Suge Knight says Tupac wanted to sign Aaliyah

nme.com:

Suge Knight has claimed that Tupac was interested in signing Aaliyah to Death Row Records.The iconic label’s co-founder made the revelation in a new interview with The Art of Dialogue.

Talking over the phone from prison, Knight said Tupac first learned about Aaliyah when they went to see Gladys Knight perform.“We had a thing,” he said. “I would always listen to oldies, and Pac would listen to rap.

He didn’t like oldies, so I told him, ‘I gotta show you what oldies are about.’ So, I took Tupac to go see Gladys Knight perform in Vegas.”He went on to say that Aaliyah came out to perform. “Tupac said, ‘Don’t get up!

Don’t get up!’” Knight recalled. “I said, ‘Why?’ He said, ‘Because Gladys Knight knows you, you’re gonna speak to Gladys Knight, and then you’re gonna talk to that little girl singing.