Comments on: Rapper Ice Cube is the Black Man’s Oprah. https://thyblackman.com/2013/07/07/rapper-ice-cube-is-the-black-mans-oprah/ Black News 24/7 Online for the Black Community. Mon, 08 Jul 2013 18:50:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: toomanygrandkids https://thyblackman.com/2013/07/07/rapper-ice-cube-is-the-black-mans-oprah/comment-page-1/#comment-50712 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 18:50:26 +0000 http://thyblackman.com/?p=42025#comment-50712 So how can Ice Cube be the Black Man’s Oprah? They’d have to at least begin acting in movies in order to make lots of money. Ice has lots of it. Is that why he should be the black man’s Oprah, b/c he’s loaded? Has he helped as many ppl as Oprah? Has Ice Cube, at any time, given an audience full of ppl a car? Did Ice Cube build a school?

]]> By: toomanygrandkids https://thyblackman.com/2013/07/07/rapper-ice-cube-is-the-black-mans-oprah/comment-page-1/#comment-50711 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 18:42:27 +0000 http://thyblackman.com/?p=42025#comment-50711 I was searching for something else when I happened upon this article. Where do I begin? Years ago, Ice Cube was a member of a gangsta rap group called N.W.A.(Ni**a’s With Attitudes). When I found out what NWA stood for I thought, “Okay, females aren’t the only ones w/ attitudes.” But I had already knew that. Ice Cube grew up in a stable 2-parent home. Eazy-E was a drug dealer, and if I’m not mistaken Dr. Dre was a troubled youth. I’m not sure about MC Wren and the other dude. They rapped about the police brutality, racism, the ‘man’, and what-not using the most vile language. Many ppl not only purchased their album(s), but they also agreed w/ the lyrics, including white ppl. BTW, NWA had a white manager. While they got into some kinda disagreement w/ their manager, there was anomosity within the group. All of them spoke about it on television, especially on MTV and VHI. They may have been on BET, but it was MTV who televised the re-runs of their interviews.

During their career as a group or solo artist’s, they still made/produced music videos which depicted raunchy, booty-shaking females wearing tight clothing or next to nothing. Was Ice Cube representing BLACK MEN or was he recording music black men/ppl liked? After all, he did have a fan base of ppl of different races.

After Ice left NWA, he became part of another group called Westside Connection. I’m not really familiar w/ their songs (I’d have to hear them), but I do remember seeing them in a couple of videos. Their image was just as gangster-ish.

Ice Cube made his acting debut in a movie called Boyz In The Hood. Since then, he’s appeared in many movies. Anaconda, Friday, Next Friday, among others. Plus, Ice Cube still raps and now performs w/ his sons. He still cusses, and so does his sons. The last time I saw Ice and his sons perform, they were at The House Blues where cuss words are allowed. Even the audience cussed. Of course, his fans know every single word of his songs.

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