Unreleased Tupac Interview With Angie Martinez Set for Netflix Debut

Angie Martinez will give fans a chance to hear Tupac Shakur tell his own story in an interview she kept locked away for three decades.

Previously unreleased parts of the conversation will premiere as part of what’s being called The Tupac Tapes With Angie Martinez.

In a press released Wednesday, Netflix said the project is a four-part video podcast series debuting Nov. 27.

Martinez revealed the interview was recorded just months before Shakur’s death, amid the bitter East Coast–West Coast rap feud.

In a preview clip from the interview, Tupac compared the feud to “war games.” The rapper was clearly upset about the Death Row Records rivalry with Bad Boy Records and dismissed his East Coast rivals.

“I’ve done more for credibility in hip-hop than any f–king artist!” Tupac said.

While parts of the conversation aired at the time, Martinez said in the trailer she never released the rest of the conversation because she feared Tupac’s comments might ignite more tensions.

“I didn’t want anybody to die because of a conversation I went to L.A. to get,” Martinez shared.

Across the four episodes, Martinez will welcome guests to discuss Shakur’s life, legacy and lasting influence, Netflix said.

Martinez will be joined by familiar voices from the hip-hop and entertainment worlds, including Big Boy, Bootleg Kev, Joe Budden, Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Hed, E.D.I. Mean, Erica Ford, Dream Hampton, Lil’ Cease, Monie Love, Ed Lover, Aiyisha T. Obafemi, Wallo, RZA, and co-executive producer Matt Barnes.

After hearing part of the interview, Los Angeles radio personality Big Boy and former Yo! MTV Raps host Ed Lover reacted in the trailer to Tupac’s comments.

“That’s crazy,” said Big Boy.

“Wow. He was on one,” added Lover.

The release comes after a major development in the decades-long Tupac murder case.

Duane “Keefe D” Davis was convicted in August of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon for orchestrating Shakur’s killing. On Oct. 13, a Las Vegas judge sentenced Davis to 40 years to life in prison. He has vowed to appeal.

Shakur was shot while riding with Death Row Records co-founder Marion “Suge” Knight in Las Vegas on Sept. 7, 1996. The hip-hop icon died days later at age 25.

Prosecutors said Davis planned the killing and passed the gun to someone riding in the car with him the night of the shooting.

The Tupac Tapes With Angie Martinez comes from IRL Productions and All the Smoke Productions.

Martinez serves as an executive producer alongside Barnes, Brittany Ortiz, Brian Dailey, Stephen Jackson, Jelani McCoy and Christina Mizzi.

The podcast event begins streaming Nov. 27 on Netflix.