If there’s one factor Jada Pinkett Smith has all the time been, it’s candid. From her thought-provoking conversations on Crimson Desk Discuss to her open and sincere expressions about her journey with alopecia, Pinkett Smith has all the time been an iconic determine for talking one’s reality no matter how troublesome it might be. Although the actress has all the time been open about her personal alopecia journey, the 52-year-old simply spoke out about how iconic rapper and shut good friend of hers, Tupac, additionally struggled with the situation all through his profession.

Pinkett Smith On Tupac’s Alopecia

Pinkett Smith first opened up about her private alopecia situation again in 2018, and has since turn out to be a significant advocate for alopecia consciousness. Simply this week, although, the star simply opened as much as Individuals about how her shut good friend Tupac additionally suffered from the situation, however was much less prepared to speak about it. “I don’t suppose Tupac ever talked in regards to the alopecia he suffered from,” Pinkett Smith started, earlier than explaining that the long-lasting rapper’s struggles with the autoimmune illness started round 1991. “After he was in Northern California with the cops that beat him up, he began shedding his hair. And his alopecia patterns have been much more excessive than mine,” Pinkett Smith defined.

The mom-of-two went on to clarify that she believes that Tupac didn’t share his alopecia struggles because of the societal pressures on the time. “I don’t suppose Pac ever talked about his alopecia, however he additionally appeared actually good with a bald head,” she explains, “However that was throughout a time and through an period that you just wouldn’t—he simply wouldn’t discuss it.” Smith went on to notice that she wholeheartedly believes that if Tupac have been alive right this moment, he would communicate out about his situation, and hopes that sharing his story will assist to lift consciousness for the situation that impacts as many as 6.7 million individuals in simply the U.S. alone, based on the Nationwide Alopecia Areata Basis.