Jada Pinkett Smith opens up about her late friend.
The 52-year-old actress, who has a new memoir titled Valuablewho has spoken publicly about living with alopecia, and says that Tupac Shakur had it too.
Jada said the legendary rapper also had alopecia. PeopleThe new cover story.
“I don’t think Tupac ever talked about the alopecia he suffered from,” he says of the revelation.
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The autoimmune disease that causes unpredictable hair loss. He first spoke about his alopecia diagnosis in 2018.
Tupac apparently experienced hair loss symptoms similar to Jada’s, and she says it started for the late rapper around 1991, when he was arrested for jaywalking by the Oakland Police Department in California.
“After being in Northern California with police officers who beat him, he started losing his hair. And his alopecia patterns were much more extreme than mine,” he recalled.
“I don’t think Pac ever talked about his alopecia, but he also looked great with a bald head. But that was during a time when you wouldn’t, he just didn’t talk about it,” he continued.
“I’m sure that yes [Shakur] If he were alive today, he would speak publicly about his condition, he added.
The condition affects 6.7 million people in the United States alone, according to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation.
“I’m glad I had the opportunity and will continue to have the opportunity to talk about how alopecia affects me. And I just hope that it gives people the freedom to talk about how to do it and not be ashamed of it or have that stigma. And there is a lot of shame around alopecia,” he added.
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