LOOK: Tupac’s letter to Madonna reveals he dumped her for his ‘image’
A 1995 letter from deceased rapper Tupac Shakur reveals that he and Madonna had a fling—and that he broke up with her for a shocking reason.
In the handwritten letter unveiled by the entertainment site TMZ, while in prison, Tupac penned the following lines, addressed to the Queen of Pop: “I must apologize to you because like you said I haven’t been the kind of friend I know I am capable of being.”
“For you to be seen with a black man wouldn’t in any way jeopardize your career; if anything it would make you seem that much more open and exciting.”
“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.”
He further wrote, “I have grown both spiritually and mentally. It no longer matters how I am perceived. Please understand my previous position as that of a young man with limited experience with [an] extremely famous sex symbol.”
He then offered his “friendship once again this time much stronger and focused.”
Article continues after this advertisementHe also asked if she could visit him in prison: “I would love to speak face to face with you. It’s funny but this experience has taught me to not take time for granted.”
Article continues after this advertisementAt that time, Tupac was serving a nine-month sentence for a sexual assault case. On September 13, 1996, he died from injuries sustained at a drive-by shooting.
Madonna only made their relationship public in 2015 on the Howard Stern radio show. Last June 17, Madonna commemorated the rapper on his birthday:
The note will be auctioned at the Gotta Have Rock and Roll pop culture auction, with the starting bid at $100,000 (over P5 million). Niña V. Guno/JB
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