Shakur seems to have been conflicted about interracial relationships. He was an outspoken advocate for black Americans in the face of white oppression, and publicly spoke out against mixed-race marriages in an interview in 1994, criticising the music producer Quincy Jones (father of Rashida Jones) for marrying and having children with a white woman.

However, he later apologised for his comments – and ended up becoming engaged to Jones’ daughter Kidada, who is mixed-race.

Shakur died in September 1996, six days after being fatally shot in Las Vegas. A film about his life, All Eyez on Me, is out now.

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