Suge Knight revealed that Tupac Shakur was enthralled by Aaliyah and had plans to collaborate together with her earlier than his tragic loss of life.
Suge Knight, says legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his sights set on signing R&B star Aaliyah and dealing on a undertaking together with her earlier than his premature loss of life.
Talking from jail in an interview with The Artwork of Dialogue, Knight recalled Shakur’s pleasure after seeing Aaliyah carry out reside.
“Tupac needed to signal Aaliyah. I took him to go see Gladys Knight carry out, and he cherished it. Then Aaliyah got here out, and Pac mentioned, ‘Don’t stand up, don’t stand up.’ I mentioned, ‘Why?’ He mentioned, ‘You’re gonna discuss to Gladys, then you definitely’re gonna discuss to the little woman singing, and the following factor you recognize, you’re gonna be doing that,’” Knight recounted.
Tupac Shakur, who had already cemented his legacy as one in every of Hip-Hop’s biggest artists, was greatly surprised by Aaliyah’s stage presence and voice, Knight defined.
From that efficiency alone, the rapper was satisfied she was destined to be a megastar, and he needed to be a part of her journey.
“He was so excited. I ain’t by no means seen that little n#### so pleased. Out of all of the women and girls he ever seen, he thought she was the largest star and had the most effective voice ever,” Knight mentioned.
The rapper’s enthusiasm didn’t fade after that evening. Based on Knight, he continued speaking about Aaliyah for days, sharing his imaginative and prescient for working together with her and making music collectively.
“I by no means seen him get so enthusiastic about no feminine artist. He misplaced his thoughts over Aaliyah. He was tremendous, tremendous, tremendous excited,” Knight added.
However any plans for a collaboration would by no means materialize. On September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur was shot a number of instances in a drive-by capturing in Las Vegas.
He died six days afterward September 13 on the age of 25. His imaginative and prescient for making music with Aaliyah by no means had the possibility to be realized.
Aaliyah, in the meantime, continued her rise to superstardom, solidifying her place as one in every of R&B;’s most beloved voices.
However tragedy struck 5 years later. On August 25, 2001, the singer was killed in a airplane crash within the Bahamas at simply 22 years outdated.
