Mariah Carey Reveals She Had A Crush On Tupac Shakur

Mariah Carey recently opened up about a long-held crush and brief but unforgettable encounter with rap legend Tupac Shakur. In a revealing interview with Brown Bag Mornings on Los Angeles’ Power 106 FM, the conversation took a nostalgic turn as the music shared a candid memory, first touched on in her 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, According to Carey, her path crossed with Tupac’s during an awards show in the ‘90s. She recalled him pulling up in a Rolls Royce, exuding his signature charm. What could’ve been a fleeting moment turned into something Carey would never forget “He said it like, ‘Hi, Mariah…’ and I was like ‘Ahh!'” she recalled during the interview, breaking into laughter. “And I was hosting the AMAs that year so I had to keep going back and forth, but I wanted to keep going back and forth cause that happened [laughs] While in her book she described “feeling butterflies,” Carey admitted on-air that her emotions went beyond that. The charisma Tupac displayed in that brief interaction left a lasting impression—and a lingering sense of “what if. When asked whether she would have collaborated musically with Tupac had he lived longer, Carey answered without hesitation“ A pretty major moment,” she called their flirtatious exchange, tying it to her deep and ongoing love for Hip-Hop culture. When the host proposed the idea that Mariah and Pac could’ve been “the power couple of all power couples,” Carey didn’t miss a beat. “I wish!” she exclaimed. Before his death in 1996, Tupac Shakur had been romantically linked to several famous figures, including Madonna, Jada Pinkett (now Pinkett Smith), Kidada Jones (daughter of Quincy Jones, who he was reportedly engaged to), and actress Rosie Perez. Even posthumously, his magnetism endures—celebrities like Yo-Yo, Jewell, and now Mariah Carey have publicly expressed admiration or affection for the late rapper, further cementing his legacy not just as an artist, but as a cultural heartthrob.

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