Quincy Jones once became involved in a short-lived feud with the late rapper Tupac Shakur, who had criticized him for dating white women.
The music icon died on Sunday evening at the age of 91, his family announced in a statement on Monday.
But decades before his death, Quincy faced the wrath of the Changes hitmaker, who took umbrage at Jones dating and having children with a white woman.
The music producer was married to Twin Peaks actress Peggy Lipton between 1974 and 1990, and the couple had children Kidada Jones, 50, and Rashida Jones, 48.
Earlier this year, Parks and Recreation actress Rashida reflected on her feud with Tupac, who made disparaging comments about her father in a 1993 interview with The Source magazine, telling Quincy’s publication at the time, “The only thing he does is put his d* *k into white b*****s and make fucking children.’
Quincy Jones once became involved in a short-lived feud with the late rapper Tupac Shakur, who had criticized him for dating white women [Quincy pictured with ex wife Peggy Lipton in 1982]
Decades before his death, Quincy faced the wrath of the Changes hitmaker [pictured in 1996]who took offense to the fact that Jones was in a relationship and had children with a white woman.
The music icon died on Sunday evening at the age of 91, his family announced in a statement on Monday
At the time, a then 17-year-old Rashida fired back at Tupac, calling him out for his “stupidity” and “ignorance” while noting that he was “self-absorbed and self-indulgent.”
In an open letter she wrote in The Source at the time, she vented, “Where the hell would you be if Black people like him hadn’t paved the way for you to even have the chance to express yourself?”
In an interview with The New Yorker In July this year, Rashida reflected on the feud and recalled how Tupac, stage name 2Pac, became “family” after he apologized.
She shared, “I understand the nuance better now that I’m older. It just felt like a completely unwarranted attack.
‘My father doesn’t work for the government. He is a music producer. How he wants to live his life and who he loves is his business, and I’ve always felt that way.”
She told how despite being “so angry” with the California Love singer, she quickly saw a “new perspective” from him after he reached out.
After her letter to him was published, Tupac approached her sister Kidada in New York to apologize, believing her to be Rashida.
The meeting subsequently led to Tupac and Kidada falling in love and beginning a romance, with Tupac eventually becoming close to the family.
The music producer was married to Twin Peaks actress Peggy Lipton between 1974 and 1990, and the couple had children Kidada Jones, 50, and Rashida Jones, 48. [pictured in 1979]
Earlier this year, Parks and Recreation actress Rashida [pictured with Quincy in 2020] reflected on the feud with Tupac, who made disparaging comments about her father in a 1993 interview with The Source magazine
At the time, a then 17-year-old Rashida fired back at Tupac, calling him out for his “stupidity” and “ignorance” while noting that he was “self-absorbed and self-indulgent.” [pictured last month]
In an interview with The New Yorker in July, Rashida reflected on the feud and recalled how Tupac, stage name 2Pac, became “family” after he apologized
Rashida added in her interview, “It resolved itself very well because when I met him, he immediately apologized to me, immediately apologized to my father. We sat down and had a really good conversation about it, and then he was family.”
Meanwhile, producer Quincy opened up in 2012 about how he “wasn’t happy” when he first discovered his daughter was dating Tupac amid their feud.
Speaking to the New York Times magazine at the time he said: ‘At first I wasn’t happy. He attacked me because I had all these white women. And my daughter Rashida, who was at Harvard, wrote a letter to The Source ripping him apart.”
Quincy went on to say that he confronted Tupac at the time and insisted they needed to talk, but the music star admitted it was unwise in case Tupac “had a gun.”
He continued, “I remember dropping Rashida off at Jerry’s deli one night, and Tupac was talking to Kidada because he fell in love with her at the time.
“Like an idiot, I walked up to him, put two arms on his shoulders and said, ‘Pac, we need to sit down and talk, man.’ If he had had a gun, I would have been done for. But we talked. He apologized. After that we became very close.’
After her letter to him was published, Tupac approached her sister Kidada [right] in New York to apologize, believing she was Rashida [left]. The meeting subsequently led to Tupac and Kidada falling in love
Meanwhile, in 2012, producer Quincy [pictured in 2006] told how he ‘wasn’t happy’ when he first found out his daughter was dating Tupac amid their feud
Meanwhile, in a 2018 conversation with GQQuincy reflected on the issue again, noting that Tupac most likely got a hit because he “just wanted to be a rapper,” attributing the outburst to the “swagger” that was “part of their game.”
Quincy decried the general criticism of having a white wife, angrily saying, “I don’t care. Because they think that’s the only thing you like, but that sucks, man.
“Here’s what you gotta understand: The interracial thing was also part of a revolution, because in the ’40s and all that, they said, ‘You can’t mess with a white man’s money. messing with his wives.’ We wouldn’t put up with that. Charlie Parker, everyone there, was married to a white woman.”
Tupac died in 1996 at the age of 25 after being fatally shot.
It comes as US music titan Quincy, who produced Michael Jackson’s Thriller album and collaborated with artists including Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles, died aged 91.
It comes as American music titan Quincy, who produced Michael Jackson’s [pictured together in 1994] Thriller album and collaborated with artists such as Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles, who died at the age of 91
His publicist Arnold Robinson said he died Monday evening surrounded by his family at his home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. No cause of death was given [pictured in October 2018]
Quincy Jones wished his daughter Tina a happy birthday in his latest Instagram post on Sunday
His publicist Arnold Robinson said he died Monday evening, surrounded by his family at his home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. No cause of death was given.
Jones’ family – including his actress daughter Rashida, who played Karen Filippelli on The Office – said in a statement: “Tonight, it is with complete but broken hearts that we share the news of the passing of our father and brother Quincy Jones.
“And while this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the amazing life he lived and know there will never be another like him.”
Along with Rashida, Jones – known to friends as “Q” – is survived by daughters Jolie Jones Levine, Rachel Jones, Martina Jones, Kidada Jones and Kenya Kinski-Jones; son Quincy Jones III; brother Richard Jones and sisters Theresa Frank and Margie Jay.
Jones’ latest Instagram post yesterday wished his daughter Martina ‘Tina’ a happy birthday and included a photo of the two smiling together. It read, ‘Congratulations to my Tina Beena! So proud to be your daddy! Big hug, I love you forever.”