Tupac Shakur attempted to form an all-female hip-hop group that included Jada Pinkett Smith when the two were in high school at the Baltimore School for the Arts. Smith recounted the story to Queen Latifah in a bonus segment from this weeks episode of Carpool Karaoke.
He tried to put me in a female rap group, Pinkett Smith tells Queen Latifah. We had all these little corny battles cause we went to high school, and he wanted to put a bad-ass chick group together. Hes like, yo, Jada, Ima write your raps. Ima show you the flow.'
There was one small obstacle: I couldnt rap, Pinkett Smith says. [Tupac] used to be like, you act like you aint got no rhythm at all.' Though she didnt take to hip-hop, she did embrace heavy metal, eventually becoming lead singer in the band Wicked Wisdom.
Pinkett Smith has spoken about her connection with Shakur several times in recent months. In June, she criticized the rappers biopic All Eyez on Me, sayingthe reimagining of my relationship to Pac has been deeply hurtful. In an interview onSway in the Morning last month, she remembered meeting Shakur when she was dealing drugs.
The latest episode of Apple Musics Carpool Karaoke series a standalone based on James Cordens Late Late Show segment features Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Tiffany Haddish and Regina Hall. All four women star in the film Girls Trip, out last month. New Carpool Karaoke episodes are available on Apple Music at 9 p.m. EST on Tuesdays.