In a YouTube interview posted in 2009, Jada elaborated on their initial encounter, revealing that they first crossed paths during their time at the Baltimore School for the Arts in Maryland in the 1980s, eventually forming a deep and lasting friendship.
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00:00 Chyera Pinkett Smith is convinced that the late rapper Tupac Shakur was her soulmate.
00:08 The actress, who has been married to actor Will Smith since 1997, was good friends with
00:14 the hip-hop star before his tragic death in a shooting in Las Vegas in 1996.
00:20 Now she has opened up about their special bond, emphasizing that their relationship
00:25 never turned romantic due to the lack of chemistry between them.
00:29 She told a website, "A soulmate, yeah.
00:32 If there is such a thing as past lives, I definitely think Pac and I have driven a few
00:38 together, you know, in various forms," she added regarding the absence of romance.
00:44 "It just wasn't possible.
00:46 There was no chemistry between us.
00:48 It's that friendship-love chemistry, trust me."
00:54 In a 2009 interview posted on YouTube, Chyera explained that they first met at the Baltimore
01:01 School for the Arts in Maryland in the 1980s and became close friends.
01:06 She elaborated, "It was the first day, and he came over to me and introduced himself.
01:12 And in high school, Pac was a little funny-looking.
01:15 Just by looking at him, he wasn't necessarily the type of person I would typically be drawn
01:20 to.
01:21 But as soon as he approached me, he was like a magnet.
01:24 Once you paid attention to him, he kind of drew you in, and we hit it off from that moment
01:30 on.
01:31 I don't think either one of us thought we would achieve the success we did, but we knew
01:36 we were destined for something."
01:37 Tupac was tragically shot dead in a drive-by shooting in 1996 at the age of 25.
01:47 More than a quarter of a century later, Dwayne "Kafei" Davis, 60, was indicated by a grand
01:53 jury in Nevada on one count of murder with a deadly weapon following his arrest in September.
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