Los Angeles, California – Angie Martinez held onto a portion of her interview with the late Tupac Shakur for 30 years. Now, the journalist will finally release the highly anticipated tapes.
Netflix announced Wednesday that the host’s four-part series will unveil the long-shelved interview that was recorded months before he was killed.
“There were things said in that conversation that could have hurt people, damaged relationships, and added fuel to an already dangerous situation,” Martinez says in the trailer.
In 1996, the best-selling author talked with the How Do U Want It emcee at Los Angeles home about the heated East Coast-West Coast hip-hop rivalry.
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Out of fear of what was said, Martinez chose to share select excerpts of the footage while hiding the rest.
“I chose not to release the more inflammatory parts. After Pac died, it became even more complicated,” she shared.
“I felt a responsibility to protect something that was never meant to become his final statement.”
The news quickly went viral on social media, with many Tupac fans expressing excitement for the unheard conversation, while others were skeptical of the tapes’ validity as well as the hip-hop figures chosen to discuss them.
One user tweeted, “If you are a Tupac fan. You have been waiting for that specific interview to drop forever. Shouts the queen Angie Martinez for finally releasing it via Netflix.”
Yet another person wrote, “I’m just skeptical of all the outside commentary man.”
