The Killing of Tuapc Shakur–Third Edition

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Huntington Press Inc, Mar 1, 2014 - Biography & Autobiography - 328 pages

It's been almost 20 years since poet, revolutionary, convict, and movie star, Tupac Amaru Shakur (a.k.a 2Pac, Makaveli, or simply 'pac), was gunned down at age 25 while he sat in traffic with Suge Knight near the Las Vegas Strip following a Mike Tyson fight at MGM Grand. In the new updated and expanded third edition of this acclaimed biography, Las Vegas crime writer Cathy Scott has finally been able to include the previously unpublished chapter featuring the account of that last fateful night from "Big Frank," the rapper's now-deceased personal bodyguard.

The raw no-holds-barred narrative, which includes exclusive photo evidence (including of Tupac's autopsy), is the definitive account of the unsolved murder of Tupac Shakur: the many possible motives, the failed investigation, the rap wars, the killing of Biggie Smalls, the Bloods-Crips connection, the Suge Knight and Death Row Records association, and the subsequent fate of numerous principals involved in the aftermath. It is also a sensitive, candid, and insightful account of the contradictory icon who remains not only one of the most influential rappers ever but, with more than 75 million records sold worldwide, he's also one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

The music of Tupac Shakur is the legacy of his life. The Killing of Tupac Shakur is the legacy of his death. 

 

Contents

Prologue
1
Chapter 1
5
Chapter 2
27
Chapter 3
51
Chapter 4
67
Chapter 5
101
Chapter 6
113
Chapter 7
141
Chapter 11
205
Chapter 12
217
Chapter 13
223
Chapter 14
239
Chapter 15
249
Chapter 16
267
Chapter 17
273
Chapter 18
283

Chapter 8
153
Chapter 9
179
Chapter 10
187
Epilogue
297
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
305
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About the author (2014)

Cathy Scott, a newspaper reporter for more than two decades, has received more than a dozen journalism awards in California and Nevada. Her work has appeared in Forbes magazine, The New York Times magazine, and Los Angeles Times. Scott, who is a blogger for Psychology Today, covered the Los Angeles riots, Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, and the Republic of Panama’s drug interdiction program. She holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Redlands and taught journalism at the University of Nevada Las Vegas for five years. She is based in Las Vegas and San Diego.

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