Jasmine Guyis opening up about the time she housedTupac Shakur.
Duringan appearanceon daytime talk showSherrion Thursday, the singer and actress revealed that she let the late rapper stay with her when he needed a safe space in New York in 1994.
“Well, the development was after the shooting in New York,” Guy, now 61, told hostSherri Shepherdof Shakur, whom she met when he starred onA Different World. “First of all, I was hanging out with Tupac because he was good friends withJada [Pinkett Smith]. We were always hanging out after the show.”
After he was shot, Guy and Pinkett Smith tried visiting Shakur at the hospital. By the time they got there, he had already left.
“He didn’t feel safe there. He did just get shot,” she recalled. “He felt like a sitting duck. And because I had a low profile and they didn’t know we were friends… It kinda felt likeThe Diary of Anne Frankbecause I couldn’t tell anybody that he was there.”
Tupac Shakur; Jasmine Guy.Ron Galella/WireImage; Cindy Ord/Getty
Ron Galella/WireImage; Cindy Ord/Getty
Guy went on to explain that Shakur stayed with her for a couple weeks, until his wounds had healed. His family was also staying with him.
“‘You don’t understand. We’re the Shakurs. We’re gonna show you how to have a family life,'” his family responded. “It was fun, other than the stress of it.”
TheRed Table Talkhost explained that the two had “a connection” and were able to talk to each other about their financial struggles and mothers’ substance abuse issues. Quickly, they realized their connection meant that they were to be “lifelong friends.”
“When you have somebody that has your back when you feel like you’re nothing, that’s everything,” the Emmy winner said.
The “California Love” rapper’s sisterSekyiwa Shakuropens up about her brother’s relationships with Pinkett Smith and their friend John Cole at the time in the book. “All I remember is John coming over to the house all the time. And nothing else could be talked about but Jada,” she said inTupac Shakur. “His music changed. This people changed. And Jada came — the entity! The magazine posters had come off his wall and John’s art went up on his wall. And pictures of Jada.”
source: people.com
