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Rosie Perez set up Madonna and Tupac Shakur

The rapper was accompanying Perez to an event when Madonna caught his eye.

By Annie Martin
Rosie Perez set up Madonna and Tupac Shakur. File photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
1 of 2 | Rosie Perez set up Madonna and Tupac Shakur. File photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

NEW YORK, March 13 (UPI) -- Rosie Perez set up Madonna and Tupac Shakur.

The 50-year-old television host took credit for the match Thursday on her daytime talk show, The View. Perez told her co-hosts Shakur was her date for the 1993 Soul Train Awards when Madonna caught the late rapper's eye.

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Madonna revealed she and Shakur had a brief romance this week on The Howard Stern Show. The singer explained her 1994, expletive-laden appearance on Late Show with David Letterman by saying, "[Shakur] got me all riled up on life in general ... I was feeling very gangsta."

Shakur was engaged to fashion designer Kidada Jones when he was killed in a drive-by shooting at age 25 in September 1996. Madonna went on to date Carlos Leon from 1995 to 1997, and was married to actor Guy Ritchie from 2000 to 2008.

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