Rashida Jones once penned a letter to Tupac, critiquing him for his comments on her father. The letter, which dates back to 1993 and was published in The Source, was prompted by Tupac's dismay at Quincy's relationships with white women.
At the time, seventeen-year-old Rashida Jones asserted that Tupac's comments stood for his “ignorance and lack of respect for his people.” The letter read:
"To demean a man like Quincy Jones, a man who came from the ghetto of Chicago and through his talent and perseverance became a living music legend, demeans the whole progress of African Americans."
Rashida Jones' decades-old outburst
The Parks and Recreation actress, who is the daughter of a white woman, actress Peggy Lipton, took shots at Tupac, calling out his identity as a black man in her letter:
"Tupac, if you learn one lesson, let it be that at least my father took the time to look at how f--ked up life would be if he didn't get his s--t together early on. Where the hell would you be if Black people like him hadn't paved the way for you to even have the opportunity to express yourself? I don't see you fighting for your race. In my opinion, you're destroying it and s--tting all over your people."
However, in a July 2024 interview with The New Yorker, the actress realized she may have overreacted when she said:
"Furious! So precocious, so self-righteous. Yeah, I was so mad. It was a new perspective to me. I kind of understand the nuance more now that I’m older. It just felt like a completely unwarranted attack. My dad doesn’t work for the government. He’s a music producer. How he chooses to live his life and who he loves is just his own business, and I’ve always felt that way."
She continued, revealing that Tupac eventually came over to apologize, and that was that. She added that her sister, Kidada, was in New York at the time when Pac came over and expressed regret.
However, Rashida Jones noted that things "resolved itself really nicely," because he then apologized to her and her dad "immediately," and they hashed things out over a conversation. She added that soon after, "he was family." Sharing about how she felt about Tupac coming over and apologizing, she added that "it speaks so much to who he was."
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Quincy Jones passed away at the age of 91 at his home in Bel-Air. He leaves behind his six daughters: Rashida Jones, 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.
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