Mariah Carey revealed she nonetheless thinks about her temporary run-in with Tupac Shakur and admitted she regrets by no means relationship the late Hip-Hop icon.

Mariah Carey took a stroll down reminiscence lane when she opened up a few second with Tupac Shakur that left her swooning and questioning what may’ve been.

The celebrity songstress revealed throughout a Power 106 interview that the late rapper gave her “more than butterflies” after a short however unforgettable change backstage on the American music Awards in January 1996.

“It was a pretty major moment for me to say the least,” Carey stated, recalling the way in which Tupac greeted her that night time.

“Hi Mariah,” he stated, and in line with Carey, it despatched her right into a state of inner frenzy.

The pop icon didn’t cease there. When requested if she ever wished they’d dated, Carey didn’t hesitate.

“I wishhh!!!” she stated with fun, agreeing they might have been “the power couple of all power couples.”

Carey additionally stated she would have jumped on the probability to collaborate with him musically.

Carey first shared the story in her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, the place she described the surreal second she encountered Tupac outdoors the venue. “I noticed a white Rolls-Royce quietly, slowly approaching,” she wrote. “It was as if time itself had slowed to a stop.”

She continued, ” ‘Hey, Mariah,’ he stated softly, my identify pouring out of his lips like smoke. Then that spectacular smile burst by way of the whole lot. In an immediate, the window went again up, and Tupac rolled away.”

That temporary encounter can be one in all their final. Tupac was shot in a drive-by in Las Vegas in September 1996. After present process emergency surgical procedure, together with the removing of a lung, he died six days in a while Friday (September 13) at University Medical Center. He was 25.

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