Did Tupac Shakur and Jada Pinkett Smith have a relationship?
TUPAC Shakur would have been 50 years old today had he lived to see this birthday. The rapper was born on June 16, 1971, in Harlem in New York City, and died at 25 years old when he was fatally shot. Friends and fans are remembering him on what would have been his birthday, including Jada Pinkett Smith, who shared a previously private poem of his. Tupac and Jada attended The Baltimore School of Arts together in the 1980s, according to Insider. In an interview with The Breakfast Club in early 2020, Jadas now-husband, Will Smith, admitted their friendship made him jealous. 4 Jada shared a poem Tupac wrote on what would have been his 50th birthday Credit: Getty Images - Getty  That was in the early days," Will continued. That was a big regret for me. They grew up together but they never had a sexual relationship but now they had come into that age where that was a possibility, and Jada was with me." "I was deeply insecure and I wasn't man enough to handle that relationship," he confessed. In an Instagram video shared Tuesday before his birthday Wednesday, Jada spoke a little bit about the friendship she shared with the rapper. "Over the years, Pac wrote me many letters and many poems, the Red Table Talk host explained. I don't think this one has ever been published, honestly.  I was like, 'I don't think he would have minded if I shared this with you guys.' "  She thought the poem might be the original concept for his song "Lost Souls," and theorized that he may have written it while imprisoned on Rikers Island in New York. 4 Jada told her Instagram followers she didn't think Tupac would mind her sharing the poem Credit: AP:Associated Press  Lost Soulz - T. Shakur  The poem reads:  "Some say nothing gold can last forever  And 2 believe this (I) need no proof  I have witnessed all that was pure in me  Be changed by the evil men can do  The innocence possessed by children  Once lived inside my soul  But surviving years with criminal peers  has turned my warm heart to cold  I used 2 dream and fantasize  But now I'm scared 2 sleep  petrified, not to live or die  But to awaken and still be me  It is true that nothing gold can last  We will all one day see death  When the purest hearts are torn apart  Lost souls are all that's left  Down on my knees I beg of God  Most read in Celebrity UP IN FLAMES Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis' Mexico mansion 'burns down' after arrest 'OVER IT' Kim Kardashian admits she REGRETS posing nude for 2007 Playboy photoshoot SAVAGE Rihanna's new leggings are going viral for this reason 'WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?' Bachelorette Katie's frontrunner Greg is really a 'fame-hungry ACTOR'  to save me from this fate  Let me live to see what was gold in me  Before it is all too late."