Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) in what was then a middle-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston has influenced many singers in popular music, and is known for her powerful, soulful vocals and vocal improvisation skills. She is the only artist to have had seven consecutive number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, from "Saving All My Love for You" in 1985 to "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" in 1988. Houston enhanced her popularity upon entering the movie industry. Her recordings and films, have generated both great success and controversy.
In Bobby Brown’s memoir, “Every Little Step,” the OG R&B singer has made some rather interesting claims about his late ex-wife, Whitney Houston. According to him, Houston was indeed unfaithful, and allegedly cheated on him with West Coast legend Tupac Shakur. “[Brown] contends that [Houston] did her ‘share of cheating’ with ‘quite a few of the producers and artists’ she worked with, and names one ex-lover, the late Tupac Shakur.
Nanci Fletcher was born in Brooklyn, NY on September 10. She grew up watching her father, legendary vocalist Sam Fletcher, performing on television and in swank nightclubs. She developed an early love for Hip-Hop and remembers sneaking to block parties in Harlem and The Bronx to hear the genre's pioneering DJ's. She began dating Dr Dre and did background singing for some songs on the Doggystyle album in 93.
She had a close friendship with Nate Dogg and Johnny J. On Death Row she got the chance to work with Pac after Dr Dre introduced the two on the California Love video shoot. She recorded many songs with Pac during the All Eyez On Me sessions. She appeared on Can't See Me, Holla At Me, Life Goes On, When Thugs Cry, Who Do You Believe In, Unconditional Love and so many others.
THE LADY OF RAGE
Robin Yvette Allen (born February 6, 1966), known professionally as the Lady of Rage, is an American rapper, singer and actress best known for her collaborations with several other Death Row Records artists, including Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg on the seminal albums, The Chronic and Doggystyle. The Lady of Rage has been described as "one of the most skillful female MCs" with a "mastery of flow" and "hard-core lyric. Dr. Dre discovered the Lady of Rage after hearing the vocals she recorded for the L.A. Posse's album, They Come in All Colors (1991). She later appeared on several tracks on Dr. Dre's 1992 album The Chronic, and on Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle in 1993.
On July 26, 1994, the Lady of Rage released the hit single "Afro Puffs" (from the soundtrack to Above the Rim) which reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart. She also made an appearance on Tha Dogg Pound's album Dogg Food on the track "Do What I Feel". Though she had made more than a dozen appearances on soundtracks as well as albums from her Death Row Records cohorts, the Lady of Rage didn't release her debut album until 1997. Her debut solo album, Necessary Roughness, was released in June 1997 and peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard R&B Album chart and 32 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.
According to The Lady of Rage on VladTV in 2011 she stated that her and Pac had several altercations and openly speaks about having disagreements with Tupac when he first signed. She describes the affect of Tupac on Death Row as friction to start off with. This is down to ‘Pac’s strong beliefs on who wronged him in his past. With Lady of Rage not sharing the same thoughts, it caused for her and ‘Pac not to see eye to eye to start off with. Although they did smooth things over, it was towards the time Tupac was working on the One Nation project.
MONIE LOVE
Simone Johnson (born 2 July 1970) better known by her stage name Monie Love, is a British rapper, actress and radio personality from London. Best known for her singles during the late–1980s through the 1990s, Monie Love currently serves as a radio personality for urban adult contemporary station KISS 104.1 WALR-FM in Atlanta, Georgia. Love is a two-time Grammy Award nominee, making her the first British female hip hop artist to hold that distinction.
Speaking to The Breakfast Club, the Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition star flat out said “no” when asked if there was any truth to it. She did, however, cop to having a close relationship with ‘Pac just not that kind of relationship.
“The timeline’s off,” she explained. “When I was around ‘Pac heavily, I didn’t even know Jonesy yet. I hadn’t met her yet. I remember everything about that night though, but I don’t remember whose party it was. I know it was at Roselands, but I don’t remember whose party it was — if it was TLC’s platinum party for their first album or if it was the Def Jam Christmas party. A lot of really cool events, big events happened at Roselands back then.
“I do remember she and I went together. As a matter of fact, she I and Angie Martinez rolled up together. I remember ‘Pac being in there and I remember him walking across the floor to say hi and we leaned in and he hugged me, he hugged Miss Jones, too. He did say something in my ear and what he said to me was, ‘I don’t care how many times you get married, you’re always gonna be my n-gga.'”
Natasha Walker known as Sonshine is a member from the group Y?N-Vee. Natasha had a good working relationship with Tupac Shakur. According to her in a few interviews she was dating Dr. Dre at the time she met Tupac. She indicates that she loved working with Pac but sometimes he was a difficult person to deal with. She was close friends with Vivica Fox who stated that she saw Tupac perform one night.
QUEEN LATIFAH
Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, actress, and singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she signed with Tommy Boy Records in 1989 and released her debut album All Hail the Queen on November 28, 1989, featuring the hit single "Ladies First". Nature of a Sista' (1991) was her second and final album with Tommy Boy Records.
Latifah starred as Khadijah James on the Fox sitcom Living Single from 1993 to 1998. Her third album, Black Reign (1993), became the first album by a solo female rapper to receive a RIAA certification and spawned the single "U.N.I.T.Y.", which was influential in raising awareness of violence against women and the objectification of Black female sexuality. The record won a Grammy Award and peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. She then starred in the lead role of Set It Off (1996) and released her fourth album, Order in the Court, on June 16, 1998, with Motown Records. Latifah garnered acclaim with her role of Matron "Mama" Morton in the musical film Chicago (2002), receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Queen Latifah had a great friendship with Tupac Shakur taking him to night clubs in the early 90's. She also played a role in the movie Juice a s a Ruffhouse MC.
YO-YO
Yolanda Whitaker, also known as Yo-Yo (born August 4, 1971) is an American rapper and actress. Yo-Yo first appeared as a guest on Ice Cube's 1990 debut studio album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted on the track "It's a Man's World". Cube returned the favor by appearing on "You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo", on Yo-Yo's 1991 debut album, Make Way for the Motherlode. Each of the videos for the singles from the album were directed by Okuwah Garrett of Power Films. Her follow-up album released in 1992, Black Pearl was well received by critics, partly because of its focus on positive messages and uplifting themes that heavily contrasted with the popular gangsta rap style at the time. Yo-Yo dated Tupac Shakur for some time in the 1990s. It was on tour that 2Pac and Yo-Yo formed a close relationship, the former was on tour with her mentor Ice-Cube.
Rosie Perez (born September 6, 1964) is an American actress, choreographer, dancer, and activist. Her breakthrough came with her portrayal of Tina in the film Do the Right Thing (1989), followed by White Men Can't Jump (1992). Perez's performance in Fearless (1993) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, among other accolades. Her starring film roles since include It Could Happen to You (1994), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Pineapple Express (2008), and Birds of Prey (2020).
Perez earned three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for In Living Color (1990–1994) and another Emmy nomination for her work in The Flight Attendant (2020–present). She has performed in stage plays on Broadway such as The Ritz, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, and Fish in the Dark. She was also a co-host on the ABC talk show The View during the series' 18th season.
She was a friend of the late rapper and actor Tupac Shakur. The two attended the Soul Train Award on March 9, 1993. "He did that for me as a friend,” she recalls. “This guy I was suppose to go with to the Music Awards bailed out on me at the last minute. Pac called up to say hi and to ask if I had extra tickets. And I was like, ‘This motherfucking motherfucker fucking fuck!’ He was like, ‘Fuck this motherfucker. Let me go up in there with you. Come on.’ He said, ‘Let’s go together. And, let’s hold hands and let that motherfucker see you on the screen. Fuck him. Watch how crazy I am.’” She also stated that Madonna hooked up with Pac at the time.
STORM
Donna Storm Hardness is the only female Outlaw. She met Tupac during the shooting of a film. After he found out how well she could rap, he asked her to join his group, the Outlawz. Storm wants to display her skills in rhyming and wants to let the world know that even though she was Tupac’s protegee he never wrote her lyrics. “Pac was excited that he didn’t have to take the time to hold my hand and write my lyrics for me. But, me being the female rapper makes everyone just assume that he was writing my shit. That’s 100% false!” And to people that say she was not an original member of the Outlawz, “I really don’t give a fuck how people want to rewrite history. Pac made me an Outlaw and unless Tupac Amaru Shakur says otherwise, can’t nobody take that away from me…NOBODY!”
I was actually introduced to Pac inside an on set trailer by the home girl, Sunshine. She was in a 90’s girl group called Y?N-Vee out of Compton, California. She was a friend of Pac’s. Pac and me started talking for about an hour before Sunshine came back to the trailer and nonchalantly asked Pac if he knew I was a rapper. Pac was surprised so he immediately asked me to rap! He loved it and he asked me to be the first female in his crew. He hadn’t named the group yet, but later announced that we would be called the Outlaw Immortalz. Storm is featured on a lot of Tupac’s unreleased and yet to be released material.
Salli Elise Richardson (born November 23, 1967) in Chicgo, Illinois is an American actress, director and producer. Richardson is known for her role as Angela in the film A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) and for her role as Dr. Allison Blake on the Syfy comedy-drama series Eureka (2006–2012).
She is also known for her voice acting as Elisa Maza on the Disney animated series Gargoyles (1994–1996) and as Viveca Foster on the CBS series Family Law (1999-2002). Richardson also has appeared in a number of other films such as The Great White Hype (1996), Antwone Fisher (2002), Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) and I Am Legend (2007). She had leading roles in the independent films Pastor Brown (2009), Black Dynamite (2009) and I Will Follow (2010). In the 2010s, Richardson started working as a television director.
Women Relationships
Sarah Chapman born on September 21, 1979 came into the limelight of her relationship with American musician Sean Combs. At the beginning of their relationship, they remained for many years. Despite their friendship, they never had revealed their romantic relationship in the media. Especially at that, he was in a long-term relationship with his on-off relationship with late-model Kimberly Porter. Tupac had the chance to spend some quality time with Sarah as seen on the photo.