Pinkett Smith was a childhood friend of Tupac, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in September 1996, aged 25. “Tupac Amaru Shakur would have been 50 midnight tonight!” she wrote on Instagram. “As we prepare to celebrate his legacy … let's remember him for that which we loved most … his way with words.

Was Jada in a relationship with Tupac?

Were Tupac Shakur and Jada Pinkett Smith ever together? ... They grew up together but they never had a sexual relationship but now they had come into that age where that was a possibility, and Jada was with me." "I was deeply insecure and I wasn't man enough to handle that relationship," he confessed.

What happened between Jada and Tupac?

The close relationship between the pair came to a screeching halt in 1993 when the All Eyez on Me rapper was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in his hotel room. He was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse the following year and sent to prison.