Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty; Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan/Getty Rosie Perez essentially played matchmaker for Madonna and Tupac Shakur. On the Wednesday, Nov. 6 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, the Do the Right Thing star ...

Rosie Perez is sharing some amazing gossip. In a recent appearance on "The Drew Barrymore Show," Perez opened up about Madonna and Tupac Shakur 's relationship, which has been heavily guarded and the source of much intrigue. Perez shared some of the details of the moment Madonna and Shakur first met.

In the world of music and celebrity, few relationships have sparked as much intrigue as that of late rapper Tupac Shakur and pop icon Madonna.

Rosie Perez was the ultimate matchmaker for her “dear friend” Madonna and the late rapper Tupac Shakur. Perez, 60, revealed during a Wednesday, November 6, appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show that Tupac was her last-minute date to the 1993 Soul Train Music Awards after her initial plus-one was a no-show to the ceremony.

Perez explained that her original date had canceled just half an hour before she was set to leave for the awards show, citing concerns over being seen by his girlfriend. Frustrated, Perez was about to leave dateless until her close friend Tupac called.

Rosie Perez was the match maker behind Madonna and Tupac Shakur's secret relationship in the 1990s. During an appearance on the Wednesday, November 6, episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, the famed actress recalled introducing the Queen of Pop to the late rapper during the 1993 Soul Train Music Awards — three years before Shakur was fatally shot