One of hip hop’s most talked-about lost recordings is finally getting its moment. ‘The Tupac Tapes With Angie Martinez’, a four-part video podcast series, arrives on Netflix on Friday 27 November.

The series centres on the interview Tupac Shakur gave Angie Martinez in 1996, three months before he was shot in Las Vegas. That conversation never aired. Netflix announced the series and its guest line-up on X, saying it will look back on Tupac’s life, legacy and lasting impact.

Who joins Angie Martinez

Fifteen guests are lined up:

• Big Boy, Joe Budden, Charlamagne Tha God, Ed Lover, Bootleg Kev and DJ Hed
• RZA and Monie Love
• Wallo and Matt Barnes
• Erica Ford, Dream Hampton and Aiyisha T. Obafemi
• E.D.I. Mean of the Outlawz, and Lil’ Cease, who came up under The Notorious B.I.G. in Junior M.A.F.I.A.

Why it matters

Angie Martinez spent years on New York radio at Hot 97 and later Power 105.1. For many fans, hearing Tupac in his own words, recorded just months before his death on 13 September 1996 at age 25, will be the main event.

Mark 27 November in the diary. Two weeks to go until Pac speaks again.

Source: DancehallMag