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(The black 1996 BMW has been fully restored and it's available to buy from Celebrity Cars in Las Vegas for $1.75 million.) Alexander jumped out of his car but Knight, whose skull had been pierced by a bullet fragment, hooked a U-turn and sped off with several other cars in hot pursuit. Stopped in traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard, aka the Vegas Strip, a bicycle cop approached Knight's car. Alexander observed Knight getting out of the car and opening the trunk for the cop, who sent them on their way.Īt the next intersection, shortly after 11 p.m., a white Cadillac pulled up next to Knight's car. A gun-wielding hand poked out and fired 14 shots at the BMW. The group spent about 30 minutes at Knight's house before the caravan took off for 662. Knight and Shakur were blasting music. So Knight was behind the wheel of his BMW, with Shakur in the passenger seat. Alexander followed behind, and he wouldn't even stop for gas when the warning light went on, so concentrated was he on his charge. "Big Frank," as the rapper called him, didn't like the idea of being without a weapon while protecting Shakur, who attracted a crowd wherever he went. Alexander was perturbed to find out that guests were being asked not to bring any guns into Knight's 662 Club, where they planned to party after the fight. 7, 1996, Shakur, who would have turned 50 years old this summer, arrived in Las Vegas to attend a Mike Tyson fight with Death Row Records co-founder Marion "Suge" Knight at the MGM Grand. His bodyguard Frank Alexander had arrived the day before to ensure the trip went as smoothly as possible. Which he did, only he didn't live to see it. Dre, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg and Ice-T but also blazing his own way as an unequivocally talented but complicated provocateur, the All Eyez on Me artist had emerged as a boldly honest, startlingly prescient voice poised to change the game forever. Traveling the road paved by hip-hop pioneers like Dr. In 1996, Tupac Shakur was the crown prince of West Coast rap.