‘The Tupac Tapes With Angie Martinez’ Trailer Arrives, Netflix Podcast Now has a Release Date

For 30 years, one of hip-hop’s most talked-about lost recordings has sat in a radio host’s archive. Now ‘The Tupac Tapes With Angie Martinez’ is bringing it to the public through Netflix, and a first trailer has arrived to tease what is coming. The project turns a long-running piece of rap folklore into a video podcast event.

The tape in question comes from 1996, when Martinez was a rising voice at New York’s Hot 97 and sat down with Tupac Shakur at his California home. The conversation took place at the height of the East Coast versus West Coast feud, and she aired only about 12 minutes of it. Martinez has said she held the rest back because she feared it would make the rap beef even worse.

Netflix has now confirmed that she is finally sharing the full interview in a 4-episode video podcast, with the trailer, a 1:09 teaser branded as a four-part Netflix podcast, hinting at the scale of the release. The interview was recorded 3 months before Tupac’s death, which gives the material added weight. The premiere is set for the date in the headline.

Angie Martinez interviewed Tupac Shakur three months before his death. She’s finally sharing her interview with the world in THE TUPAC TAPES WITH ANGIE MARTINEZ, a four-episode video podcast event, premiering on November 27. Joining her to reflect on Tupac’s life, legacy, and lasting impact are Matt Barnes, Big Boy, Bootleg Kev, Joe Budden, Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Hed, E.D.I. Mean, Erica Ford, Dream Hampton, Lil’ Cease, Monie Love, Ed Lover, Aiyisha T. Obafemi, Wallo, and RZA.

— Netflix (@netflix) November 11, 2026

Estimates of the interview’s length vary. Martinez has put it at about an hour and 40 minutes in recent conversation, while earlier reports and her memoir coverage describe it as a two-hour session. Either way, nearly all of it has remained unheard for decades.

Martinez has been candid about why. In a December 2025 appearance on ‘The Breakfast Club’, she told Charlamagne Tha God that she worried about who might be hurt by the tape, including the people Tupac talked about. She also said there was an ugliness in some of his remarks that might not fairly reflect his legacy, and that she was only 20 at the time, with few follow-up questions.

In 2019, she told Page Six that the tapes had once sat in boxes in her laundry room until Jay-Z told her to move them somewhere safe. She has since said the physical copies are secured and digitized, a detail that makes the eventual release feel more like a carefully planned archive project than a sudden leak.

The podcast will not be a straight playback. Netflix says Martinez will be joined by a long list of guests to reflect on Tupac’s life, legacy and lasting impact. The lineup includes Matt Barnes, Big Boy, Bootleg Kev, Joe Budden, Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Hed, E.D.I. Mean, Erica Ford, Dream Hampton, Lil’ Cease, Monie Love, Ed Lover, Aiyisha T. Obafemi, Wallo and RZA.

That roster mixes radio personalities, podcasters, writers, activists and people from Tupac’s own circle. E.D.I. Mean, a founding member of the Outlawz, reportedly said in recent months that he was present for the 1996 interview and praised the restraint Martinez showed in not rushing it out. That is based on a single secondary report, so it is worth treating with care.

The mix of voices also suggests the series wants context around the tape, which was a central concern when Martinez first weighed whether to release it. Having people who knew, covered or worked with Tupac respond to the material could help frame the heated moments rather than leave them to speak for themselves.

Tupac died days after a shooting in Las Vegas in September 1996, so the interview captures him in the final stretch of his life. Fans have long speculated about what is on the unheard portions, and online forums have treated the tape as one of the most sought-after pieces of lost hip-hop history.

Martinez herself spent years saying that the interview might never come out. Her change of heart seems to have come after a conversation with Charlamagne in which she wondered aloud if it might finally be time.

The trailer suggests Netflix understands the stakes, positioning the project as an event rather than an ordinary podcast drop. What remains to be seen is how much of the original conversation will be played in full and how much will be interpreted by the guests.

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