The Killing of Tupac Shakur
Book cover (3rd ed)
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| Author | Cathy Scott |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | True crime, Biography |
| Publisher | Huntington Press |
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Publication date
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1997, 2002, 2014 (3rd ed) |
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Published in English
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1997 |
| Pages | 328 pp |
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| OCLC | 37811479 |
| 364.15/23/09793135 | |
| Preceded by | 1st ed, 2nd ed |
The Killing of Tupac Shakur is a biographical and true-crime account by American journalist and author Cathy Scott of the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The book made news upon its September 1997 release, on the first anniversary of Shakur's death, because of an autopsy photo included in its pages. It was the first book to be released covering the rapper's death. The book was reprinted in the UK by Plexus Publishing and in Poland by Kagra. Coverage of the autopsy photo, taken of Shakur's body on a gurney in the coroner's examining room, catapulted the book onto the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. New editions of the book were released in 2002 and 2014.
Cathy Scott was employed as a reporter at the Las Vegas Sun when Tupac was gunned down on September 7, 1996, in a drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip. She covered the case from the start and turned it into a book. The shooting occurred a few hours after the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon match, which Tupac and his music producer, Suge Knight, were in Las Vegas to attend. Tupac died from his injuries six days later. The killer has never been caught, although it is widely believed that Crips gang member Orlando Anderson, who was murdered 18 months later, was the shooter. Compton, California, police interviewed Anderson, but he was never charged.
Huntington Press released the book on the first anniversary of Shakur's death by issuing a 25,000-copy first printing, according to Publishers Weekly. The book was number 2 on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list in paperback nonfiction the week of June 11, 2000.
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