Tupac: Assassination
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Tupac: Assassination is a documentary film
about the unsolved murder of rapper Tupac Shakur
. The film is produced by Frank Alexander (Tupac's bodyguard who was the only guard assigned and present at the time of the shooting) and RJ Bond, who also directed the film. The film was released on DVD October 23, 2007.
“The day Kevin Hackie puts up the money to pay for a reputable board-licensed polygrapher to conduct a lie detector test for him and I, people will find out who the liar is.” Wright also told AllHipHop.com in a statement, “I had nothing to do with 'Pac's death.”
Although many bodyguards, including Michael Moore, who was Pac's number one body guard, had guarded him for a week straight, 'Pac was then forced to go to Las Vegas, which he refused, and as he was on his way to his plane, he stated to the bodyguard escorting him that he was a dead man walking. Michael Moore(bodyguard) and the rest of the guards were told not to carry their guns anymore, Michael refused and then was placed at club 662 rather than at the protection of Mr. Shakur.
A Reggie Wright also told AllHipHop.com, “The reason 'Pac is dead is because Frank Alexander, the guy who wrote and produced this new DVD failed to bodyguard 'Pac properly on the night he was shot.” “Kevin [Hackie] and Frank [Alexander] ought to be ashamed of themselves. The truth is these guys had almost nothing to do with 'Pac's life, but they never cease to come up with new ways to exploit his death for profit or fame.”
owed artists over $104 million and Shakur was threatening to take his masters
and leave Death Row after the last album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
.
According to former bodyguards who heard this altercation between Tupac and Suge, they didn't realize at the time what Reggie was planning even when he was demanding that all bodyguards leave their weapons, now reassigning normal Tupac bodyguards elsewhere (leaving Tupac with only Frank) and taking their communication devices, although this is contradicted by bodyguard Frank Alexander’s previous statements that he did have his gun in his car. Bodyguard Michael Moore refused to give up his weapon and said on film that it was Kevin Hackie (former Compton PD) who had his cell that night. However, in Frank’s book Got Your Back
, Frank said the bodyguards were told not to have their guns only at Club 662 in fear the authorities may shut the club down, but was told they could have their guns in their hotel rooms or cars. Frank said in an interview with HitEmUp.com in January, 2002, “We were told to either leave them in our room or leave them in our car. And me, knowing I was going to the club, stuck my gun in my car up under the seat 'cause that's where I was gonna go and park my car in the front.”
“I think they removed me [from guarding Tupac] because I wouldn't let them take away my weapon,” Moore said about why on the day of Tupac's murder he was reassigned to Club 662. “I told Tupac…and walked him to his room. I didn't want to leave him (I was the only one with a weapon) and at first I was going to stay, but the club kept calling me. I said, 'its 8 p.m. and I'm not due until 11 p.m. don't call me no more. Then Reggie [head of Wrightway Protective Services] called, so I went.”
In the film, Michael Moore expressed his frustration at the time, saying, “Why would I leave my weapon and I'm guarding the biggest rapper in the world.' I said, 'I'm not taking my weapon away for no one!”
Shortly after bodyguard Moore left Tupac in the Vegas hotel, Tupac got into a car driven by Suge Knight (which they said he never does) and while waiting at a light (boxed in at the left by Trevon Lane, boxed in the back by Frank's car and to the right by the killers car) the killer(s) shot him .
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about the unsolved murder of rapper Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Amaru Shakur , known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide as of 2007, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world...
. The film is produced by Frank Alexander (Tupac's bodyguard who was the only guard assigned and present at the time of the shooting) and RJ Bond, who also directed the film. The film was released on DVD October 23, 2007.
Press screening controversy
- Even before the film had been released, at the press screening of the film, breaking news sparked regarding Death Row and the death of Tupac Shakur. Former bodyguard Kevin Hackie, admitted while working at Death Row Records prior to the murder of Tupac that he was an FBI informant and even went further and stated "an arrest will be made in this case", which has yet to happen.
- Kevin Hackie issued a challenge to Reggie Wright, alleging he set up Tupac's death.
- Kevin Hackie has offered Wright $100,000 to take a lie detector test to prove he had nothing to do with Shakur’s still unsolved murder. Due to high tensions rising Wright in an unwilling manner agreed to the test.
- Wright, who has been investigated by the FBI and officially cleared of any wrong doing, has accepted the challenge, telling AllHipHop.com:
“The day Kevin Hackie puts up the money to pay for a reputable board-licensed polygrapher to conduct a lie detector test for him and I, people will find out who the liar is.” Wright also told AllHipHop.com in a statement, “I had nothing to do with 'Pac's death.”
Although many bodyguards, including Michael Moore, who was Pac's number one body guard, had guarded him for a week straight, 'Pac was then forced to go to Las Vegas, which he refused, and as he was on his way to his plane, he stated to the bodyguard escorting him that he was a dead man walking. Michael Moore(bodyguard) and the rest of the guards were told not to carry their guns anymore, Michael refused and then was placed at club 662 rather than at the protection of Mr. Shakur.
A Reggie Wright also told AllHipHop.com, “The reason 'Pac is dead is because Frank Alexander, the guy who wrote and produced this new DVD failed to bodyguard 'Pac properly on the night he was shot.” “Kevin [Hackie] and Frank [Alexander] ought to be ashamed of themselves. The truth is these guys had almost nothing to do with 'Pac's life, but they never cease to come up with new ways to exploit his death for profit or fame.”
About the film
Suge KnightSuge Knight
Marion "Suge" Knight, Jr. is the founder and CEO of Black Kapital Records and co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. Death Row Records rose to dominate the rap charts after Dr. Dre's breakthrough album The Chronic in 1992. After several years of chart successes for artists including...
owed artists over $104 million and Shakur was threatening to take his masters
Master recording
A multitrack recording master tape, disk or computer files on which productions are developed for later mixing, is known as the multi-track master, while the tape, disk or computer files holding a mix is called a mixed master.It is standard practice to make a copy of a master recording, known as...
and leave Death Row after the last album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory is the fifth and final studio album by Tupac Shakur, under the new stage name Makaveli, finished before his death and his first studio album to be posthumously released...
.
According to former bodyguards who heard this altercation between Tupac and Suge, they didn't realize at the time what Reggie was planning even when he was demanding that all bodyguards leave their weapons, now reassigning normal Tupac bodyguards elsewhere (leaving Tupac with only Frank) and taking their communication devices, although this is contradicted by bodyguard Frank Alexander’s previous statements that he did have his gun in his car. Bodyguard Michael Moore refused to give up his weapon and said on film that it was Kevin Hackie (former Compton PD) who had his cell that night. However, in Frank’s book Got Your Back
Got Your Back
"Got Your Back" is a song by American rapper T.I. The song features American R&B singer-songwriter Keri Hilson who he wrote the DJ Toomp-produced track with. Preceeded by the street singles "I'm Back" and "Yeah Ya Know ", "Got Your Back" is on T.I.'s studio album, No Mercy and can be found as a...
, Frank said the bodyguards were told not to have their guns only at Club 662 in fear the authorities may shut the club down, but was told they could have their guns in their hotel rooms or cars. Frank said in an interview with HitEmUp.com in January, 2002, “We were told to either leave them in our room or leave them in our car. And me, knowing I was going to the club, stuck my gun in my car up under the seat 'cause that's where I was gonna go and park my car in the front.”
“I think they removed me [from guarding Tupac] because I wouldn't let them take away my weapon,” Moore said about why on the day of Tupac's murder he was reassigned to Club 662. “I told Tupac…and walked him to his room. I didn't want to leave him (I was the only one with a weapon) and at first I was going to stay, but the club kept calling me. I said, 'its 8 p.m. and I'm not due until 11 p.m. don't call me no more. Then Reggie [head of Wrightway Protective Services] called, so I went.”
In the film, Michael Moore expressed his frustration at the time, saying, “Why would I leave my weapon and I'm guarding the biggest rapper in the world.' I said, 'I'm not taking my weapon away for no one!”
Shortly after bodyguard Moore left Tupac in the Vegas hotel, Tupac got into a car driven by Suge Knight (which they said he never does) and while waiting at a light (boxed in at the left by Trevon Lane, boxed in the back by Frank's car and to the right by the killers car) the killer(s) shot him .