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In 1996, Tupac Shakur was the crown prince of West Coast rap. Traveling the road paved by hip-hop pioneers like Dr. 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. Which he did, only he didn't live to see it. On Sept. 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...

It's been nearly 17 years since Tupac Shakur's tragic death, and now, someone from his closest camp has also passed.  Frank Alexander (known as "Big Frank"), the former bodyguard of the late rapper, was found dead in his Murrieta, Calif., home Sunday night after police responded to a 911 call regarding a possible suicide, according to a report by Murrieta Patch. The cause of death has not been released. Alexander was reportedly found with a gunshot wound to the head.  "The death is being investigated to determine if indeed it was a suicide," Murrieta Police Lt. Tony Conrad told Patch. "It does appear to be a suicide, but the Coroner's Office will make...