Janet Jackson Refused to Kiss Tupac Shakur on Set on ‘Poetic Justice’ Unless He Got AIDS Test First

Janet Jackson was hesitant to kiss Tupac Shakur on set of their 1993 film, Poetic Justice, unless the late rapper took an AIDS test beforehand.

In an excerpt of Jeff Pearlman’s new book, Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur obtained by the Hollywood Reporter, Jackson, 59, told producer Steve Nicolaides that she didn’t “want to swap saliva with him until I’m really sure that he’s healthy and clean.”

Shakur — who died in 1996 in a drive-by shooting at the age of 25 — reacted poorly when Nicolaides told him what the “Rhythm Nation” singer had asked.

According to the book, the “California Love” rapper said: “F**k her.”

“I ain’t doing s**t for that bitch,” he allegedly continued. “Hell no.”

“I honestly think he found it amusing,” Nicolaides said in the biography. “And the truth is, I can’t blame Janet for asking. It was the early 1990s, and people were still dying of AIDS. And Tupac, God love him, had a reputation. But he never got the test.”

Poetic Justice was directed by John Singleton, with Shakur starring as Lucky while Jackson appeared as his love interest, Justice.

There was also some other tension on set with Shakur and Jackson.

“Tupac definitely did not have warm feelings for Janet,” Lords of the Underground member Dupré Kelly claimed in the book.

“He knew that Janet was making a lot more than he was, and it definitely rubbed him the wrong way,” comedian Joe Torry, who played Chicago in the film, revealed. “He thought they should be equals. She didn’t share that.”

“He made it clear he was pissed about getting less than Janet,” John Cothran — who portrayed Uncle Earl — also explained in the book. “To me, that seemed absurd. Because I didn’t even know who the hell he was.”