Angie Martinez has JAY-Z to thank for making sure her unreleased Tupac Shakur interview doesn’t get lost. In an interview with Page Six, the longtime radio host revealed her archives — including the rare Tupac interview — weren’t in a secure location until Hov made sure they were.
“The tapes are in a safe, secure place now,” she told Page Six. “But they weren’t for many years. Before that, they were in my laundry room and it was actually JAY-Z that told me to put it in a safe place.”
Martinez elaborated, “I was in a meeting at Roc Nation and we were talking about my archives because I have all my old interviews on tape. They were literally in boxes in my laundry room and JAY said: ‘Get them out of the room now. Somebody help her get them out of that room now because if there is a flood or a fire it will be destroyed.'”
The archives have since been digitized, but Martinez also has the physical tapes in a vault. Yet fans won’t be hearing her Tupac interview anytime soon.
Martinez’s full Tupac interview, which took place in 1996, was shelved over fears it would fuel the flames of the East Coast vs. West Coast rap beef. Only 12 minutes of the two-hour conversation have ever been made public.
Listen to a brief clip of the interview below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKT1Ekbnw9w
[apple_news_ad type=”any”]
Release it, they both dead and gone now.
They’re waiting for the right moment to make some money while releasing this shit. Trust me, we won’t see this shit unless they can monetize their footage. And for the time being it’s locked in a safe.
You don’t think she could have made money off of it in the 2 decades he’s been dead?
She could’ve done that but it wouldn’t look right cause you know pac’s people all on it. Now, after afeni is dead as well and a few of the outlawz and some other suckers decided it’s cool to make some money with pacs name she is probably thinking about it. This shit about jay z putting it up in a safe is all about let me hold it for ya till I find a way we can make money without it looking like that’s what we after….
For real that’s some selfish shit. Let the world hear it.
Something has to be safe and special
No, the interview was shelved bc Puffy didnt want it released. He was looking weak every time Pac spoke about the situation and he was trying to cover up things up.
I hate stuff like this. Release that stuff or throw it away
Fuck Angie martinez
really a 2 hour interview with PAC never heard? get it out thats some bs even foia & classified info sunsets faster these days never felt anyway about this lady but now i do