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Arnelle Simpson (O.J.'s daughter)

My alternate bodyguard was on duty on this particular Tuesday. This was during the time Tupac was still living in the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills. As soon as I pulled up to valet, Tupac cruised up behind, me. "Big Frank!" he shouted. "Wassup?"

We greeted each other and he said, "Lees chill up in the room."

I said, "Cool." When I turned to look at who he was with, I thought, Damn, she looks familiar. I couldn't quite place the face, though.

Kevin walked over to me and said, "You know who that is, right?" I fessed up, and told him no. "Arnelle Simpson."

I said, "Get the f-ck out of here." This was during the height of the 0. J. trial and he may as well have said "Princess Di."

"We just came from the movies, and he was all over her," Kevin said. (Arnelle, who is a video stylist in the music industry, has said elsewhere that her meeting with Tupac that night was purely professional.)

When I showed up, I went to my room and I realized Pac wasn't going out. I wondered what was up, and I called down to his assistant, Kendrick, and asked what was up.

He said, "He's still with Arnelle." I asked if he was going to be doing anything or going out, and he said, "I don't think so."

Time went by, and he never called me to go out. So I just chilled for the rest of the night.

The next morning was when sh-t popped off. Pac called me and said, "We're ready to roll."

I went down to the lobby with my wife Lori, who always stayed with me when I was working at the Peninsula. Lori took one look and said, "That's Arnelle Simpson!"

We went over to the apartment complex in the Valley where the Outlaws lived, because Arnelle's 900 convertible SAAB was parked there. Why, I have no idea.

After Arnelle left, when we got into the Outlaws' stinky apartment, Pac started bragging to 'em. Everybody started rolling up blunts, and as they're smoking, Pac starts telling them all about Arnelle.

He was so excited. He was jumping up and down. "Arnelle Simpson. The baddest b*tch in L.A. right now, the finest sista!!! !"

He was so excited and so proud. Everybody started jumping up and down, and high-fivin' and screaming and sh-t. As I look back on that moment, I remember Tupac's excitement and how he started telling the Outlaws about a video he had in his head. It was gonna be like, "Murder Was the Case," Snoop's 20-minute video, and each of the Outlaws were going to have roles they played in it.

It hurts me so much to think back on that time and see that excited nigga, and remember the dreams he had that weren't fulfilled.

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