

He triggered the perception of myself as a coward. “In the beginning of our relationship, my mind was tortured by their connection. “Though they were never intimate, their love for each other is legendary – they defined ‘ride or die,’” Smith writes in the book. Twenty five years since ‘Pac’s death, Smith admits he felt insecure about his then-girlfriend’s close relationship with the late rapper, who attended the Baltimore School for the Arts with Jada as a teen. But I decided to start earlyyyyy ✨.Will Smith once again addressed Jada Pinkett Smith’s deep connection with 2Pac in his new memoir, Will. Here are a few you may have never heard before✨ Happy ‘you goin’n to be 50 at midnight’ Birthday Pac! 😆 I got next 😜 P.s I was planning to post tomorrow which is why the video says today is Pac’s bday. Tupac Amaru Shakur would have been 50 midnight tonight! As we prepare to celebrate his legacy … let’s remember him for that which we loved most … his way with words. In the caption of her Instagram upload, Pinkett Smith said the late rapper had a “way with words” and spoke of honoring his legacy. On her Red Table Talk show in 2019, Pinkett Smith opened up about the “complex relationship” she had with Shakur, recalling how “we were an anchor for each other.” The former friends were estranged at the time of his death after a fight led to their separation. Pinkett Smith and Shakur met on the first day of high school in Baltimore and grew increasingly close until she walked away from their friendship when she felt his life was getting too dangerous. Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1997 when he was 25 years old. She thought Shakur might have written the poem while imprisoned on Rikers Island in New York after he was charged in a sexual assault case in the ’90s. The poem, titled “Lost Soulz,” was the original concept for his song “Lost Souls,” featured on the soundtrack for the 1997 crime thriller “Gang Related.” I was like, I don’t think he would have minded if I shared this with you guys.’ I don’t think this one has ever been published, honestly.

Over the years, Pac wrote me many letters and many poems. She and Shakur were friends beginning in their teen years, both attending the Baltimore School for the Arts. “Of course, I went down memory lane,” the “Red Table Talk” host reflected in an Instagram video shared Tuesday ahead of his birthday Wednesday.
