Only God Can Judge Me

Resumen del libro

Despite a multitude of books, documentaries, and even a feature film, much about Tupac's story remains shrouded and misunderstood.

Like many icons who died tragically young, Tupac the man has long been obscured his edges sanded down, his complexity numbed by the competing agendas that surround his legacy. In Only God Can Judge Me, accomplished biographer and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman tackles his most nuanced subject, telling the definitive story of Tupac Shakur in unprecedented depth. In this authoritative look at Tupac's life, Pearlman skillfully recreates West Coast hip hop in all its glory, going inside Death Row Records and on the sets of movies like Juice and Poetic Justice to offer the most clear-eyed rendering to date of the man who still casts a shadow over modern hip hop.

But more than just a biography of a complicated figure, Only God Can Judge Me also captures the time and place in which Tupac rose, a singular moment in music history when West Coast hip hop became a phenomenon and transformed popular music. Featuring nearly seven hundred original interviews and never-before-published details from every corner of Tupac's life, the result offers a truly singular portrait of one of modern pop culture's most towering figures. Guided by the voices of those who knew and lived life alongside him, Only God Can Judge Me captures the layers of a man who, even thirty years after his death, remains as elusive as ever.

Biografía del autor

Jeff Pearlman (1972) es un prestigioso y exitoso periodista y escritor estadounidense. Es autor de tres libros sobre béisbol, cuatro sobre fútbol americano y dos sobre baloncesto, y escribe o ha escrito para medios como Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Newsday, Bleacher Report o CNN. "Showtime" está considerado un clásico de la literatura deportiva contemporánea. Creador del pódcast Two Writers Slinging Yang , en el que mantiene apasionadas charlas con otros escritores, Pearlman vive en Carolina del Sur con su esposa y sus dos hijos.