate your points and reduce back to me accordingly, then we can have a lively debate

Oh My God, this is sad, unfortunately, death is a debt we all owe and we must pay whether we like it or not, fortunately, it is a process of change from dying to never-dying (Eternity) May the Soul of this Great Prophet of Our Time continue to rest in the Bosom of our LORD (AMEN)!

ilugunboy: Magun bawo? that one get a confirmed antidote....just avoid a chest to chest contact during the act....meaning avoid missionary style completely. D.oggie will just be fine




Meeee lo l'Ohun wi.....I can do the Adanna as well..

Iyi e poju omo ilugun fun rare, ko tii bad ju, ti omokunrin ba gba i bi ti o ba waiye pada lo si orun, abi ilugunboy eyan mi

thelastPope: Your fathers sold our future long ago with their bigot actions and aligned with the Hausa/Fulani to enslave us. You think we are ready to go down that road again? You think we will really be that dumb to trust your planned future for us? You are definitely the dumb one here. Smell the coffee. Your fathers made Nigeria what it is today, not GEJ. So telling us your fathers will solve it is an insult to our intelligence. You are the aggressor. You are the enemy. You are the usurper. You are the exploiter.

You are not the solution! You are the problem!

Abeg tell the 'certified dolt' something make im eye open once and for all, as I am talking to you now Kwara State (a Yoruba settlement) has more than 1 Emirs (Emir of Ilorin, Emir of Songa) just imagine that

ilugunboy: It's a lie..!!! the same person I call my e-lover? what happened to the other handles?

Omo ita buruku, oro eyin mejeeji dabi 'eleha to si geesa ni, o di pe awo ri awo he ni yen'

Desola: iya to bi e lomo ni "bobo yi".

Iro lo n pa, Okunrin kabiti ni e, you are a confirmed man, stop hiding behind that (f) after your name! Omo eran

ilugunboy: toma and eggheaders....no need for all these insults.

We can argue our points without resulting to all these snide remarks.

Ilugun temi nikan, ki lon sele, abeg that 'airhead' keeps me entertained don't join the fray, he is doing nada here you know it, I have engaged the likes of Katsumoto (one of the best commentator here-no hard feelings), your humble self, and many other brilliant minds on this forum in heated debates concerning topics ranging from biafra, politics in Nigeria etc. Just leave the boy to me, I dey gbadun his 'show of shame'

earthgreeners: May God punish you for supporting a bad government that place the future of my unborn child in jeopardy.

God don't work that way my friend, as for the bolded, you still need to be tutored on why you are the future, the government anywhere in the world have been noted to be bad managers of economy, Jonathan did not put you in any precarious condition, but you did, because you are too lazy to think, think young man, you have a future that must be ignited now-you have just been schooled

Desola: olori buushan ibeji ndu-chuks.

Bobo yi o je wa bi gba lo ko si awon egbe n bi, omo eran ti o n se bi ewure!

LADY OF RAGE: same old story! bullshit!

I am sorry it seems you have a connection to something we don't know

omonnakoda: I am not your English teacher. Your English is too bad for you to be my student

Ok Mr 'English Expert'

Jonathan has been the one taking the heat when it is not even necessary to dish out those ‘insults’ at him for no just cause! He gave us one of the best electoral reforms in the political history of this country (unlike what Nigerians used to witness especially under the autocratic, pseudo-democratic era of Obasanjo’s inglorious 8 years), he took it upon himself to encourage entrepreneurship among youths and he didn’t stop at that but roll out a package, YouWin, which has put smiles on the faces of 1,200 youths (with another 1,200 women about to benefit and still counting) with grants ranging from =N=1,000,000 to =N=10,000,000, our aviation sector is now getting series of facelifts especially at airports nationwide (not forgetting that 22 Airports were earmarked for re-modeling and rehabilitation, 11 have been completed and commissioned, while five new terminals in Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt, Abuja and Enugu as well as 6 Cargo Terminals will begin this year), Nigeria despite her security challenges has improved greatly in the area of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) which remains the hallmark of this administration, he has reformed the power sector by engaging the sector in meaningful and purposeful privatization programs, the rots in the pension, police, oil sector, financial institutions were massively exposed for all to see, he gave the other arms of government (judiciary and legislative) to operate without unnecessarily interfering in their operations, under his watch he has commissioned many projects worthy of emulation (ranging from 2nd Niger Bridge, working railing systems, roads construction, an effective and working agricultural sector (not forgetting the fact that a farmer in the name of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, held sway for 8 years but couldn’t implement a meaningful project in the agricultural sector) by 2014, Nigeria will be milling her own rice and even exporting for more positive balance of trade, not forgetting the same initiatives towards cotton, cocoa, maize and sorghum productions, his reforms in education by establishing new federal universities, launching the Almajiri school project, increased funding to TETFUNDS, settled all outstanding issues with ASUU leading to a relatively stable calendar without strikes in the past 2 years are all big pluses to his administration, he is a President willing to learn from his numerous mistakes and so far so good, he keeps getting better year in, year out! Despite all his efforts, people still cuss out at him for no justifiable reasons! I have no doubt he will deliver before 2015 approaches

eggheaders: tomfoolery, ain't talking to you junkie.hope the transplant was successful. now that you have been hooked up with a rat brain I hope it works better than the cockroach brain in your big empty skull before.

ok airhead

earthgreeners: were, asinwin, alayebaje, oloriburuku, eni egbe ni awon won yi

1) Sincere 9gerian
2) Billyonaire
3) tomakint
4) Elueme
5) lastpope
6) Oxford
7) Rosikk
ife....eran abi kini oruko re gan

won po, sugbon awon ti mo ranti ni won yi....

Iran dira won ma segbe niii

I appreciate the fact that you recognized some set of people you so much hate, because they share different opinions to your 'own views' however, the reason why you (ACN thugs and Tinubu's apologists) must always curse at Pro-Jonathan's government is what I don't practically understand, we know you guys are angry about to go bananas, that we understand but the reason why you are that ANGRY is what we don't know

oxford: HITS:
1. DELIVERY ON OPPOSITIONS CAMPAIGN POINTS:
Am talking here about those national sore points the oppositions like to attack the PDP government on: Benin-ore Road, Lagos-Ibadan Express way, epilectic power situation, Delapidated facilities at our airports, 2nd Niger Bridge, Dreging of the river Niger, improved electoral process. Ok now they have to come up with new ones as all these are at different stages of completion. Never again will Adams use benin Ore road as a compaign gimmicks.

2. REMOVING JUSTICE SALAMI
This was actually an upper cut. The opposition didnt see this coming and when it happen the wolf cry was to high heavens. Salami has been known to have aided ACN to governorship seat s that they have lost at the pool. Also while presiding over Ekiti governorship disputes he was alleged to have exchange calls with ACN chieftains as revealed by his call log. His removal was a thunder bolt sucker punch and you need to see Tinubu’s face when it landed.

3. ALAMIEYESIGHA’S PARDON:
This is a sagacious political move that left the opposition mesmerized: Before now the opposition were relaying on the enemy within ie Rotimi Amaechi to break the fold of strong home base support for GEJ. GEJ has thus far being the only presidential candidates that has had overwhelming electoral victory in his home base averaging over 90% votes in all the ND states in 2011 election. This is what the opposition were hoping to scatter with Amaech support but with the introduction of THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF THE NIGER DELTA ,the lion liver is now a mere wish for the dogs. As of the dramas that prelude Alams’s arrest and prosecution – The uk police aided escape, the Bayelsa state house of assembling sitting in lagos to impeach a governor ....I will leave all that for another day.

4. IN CHARGE OF HIS OWN PARTY
Ok, so everyone at the begining said GEJ is a weakling and that he is going to be OBJ stooge. Well the guy has proved all the book makers wrong. We all now know that GEJ is a man of his own. While the key figures in the opposition are battling to gain advantage in finding a foot hold in their ‘yet-to-be-registered’ APC, GEJ is in charge of his own party. From the chairman of BOT, to the national party chairman, to all the kingpins in the present day PDP, all are his men. Obj is ranting of course but then GEJ doesnt seems to “give a damn”.

5. VICTORY OVER ELIGIBILITY CONTEST:
GEJ outsmarted his opponent by going to court before them to challenge his own eligibility to contest and the court has ruled. So that piece of distraction has been cleared. So now all the fine argument on social medias on why he cant contest will just remained there.
MISSES:

1. WRONG TIMING FOR FUEL SUBSIDY REMOVAL IN 2012
2. WRONG CHOICE OF VP IN 2011
3. ALLOWING TANBUWAL TO BECOME SPEAKER
4. ALLOWING ELRUFAI TO COME BACK FROM ASYLUM WHERE HE RAN TO DURING YARADUA TENURE
5. NOT ARRESTING BUHARI FOR ALL HIS INCITEFUL COMMENTS THAT HAS LEAD TO THE KILLINGS OF HUNDREDS OF CHRISTAINS IN THE NORTH.

You have eyes to see bro, especially on his 'MISSES' a matured sign that those of us who believed in Jonathan's efforts to right many wrongs in the badly shaped economy of Nigeria do believe that he is human and he is truly prone to errors, that you have clearly indicated As for the Alams pardon, I have always, maintained that many public figures in this country who have perpetrated more heinous crimes than Alams have been pardoned not only in Nigeria even across the world in as much as they have shown penitence, so the hues and cries on Alam's pardon is only coming from the camp of Anti-Jonathan's good governance crying babies

LADY OF RAGE: No matter how you, hopless 9gerian and your paid dogs try to force Jonathan down our throat, you won't succeed. you guys should get a life and stop fooling yourselves. it's not worth it.

What is not worth it? Are you perpetually tied to a low-life, show me one President (dead or alive) that has achieved more than Jonathan (the one you slow-minded ones enjoy calling all forms of derogatory names) within a short time! I am waiting

@op to me, those clamouring (Sultan of Sokoto, Tinubu and those Nigerians in support of such move) for amnesty for those blood-thirsty human demons (boko haram) are worst than boko haram, because they failed to put into deeper considerations, the death of the innocent ones! You don't negotiate with terrorists

eggheaders: until we see the boko haram issue as a nigerian problem.and not a northern,southern or muslim and christain problem then there is no solution in sight.

ok airhead

eggheaders: only scumbag like you.brainless dolt like you and your irritating likes still support this failure.

ok airhead

@op I have never for once taken the likes of Tinubu and his goons seriously, even Pastor Tunde Bakare later realised his folly by thinking they are capable! Tinubu intends to make a political statement on the boko haram issue but ended up messing himself up

omonnakoda: You are right Tinubu goofed but please learn how to speak English and avoid words you don't understand. It only makes you look stupid.To be "laden" with a thing anything that thing must be a noun which insidious is not.

thanks my English teacher

In trying to be politically relevant, Tinubu goofed big time on his insidious-laden advise! The truth is boko haram is not a millitant group with intents and purposes as seen in the Niger Delta group but they are a terrorist group that needs to be exterminated out of the country. Jonathan need not and must not negotiate with boko harams! Tinubu should go and sit down!

Oga Tinubu wetin concern us with what is happening to your newly formed Amalgamation of Political Corrupters (APC) whether you like him (Jonathan) or not, he will be there till 2019 and that is the crux of the matter

kehinde1588: Wicked souls .may Allah punish dem all

Don't bother, we have a God (Yahweh) that would judge those human demons and your Allah, because we know that those bastardds are carrying out the instructions of ur Allah

He has a willing spirit to lead!

TechyGuy: Seriously, you sound like a child. I don't know your age but you seem to be in early 20's or late teen. Is this how you analyze politics and Nigeria politics for this matter?

Demdem is just being lugubrious most times he bring his personal emotions to Nairaland, just pardon his naiveness

[quote author=Table Leg ]Dont worry, Jonathan won't win![/quote]...for your mind now you don talk be dat abi?

emudiaga ebbah: No it isnt a joke.

I think you lost me completely here, is your rating on their level of performances based on those factors you itemized above?