Marlon Wayans as soon as once more recalled the time he noticed each 2Pac and the Infamous B.I.G. shortly earlier than they have been killed.
The 52-year-old entertainer spoke on the topic when he made an look on the newest episode of Shannon Sharpe’s Membership Shay Shay podcast when it premiered on Wednesday.
Wayans mentioned his shut relationship with 2Pac on the 1:15:29 mark within the video linked above, saying he met the late rapper via mutual buddies Omar Epps and Jada Pinkett Smith earlier than they ended up working collectively on 1994’s Above the Rim.
He recounted how they frolicked, shared laughs, and bonded over their comparable backgrounds whereas describing their pal group as a “clique of performing arts, highschool, ghetto youngsters.”
“We used to hang around after which we laughed loads collectively. We used to stroll across the streets of New York. We laughed loads as a result of Pac was foolish,” he stated.
“I keep in mind I noticed Pac was performing, he invited me all the way down to Glam Slam and he is performing with Biggie. There is a image with Tupac and Biggie, the one image I consider them two collectively. And in the event you look within the nook, I am sitting within the background twisting my hair,” he famous.
The story took a grim flip when Wayans revealed he noticed the rapper on the Luxor Resort in Las Vegas about 20 minutes earlier than he was fatally shot in September 1996 at solely 25 years outdated.
“We noticed him, I seen Suge [Knight] and all these vehicles and thugs and reds,” Wayans recalled, saying the scene made him “flip white.” Ultimately, Omar Epps satisfied him to stroll over to say whats up to Pac, who had already turn out to be an enormous star on the time.
He continued, “I’m going over there and provides him a hug. All of us discuss, kick it for 5 minutes, and the BMW pulls up,” he added. “Me, Omar, and Mitchell [Marchand], we get in a cab and we pull off. I am going to always remember the look on Tupac’s face as we pulled off… It simply, he seemed like, ‘Man, I miss that freedom. I miss that enjoyable.’ And he was simply on this chaos.”
“We left after which 20 minutes later, we heard he acquired shot,” Wayans added.
Wayans then spoke about assembly Biggie outdoors of a celebration in Los Angeles the next yr, simply moments earlier than he was killed in a drive-by capturing. The 24-year-old crossed paths with Wayans on the escalator and stated he was a fan of the Wayans household and their work.
“So we’re leaving the social gathering, I see him once more, dap him up. My brother Keenen’s within the social gathering with me, he will get in his automobile,” Wayans stated, mentioning that they heard gun pictures as they have been driving away earlier than later discovering out it was Biggie who had been shot.
“I went to the hospital, noticed Puff and all them outdoors. Mark Pitts, all these guys I knew, crying,” he famous.
“So 20 minutes after this interview, n***a, you would possibly get shot,” Wayans joked.
“I ain’t going nowhere. I ain’t going to the place they acquired no gun,” Sharpe quipped again earlier than being referred to as “55 Cent.”
Wayans had beforehand shared the story in a 2022 interview on the Late Late Present with James Corden and had additionally shared different tales about his friendship with Pac in separate interviews all through the years.
After a public back-and-forth dispute with on-line interviewer DJ Vlad, who stated Wayans was not definitely worth the $40,000 interview price ticket, the entertainer’s Membership Shay Shay episode has reached 1.5 million views since Wednesday.
Wayans can also be bringing his stand-up comedy routine to the U.S. together with his Wild Little one Tour via Nov. 22. For a full listing of tour dates and tickets, go to marlonwayansofficial.com
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