Stretch — VIBE Magazine, August 1995
“STRETCH RESPONDS”
About this interview
In August 1995, VIBE Magazine published “STRETCH RESPONDS,” featuring Randy “Stretch” Walker's response to Tupac Shakur's earlier VIBE interview about the Quad Studios shooting. Stretch discusses his relationship with Tupac, the events surrounding their arrival at Quad Studios, the shooting and robbery, and Tupac's subsequent comments about what happened that night. The article presents Stretch's account as a response to Tupac's version of events. It is particularly significant because it represents the version of Stretch's story that was published by VIBE in 1995 and therefore provides an important contemporary source for understanding how the events were presented at the time. The page below recreates the published article for archival purposes. It should be read as the VIBE-published version of Stretch's account, rather than assumed to be a verbatim transcript of the surviving audio interview.
This published VIBE article can be compared with the surviving Fab 5 Freddy audio interview with Stretch.
Link to Stretch's Audio Interview
VIBE Magazine — “Stretch Responds”
Publication: VIBE Magazine
Issue: Vol. 3, No. 6
Date: August 1995
Headline: STRETCH RESPONDS
Subheading:
Randy “Stretch” Walker on the Quad Studios Shooting, Tupac, and the Truth
A recreation of the August 1995 VIBE article “STRETCH RESPONDS.” The article represents the version of Stretch's account published by VIBE following Tupac's earlier interview.
VIBE vs. Audio — Detailed Comparison
The comparison below identifies passages which correspond between the VIBE article and the supplied audio, passages which describe the same event using different wording, and material which appears in only one of the two sources.
Detailed comparison of the VIBE article and complete supplied audio transcript.
Archival Notes
The VIBE article and the surviving audio are preserved separately because they are not identical transcripts. The comparison above shows that several passages are closely matched, while other passages describe the same events using substantially different wording. Other material appears in VIBE without a corresponding passage in the supplied audio.
The comparison is an archival analysis of the two surviving sources. It does not, by itself, establish the precise production or editorial process by which the VIBE article was created.
VIBE Magazine: Vol. 3, No. 6, August 1995 — “Stretch Responds”.
Audio: Supplied interview recording of Stretch conducted by Fab 5 Freddy, represented above by the complete supplied transcript.