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An 83GB hard drive owned by Tupac’s bodyguard, Frank Alexander containing unreleased music, personal photos, videos, and legal documents from the legacy artist is currently for auction as a collectible starting today.
Available on premier auction house Gotta Have Rock and Roll based in New Jersey through their website with an opening big of $10,000, the hard drive is projected to sell for $600,000 - $1,200,000 ending Friday (December 10) at 9:15 PM. The recipient will receive a Letter of Provenance and Certificate of Authenticity, but no copyrights as the item is listed as a collectible. 10% of auction proceeds will go towards the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, the rapper’s official mental health organization.
According to the official description, the hard drive is believed to contain “a labyrinth of files” that will give enthusiasts and fans a new insight into the King of West Coast Rap’s life. Among the legal docs include depositions Shakur gave and lawsuits he was involved in.
The hard drive contains a file called “GetitOn…2Pac.mp3” uploaded on October 2, 2009, possibly what many have believed to be the last song Tupac recorded and intended as a ring entrance theme for Mike Tyson. It is not clear if this is the 35 second clip promised by the item description.
Photos previewed by the auction house’s website (which can be viewed below) feature Tupac in social situations with friends or working in the studio.
One shows Tupac with Mike Tyson taken in March during when Tyson was set to defend his heavyweight title against Frank Bruno; another shows Shakur on the set of the surreal “Heaven Ain’t Hard to Find” music video; another appears to be the rapper’s cremation tag.
The drive also contains a photo of Tupac and then-girlfriend, Kidada Jones (sister of Rashida, daughter of Quincy) at a Versace menswear show in 1996 where Shakur would make his only runway appearance. Gianni Versace had once called the rapper “the most beautiful man in the world.”
Suge Knight appears in many of the photos, as does Alexander in a few. A few seem to be taken on the night of Tupac’s murder on the Las Vegas Strip, September 7, 1996.
According to the resume attached to screenshots of the hard drive’s contents, Frank Alexander was Shakur’s personal bodyguard in the year leading up to his killing. He had been a US Marine for over a decade and had worked as Chief Security for an Iranian Prince and an Executive Protective Agent for Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, MC Hammer, Master P, Manny Pacquiao, Prince Mansour, and Dallas Cowboy Rocket Ismail. He died in May 2013 of a gunshot wound to the head in an apparent suicide at 54 in his home in Murrieta. The final ruling could not be found.
Just yesterday after it was reported on November 23 that a rare collection containing 17 photographs taken for a release party for Tupac’s debut album 2Pacalypse Now in 1992 were being released as an NFT available on Open Sea, the seller announced that the NFT did not sell.
An 83GB hard drive owned by Tupac’s bodyguard, Frank Alexander containing unreleased music, personal photos, videos, and legal documents from the legacy artist is currently for auction as a collectible starting today.
Available on premier auction house Gotta Have Rock and Roll based in New Jersey through their website with an opening big of $10,000, the hard drive is projected to sell for $600,000 - $1,200,000 ending Friday (December 10) at 9:15 PM. The recipient will receive a Letter of Provenance and Certificate of Authenticity, but no copyrights as the item is listed as a collectible. 10% of auction proceeds will go towards the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, the rapper’s official mental health organization.
According to the official description, the hard drive is believed to contain “a labyrinth of files” that will give enthusiasts and fans a new insight into the King of West Coast Rap’s life. Among the legal docs include depositions Shakur gave and lawsuits he was involved in.
The hard drive contains a file called “GetitOn…2Pac.mp3” uploaded on October 2, 2009, possibly what many have believed to be the last song Tupac recorded and intended as a ring entrance theme for Mike Tyson. It is not clear if this is the 35 second clip promised by the item description.
Photos previewed by the auction house’s website (which can be viewed below) feature Tupac in social situations with friends or working in the studio.
One shows Tupac with Mike Tyson taken in March during when Tyson was set to defend his heavyweight title against Frank Bruno; another shows Shakur on the set of the surreal “Heaven Ain’t Hard to Find” music video; another appears to be the rapper’s cremation tag.
The drive also contains a photo of Tupac and then-girlfriend, Kidada Jones (sister of Rashida, daughter of Quincy) at a Versace menswear show in 1996 where Shakur would make his only runway appearance. Gianni Versace had once called the rapper “the most beautiful man in the world.”
Suge Knight appears in many of the photos, as does Alexander in a few. A few seem to be taken on the night of Tupac’s murder on the Las Vegas Strip, September 7, 1996.
According to the resume attached to screenshots of the hard drive’s contents, Frank Alexander was Shakur’s personal bodyguard in the year leading up to his killing. He had been a US Marine for over a decade and had worked as Chief Security for an Iranian Prince and an Executive Protective Agent for Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, MC Hammer, Master P, Manny Pacquiao, Prince Mansour, and Dallas Cowboy Rocket Ismail. He died in May 2013 of a gunshot wound to the head in an apparent suicide at 54 in his home in Murrieta. The final ruling could not be found.
Just yesterday after it was reported on November 23 that a rare collection containing 17 photographs taken for a release party for Tupac’s debut album 2Pacalypse Now in 1992 were being released as an NFT available on Open Sea, the seller announced that the NFT did not sell.
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