Even though Rashida Jones and her family didn’t get along well with 2Pac prior to his tragic passing, she still views the late rapper as family.
The gifted actress discussed her open letter to The Source, which she sent when Pac made fun of her father during an interview with the magazine, in a recent interview that was released on Sunday, July 7.
At the time, Pac claimed of Quincy Jones, “all he does is stick his dick in white bitches and make fucked up kids.”
Then 17, Rashida responded to Pac with a lyrical toss.
She remarked, “I do believe that his ignorance and lack of respect for his people would shock anyone who reads this article.” “To disparage a person such as Quincy Jones, who emerged from the Chicago ghetto and rose to fame as a living musical icon via skill and tenacity, is to disparage the entire trajectory of African American advancement.”
“Where the hell would you be if Black people like him hadn’t made it possible for you to even be able to express yourself?” she said. I don’t see you standing up for your ethnicity. You’re ruining it and pissing all over your folks, in my opinion.
Soon after the exchange, Pac began dating her older sister Kidada, so their relationship would quickly turn amicable.
After more than 30 years, Rashida saw the letter and her friendship with 2Pac in a completely different perspective.
“Angry! So self-righteous, so quick. Yes, she admitted, “I was furious.” For me, it was a fresh viewpoint. Now that I’m older, I can kind of understand the subtleties better. It seemed like an entirely unjustified assault.
It worked out extremely well because as soon as I met him, he apologized to my dad and to me right away. He was family after we had a great discussion about it over dinner.
“I have been self-righteous in my life, and I really have worked hard to stop looking at things in a binary way,” she said in closing. “That was an early lesson for me.” We’re so intricate and full of flaws.
In other developments, Keefe D, real name Duane Davis, who is accused of killing 2Pac, will stay detained by the police while he awaits the start of his murder trial in November.
Judge Carli Kierny rejected the ex-gang member’s release last month after he failed to provide evidence that he obtained his bail money legally.
