Tupac’s Unheard Angie Martinez Interview Is Coming to Netflix: What We Know About ‘The Tupac Tapes’

The Purple Snake Era (Editor) November 11, 2026



Netflix is bringing a little-heard piece of hip-hop history to viewers this month. The Tupac Tapes with Angie Martinez is a four-part video podcast set to premiere November 27, built around portions of Martinez’s 1996 conversation with Tupac Shakur. Netflix says the project will include commentary from voices including Charlamagne Tha God, Joe Budden, Big Boy, RZA and Wallo. Martinez has explained that she held the interview back because she worried some of its material could inflame tensions or cause harm. Revisiting it now with context gives audiences a chance to hear a moment from the final months of Tupac’s life while also asking how journalists should handle powerful, previously unaired recordings. 


 The format matters: this is being presented as a four-part video series, not simply an unedited tape drop. That leaves room for the conversation around the interview—what was happening in 1996, what Martinez chose not to broadcast, and how listeners should interpret the material today. For longtime fans, it is a rare chance to hear more of Tupac in his own words. For younger listeners, it may be an introduction to the responsibility that comes with releasing archival audio of a person who can no longer explain or respond to it. The series arrives November 27 on Netflix. We’ll update this story if Netflix releases a trailer or additional episode details. Sources: Netflix Tudum — https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/the-tupac-tapes-with-angie-martinez-interview Netflix title page — https://www.netflix.com/title/83102680
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