Rashida Jones displays on beef with Tupac

Actress Rashida Jones has mirrored on her previous beef with late rap icon Tupac Shakur – see what she needed to say beneath.

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In 1993, Shakur informed The Source that legendary producer Quincy Jones – Rashida’s father  that every one Jones did was “stick his dick in white bitches and make fucked up youngsters”. Aged 17 on the time, an irate Rashida responded to Shakur’s assertion together with her personal letter to The Supply.

On the time, Rashida Jones wrote: “As a result of I’m the youngest of Quincy Jones’ six daughters, I can’t view this text or this man with out bias, however I do suppose that anybody who reads this text can be shocked by his ignorance and lack of respect for his folks.” She went on to write down that Shakur’s demeaning of Quincy was disrespectful to Black folks, and that he helped pave the way in which for artists like Shakur to precise themselves.

Tupac Shakur would go on to apologise to Rashida, her father, and would quickly start relationship Rashida’s sister.

Now, in a new interview with the New Yorker, Rashida Jones has seemed again on her beef with Tupac by way of a distinct lens. She stated to the publication: “I used to be so mad. It was a brand new perspective to me. I type of perceive the nuance extra now that I’m older. It simply felt like a totally unwarranted assault. My dad doesn’t work for the federal government. He’s a music producer. How he chooses to dwell his life and who he loves is simply his personal enterprise, and I’ve at all times felt that method.”

“After which my sister was out someplace in New York, and Tupac got here as much as apologise to her, as a result of he thought it was me. It resolved itself actually properly, as a result of after I met him, he instantly apologised to me, instantly apologised to my dad. We sat down and had a extremely good dialog about it, after which he was household,” she continued.

Late final month, Duane “Keefe D” Davis, who has been charged in reference to Tupac’s homicide, was denied launch over legitimacy issues surrounding his bail cash. On June 20, Davis notified the Clark County District Courtroom in Nevada that he’d be capable to put up his $750,000 bail, and needed to confirm the place the funds got here from 5 days later. Nonetheless, he was denied launch as a consequence of issues over the legitimacy of the funds supplied by music supervisor Money “Wack 100” Jones.

Davis was taken into custody in September 2023 for his alleged involvement within the homicide of the rap icon. Las Vegas Police arrested Davis on September 29,  simply over two months after a home owned by his spouse had been raided by police, with paperwork stating police had been searching for gadgets “in regards to the homicide of Tupac Shakur.”

Davis, a former member of the Compton Crips gang, pleaded not responsible on November 2. He had been recognized to investigators for a while earlier than his arrest, and has stated prior to now that he was within the Cadillac from which the pictures at Shakur had been fired in 1996.