TJMS: Reggie Rock Bythewood on “One Night in Vegas” - ESPN 30 For 30 Documentary On Mike Tyson And Tupac Shakur
Roland Martin talks with Reggie Rock Bythewood about his ESPN 30 For 30 documentary “One Night in Vegas.” Bythewood’s documentary details the relationship between heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson and rapper Tupac Shakur.
Reggie Rock Bythewood explained the amazing thing he discovered while doing this documentary is that Tyson and Tupac had an “amazing friendship.” Bythewood said their friendship “became the anchor of the documentary that is coming on the air tonight.”
Bythewood discussed some of the people interviewed for the documentary, which include Michael Erick Dyson and Maya Angelou. Bythewood said, “The most significant moment of the entire documentary is Dr. Maya Angelou. She discusses the first time she meet Tupac on the set of ‘Poetic Justice’…” Bythewood also details a meeting between Angelou and Tyson when she visited him in jail. Bythewood told Roland, “We kind of get into the grit of this world but on the other side, we’re just kind of reflecting another piece of the story that no one has ever seen before.”
Listen to Roland Martin’s entire TJMS interview with Reggie Rock Bythewood.
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DON’T MISS “One Night in Vegas” tonight on ESPN at 8 PM EST.
