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Tupac Shakur had secret affair with Whitney Houston and dumped Madonna over her skin color
Rap icon Tupac Shakur had a string of A-list lovers during his time in the spotlight, but kept his famous girlfriends secret
Late rap legend Tupac Shakur had a string of high-profile girlfriends over the years but managed to keep his A-list lovers secret.
Many of his famous girlfriends never spoke about their relationships with the rapper, while others waited until many years after his death to confirm the romace.
The music superstar, who died in a shooting in 1996 aged 25, is now believed to have had a steamy affair with Whitney Houston and broke Madonna’s heart.
He also found the time to get married and divorced, and date music industry royalty.
Madonna
Prison letter reveals that Tupac dumped Madonna because she’s white!
Tupac dated Madonna for more than a year after being set up by pal Rosie Perez at the Soul Train Awards in 1993.
However, they managed to keep the romance totally under the radar and it wasn’t confirmed until 2015.
Madonna let slip about her relationship with Tupac during an interview with US shock jock Howard Stern, telling him the pair dated and the rapper got her “all riled up about life in general”.
However, little else was known about the romance until a bombshell dropped in 2017 when a letter from Tupac to Madonna revealed he broke up with her because of her race.
The note, believed to have been written while he was in prison in 1995, told the singer that their romance had to end as it wouldn’t look good for his career.
Dated January 15 1995, the letter published by TMZ explained: “Can u understand that?
“For you to be seen with a black man wouldn’t in any way jeopardize your career.
“But for me at least in my previous perception I felt due to my ‘image’ I would be letting down half of the people who made me what I thought I was.
“I never meant to hurt you.”
Whitney Houston
The stunning revelation that Tupac bedded music legend Whitney Houston didn’t emerge until after her death aged 48 in 2012.
Her ex-husband Bobby Brown made the confession about his wife’s affair in his 2016 memoir Every Little Step, claiming she cheated on him with Tupac during their marriage.
In the book, Brown claimed Whitney and Tupac hooked up after they worked together but gave no further detail.
The New Edition star claimed his ex-wife did her “share of cheating” with “quite a few of the producers and artists”, but only named TUpac.
Jada Pinkett Smith
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Although they were never lovers, Jada had a strong relationship with Tupac that nearly became romantic.
However, Jada insisted there was no “physical chemistry” between them – even when theyy tested it out by kissing.
Speaking to DJ Howard Stern in 2015, Jada explained: “When you have two young people that have very strong feelings, but there was no physical chemistry between us at all, and it wasn’t even just for me.
“It was him too.”
Kidada Jones
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Tupac was dating music industry royalty Kidada Jones, daughter of legendary producer Quincy Jones, at the time of his death in 1996.
They got together following the collapse of his brief marriage to Keisha Morris in 1995, and it initially got off to a bumpy start after Kidada ignored his advances because he’d previously dissed her dad.
However, after the rapper apologized, they exchanged numbers and embarked on a whirlwind romance.
He’s said to have told his mum: “I love her. She’s going to be my wife, she’s having my children.”
They got a house in together in Calabasas, but the romance was cut short by tragedy as Tupac was murdered just four months after they started living together.
In Quincy Jones’ 2001 book, Kidada wrote of Tupac’s death: “He and I lived together for four months and then he was murdered in Las Vegas in 1996. It was the most horrible thing that ever happened to me.”
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Rashida Jones Honors Her Father With Netflix Documentary ‘Quincy’
Jones co-directed and co-wrote the Netflix doc about her father Quincy Jones’ prolific career in music.
Quincy Jones has had one of the most legendary careers in the entertainment industry and on Friday night, his accomplishments were honored with the premiere of the documentary Quincy at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study, with Rashida Jones, Diane Warren and Ted Sarandos in attendance.
Jones rose from the slums of the South Side of Chicago to become one of the most successful and prolific composers and music producers of all time, working with such legendary talents as Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson, for whom he produced Thriller, the best selling album in the history of music.
Rashida spoke to THR about why this was the right time to make a film about her father.
“My dad’s story is also the story of black America. He was born in the 30s. He’s seen every decade since. He’s been relevant in every decade since so we’re dealing with a lot of race stuff in this country and it’s important to tell the stories of the past,” Rashida said. “It’s the only way we can learn. It’s the only way we can change and evolve and this is the great way to do it.”
The film brought out Quincy’s friends, family and several important people from his past, including the original band from the Thriller album. Warren and Sarandos were seen chatting excitedly with each other about the film in the lobby of the theater before the premiere.
Rashida co-directed the film with Alan Hicks, who told THR the most exciting things he learned about her father while doing research on him.
“I would learn something every day because Rashida and I would work in the archives and just pour over all the material and you’d find out a new thing every day. For example, I found out that he was in the room with Miles Davis when he recorded Kind Of Blue. And then you found out that he had the first music that was ever played on the moon and that he made all of these discoveries like Will Smith and Oprah Winfrey.”
The film covers every decade in Quincy’s life, documenting both his professional successes and his personal struggles and culminates in his production of a television special to celebrate the opening of the National Museum of African American and Culture in Washington D.C., which featured appearances by Barack and Michelle Obama, Winfrey and John Legend.
The conclusion of the film was greeted with a long and sustained standing ovation for both the film and for Jones who was in attendance.
After the movie, guests headed over to the ballroom at the Neuehouse in Hollywood, where they enjoyed beef sliders, mozzarella wrapped in prosciutto and chicken meatballs and were entertained with a musical performance by R&B singer Lalah Hathaway, who at one point was accompanied by Michael Jackson’s musical director Greg Phillanganes while she sang Jackson’s hit “Human Nature.”
“I am constantly in awe of how much he’s managed to cram into a lifetime,” Rashida noted. “He’s not done. He’s 85 and he’s not done.”
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