Drink Champs - Episode 64 w/ Ice Cube

Episode Date: February 24, 2017

N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode the guys sit down with the West Coast legend Ice Cube! The guys cover everything from N.W.A., Cube's solo career to his successful movie career! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drinkchamps/support Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Yeah, what's up, y'all? What's going on, brothers? Drink Chance Radio. He's a legendary Queens rapper. Cheers. You know what I mean? The most professional, unprofessional podcast and your number one source for drunk facts. This is Drinks Champ Radio, where every day is New Year's Eve. Let's go! What it could be, hopefully it's what it should be. It's your boy N-O-R-E. What up, it's DJ E-F-N. And this is Drinks Champ's motherfucking podcast.

Make some noise! And right now, we had a legendary night. First of all, big up to our people at Martel. You know what I'm saying? Provided the cognac. We drank a lot of the cognac. I definitely drank a lot of it. Yeah, yeah, you went in.

You went in. And you were the only one hot. Nobody else was hot. I feel like we need to thank you. Everybody else was hot. You hot too? All right, that's that Martel, goddammit. Let's make some noise for Martel, goddammit.

So we got to describe to the people what they about to hear. You hot too? All right, that's that Martel, goddammit. Let's make some noise for Martel, goddammit. So we got to describe to the people what they're about to hear. Right now, very seldomly do me and you have the same favorite rapper. Okay. Ice Cube is one of them. Definitely one of them. Definitely one of them. And we got to describe that we actually flew to New York to get him.

Yeah, yeah. That's how much he's one of our favorites. Right. The snowstorm deaded us. Yeah. And then they said he's going to be in Atlanta, and I drove. You went back home. You had to handle business, and you flew back.

But we didn't hesitate. We didn't hesitate. We got it. So we doing this, and Ice Cube, man, he came in. Ain't going front. Legend. One of the few artists that I'll get a little starstruck, man, he came in. Ain't going front. Legend. One of the few artists that I'll get a little starstruck, man. No, I kind of saw you a little nervous.

And I was like, I was kind of happy. That's cute, man. I like that. I like that. Come on, death certificate. It's crazy, man. America's Most Wanted. America's, yeah.

America's Most Wanted. All the legendary shit. I could have went for hours. No, we could have done. I had mad questions ready, bro. But I think that, you know, his people, you know, it's cool. for hours. No, we could have done. I had mad questions ready, bro. But I think that, you know, his people's was, you know, it's cool, but, you know,

we got it done. This is what our jobs is. We come, we get it done, and we relax. And it's going to be another time. And we relax as well. And we relax, so we can go,

I'm about to say, I don't want to. Anyway, we go to Chick-fil-A It's kind of crazy That sounded wrong Right It sounded like

Cold word I'm not even Like I actually like The Chick-fil-A The chicken salad Sandwich I don't know I'm just trying to

Clean it up But we got Ice Cube And we heard There's a couple of Podcasters That's out there hating Right You're gonna go with that

Elliot Wilson It was Elliot Elliot why you hating on us man Seriously We're gonna tell you why That he's doing drink champs And not rap radar Because you're not on the radar

Rap radar You're not even on anybody's radar And you're lucky I didn't call home and say, you made a wrong move. You know what I'm saying? He's doing a little direct that title. But we respect you, Elliot, because you haven't.

Other than this, I thought you turned over a new leaf, and I thought you stopped hating, but apparently not. But we don't care. We got love for you. We want you to. And big up to Combat Jack who had Q-Monitor. Yeah, because they also hated on us and Combat Jack. This is a fact.

It's not just us. So the fact that he hated on us both, I kind of like, I'm not even mad. Like, I'm not a cool witch. You hating on us both is cool. But, you know, get your weight up. Not your hate up. No, he should come to the show. Yeah, we're going to keep giving it to you, Elliot.

I need to come to the show. At least to relax. to keep giving it to you, Elliot. Listen, Elliot. At least to relax. Yeah, you got to relax. Relax is fantastic for you. It's your theme song. But you, until you and B-Dot come on the show. We're going to have Mr. Lee call you and say relax. Yeah, every day. You're not Mr. Lee. But, you know, for the people that's listening, we're just playing around. They actually don't care

what they do. They can hate. We're going to still do us. We got the relaxed shirts. All right, cool. Website. Starrockclothing.com. You can also buy weed from there. I'm just playing. You can't buy no weed. You can buy Molly from the ruined Rosenberg's. Oh, yeah.

You was there. I'll be fucking up your ads. As you're bigging up your ads, just throw Molly in there for no reason. Take a Molly as well. It's just retarded. Also, big up to Martel once again for they came here. Cube had a right Russian with a Martel.

He drank very lightly. He's working. He's working. We was his last interview. He actually went to colleges. It was a great experience for us. Let's just come it out here. Because the thing about it is we want people to know that we're serious about what we're doing.

And we'll come to the artist. Pause. Because we know other shows won't. Other shows won't do that. And so we're a part of that. And we actually got to see Fist Fight. Ed Lover confused me on the hashtags. He gave me like seven different hashtags.

I didn't remember which one. It was Teacher Fight at first. Then it was Fist Fight. And I really want you guys to go out there and support it. Because I'm not saying this because he's on the show. I'm saying this because this is an actually great movie. I am not. I'll go back to Miami and watch it. Because I'm saying this because it's an actually great movie. I am not, you know, because I'm open. If I hated the movie, I probably would have still picked it up.

But this is not the case. Like, this is not the case here. Like, I actually love the fucking movie. And I'm actually, Homegirls, she offered me free tickets. And I'm still going to take the free tickets. But I'm still going to go out and support. And I'm definitely going to buy popcorn. Definitely, like, I'm going to support. Because it's a great movie. And I'm still going to take the free tickets. But I'm still going to go out and support. And I'm definitely going to buy popcorn. Definitely, like, I'm going to support.

Because it's a great movie. And I love comedies. Can we shout you out? Or you want to be behind the scenes? So to be straight, if you don't like a movie, you don't buy popcorn? Huh? Alex. Alex?

Yeah. Big up Alex. From Atlanta. What company? Or no company? I like Roxy. What? Come here. Say it on the way. What company? No company. Allied Moxie. What? Come here.

Say it on the way. That seemed mad complicated to pronounce. I'm sorry. Allied Moxie. Allied Moxie. Allied Moxie. And Alex. What's the name again?

I'm sorry. Alex. Alex. He's such a wonderful person. Big up Jenny. Our peoples. You know what I'm saying? Martel.

Provided to Martel. Yeah, big up to The Rock as well. Big up everybody. Big up everybody who supports Drink Champs. Drink Champs supports you. I'm very hype and excited. This is our new season. We're starting off. So we had fun, man. We had fun. We had Ice Cube. I'm still drinking vodka with Ice Cubes

and Martel on the side. I'm drinking Martel. Martel got you hot. I'm drinking Martel. Martel got you hot. You are hot as shit. Alright, so any day. Come on. Come over here, Chick Bane. Come talk to the people, god damn it. Come over here, Chick Bane. Get on the Ice Cube episode. Come on. Come sit over here.

Tell these people for years you tell people you're Chinese but you are not. He's Puerto Ricanese. He's Puerto Ricanese. He's Puerto Ricanese. Please come sit over here, Ching Bing. Come on. Don't ruin the setup.

Don't ruin the setup. Come on, Ching Bing. Don't break the set, Ching Bing. Ching Bing, come on, man. You know, me and Ching Bing actually, me and Pone met in jail

but me and Ching Bing was actually like in the same houses like Pone was across. Ching Bing, talk to the people, God damn it. Yo, y'all are hats.

What are they selling on yo, y'all are hats? Oh, yeah, yeah. These the new yo, y'all are hats. Right. I was chilling with my man one day. He said, yo, Ching Bing. He to the people, goddammit Yo Yala hats What are they selling on Yo Yala hats? Oh yeah, yeah, these new Yo Yala hats Right I was chilling with my man one day He said, yo, Ching Bing He said, yo, you more famous than a little bit

You're into everybody's shit You need to design your own shit So I said, yo, let's do it I said, he said, what you said? Let's do it, he said What you want to put? I said, I want to do a Yo Yala hat He said, alright, a Yo Yala hat it is

So, like, an hour later, he sent me the shit. He was like, yo, what's up? You like this? I said, it look all right, but you need to make it look a little, like, you know, with some aura. And then he sent me the flick. I was like, yo, let's do it. I like it. I put 157 on the side.

That's for Gerard, for the murder unit. But, you know, we switched up. In time, you got to evolve. You know what I'm saying, boy? Jose Land, Mike Booth. What's going on, Mike? Yo, we switched up. In time, you got Jose Land. Mike Booth, what's going on? Yo, MTV Raps. We decided, they sent me 12, and I was like, alright, cool, so now I got like an order

of like 150, so it was like crazy, because I didn't believe it at first. Now they want like 150 orders, and we ain't even got them, so they making them now. And you got Follies residue on you. Let's make some noise. All jokes, you know, everything I say is not the truth. Relax.

I got awkward. I ain't got awkward. But we have fun. You drink some Martell. Drink some Martell. Oh, you already got some Martell in you. Drink some Martell. You got some Martell too, Mike? Martell mixed with I don't know what it is. Yeah, you already got some Martel in here. Drink some Martel. You got some Martel too, Mike? Don't mix it.

I don't know what it is. Yeah, I ain't going to front. That don't, that, whatever you mixed it with don't look culture. No, they mixed it with. Oh, they mixed it. Oh, they just gave you the drink. No, they pre-mixed. Let's bring them to the Martel girls, by the way.

Not only did we have Martel, we got the Martel girls. And they were dressed. They were professional. They were professional. They were here on time. They looked pretty and gorgeous. And we love you, T.T. T.T. They definitely made sure their makeup was tight.

I like women with great makeup. I'm into that. I'm into it. I acknowledge. I'll be like, sometimes, like, girl, your lip line is not. You got to get your life together. Your shape up when your lips ain't good. Yeah, you got to shape your lips up.

You know what I'm saying? Shout out to the team Hazardous Sound. Shout out to Hazardous Sound. Your kids here. I Rasta. I Rasta. Just to fight the movie. Pick up the Rich Blanco, even though he ain't here.

Pick up my man Saul. He even though he ain't here. Pick up my man, Saul. He's been working for a distance. Mr. Lee, Diego, Russ, and everybody a part of the crew. Ali. Twin. Twin. Twin. You got to relax, Twin.

We hear what you're doing right now. You got to relax. Relax. Relax. Relax. Relax. Relax. Relax.

Relax. Yo, man, what building did we visit earlier? I forgot? It was $60. You got to relax. Relax. But, yo, man, what building did we visit earlier? I forget. That was pretty dope. Oh, man, that shit was awesome. It was the country club. Oh, yeah. The gathering club.

So it's a place you could go. You could meet. You could have events there. And they had a full-fledged restaurant. They had a full-fledged bar. And private. So it's very muchledged bar, and private, private. So it's very much worth the money, whatever the money is, a month,

I forget what they said, but it was very much worth it. It was a very great environment. I immediately wanted to drink as soon as I seen it. Like, you know, usually I like, I come to a place, I just admire it and that's it.

But when I seen the bar, I was like, I'm the type of person, I have to have a drink there. And I did. And let's make I have to have a drink there. And I did. And let's make some noise for that guy down there. So big up to my people. No bueno.

Yeah. It didn't work. Yeah, you got the dud? Yeah, but you can tell Cube does 15 minute interviews and that's it. Like we were, we were waiting.

No, he was good. He was good. He was good because we were waiting he was good he was good we was getting great questions we was hitting them with you know great hip hop shit the hell shit is

that we seen him get out the limo we seen him get out the limo we seen him get in the limo I thought that was so fly

I thought like to me like to me like when a person keeps something old school about them and they keep it like to me

that's dope. It's like, yo, you never forgot because it was so dope that we was in Drama Studio and they was telling me to leave and I just, for some reason, didn't feel the energy to leave and just to me, see him get in the limo.

He got a Suburban there as well, but he said, I'm not security. Just like you just said. He was Dolo Bolo. He didn't care. He had security. He had security. But he was Dolo Bolo. But I did not know Stanley was his cousin.

Stanley? You don't remember Stanley from Friday? He said, bro, keep off my grass. The dude with the... No. With the glasses. The midget. Yeah. No, no glasses The midget Yeah

No The midget That was Bernie Mac You talking about I'm talking about But Bernie Mac was across the street Oh the square dude The square dude

That kept telling you That's Stanley They were wearing like the world Yeah That's Stanley We there We got to meet Stanley tonight So

And I seen them yesterday That's what really caught me Because I'm like damn And he's actually standing in front of Cube. He's actually like walking like almost, I don't want to say assistant because that's like, but it wasn't assistant role. It was kind of almost like security almost. Because the way he walked, and then he just said it's his cousin, but I did not know that.

Now, but Stanley's a fucking great fucking character in Friday Night Live. You know what I mean? Drain got hyped, and I didn't get to ask him, Drain, because it didn't warrant it, because Drain found out right before that he might be Jamaican. Mm-hmm. His great- Great-grandparent.

Is that Drain? Only another Jamaican would think like that. Yo, Drain got gay. Drain was like, oh, shit. Nobody else had this information but Drain. He drank like a one, two. That's all right. Drink from the same cup as Ice Cube.

Yeah, drink from the same cup. Drink from the same cup. We can't always expect our guests to get drunk and things like that. And we're a better show than that. He took a shot. That was good. He took a sip. He took a sip.

And he's working. He's working. He took a sip. Salud, man. Yeah, salute, man. For us, you know, my brother Mike Booth. No IG Mike Booth. No IG Booth.

Big up my brother Son. Yo. Ali. Big up to the people. Russ. Big up to Russ. Big up to James. Diego.

We drove here like idiots. From New York. It was a good trip. It was a great trip, but I'm just saying, it was an idiot. Like, we were just all idiots. We were just like,

yo, fuck it, tonight? And I just wanted one of them to be like, no. Everybody looked at their watches and said, we ain't got shit to do with. I was just like, and it's Valentine's Day,

and I looked at my girl and I said, come on, one Valentine's Day. We gotta relax. We gotta relax, man. And she's like, hey, let me get away with it. I kissed her.

I miss her already. I'm trying to get home. Aw, look at me. You give me aw. Give me aw. Give me aw. We should go to Valentine's Day. Don't be afraid to give me aw.

I like the aws, god damn it. This is exclusive. Yeah, so we did. I came here two days early. Atlanta's great. We had a ball out here. Then Ching Bing and Mike Roof flew out here. And we're just having fun.

And that's what it's about, man. We handle business. Who went crazy like that? We'll talk about this. And Chick-fil-A. A lot of waffles. Yeah. The Waffle House.

They went crazy at the Wingstop. The Wingstop. He took care of all the bills. The bill was gracious. But we have one. That's what it's about. Listen. I still got the singles from yesterday.

Relax. Let me borrow a stack. I don't know where you got the singles from. I don't know where you got them. I was not there. I wasn't there. I didn't know where you got the single smile. I don't know where you got it. You used that at Chick-fil-A? I was not there. I wasn't there. I didn't even know that. I was at Ching Bigg's.

You loose goose right now. What the? What was that? Relax, Ching Bigg. You got that half a clip, right? Yeah, I got that. Relax. All right, so we're going to smoke a blunt.

Look at your phone. And we're going to hopefully enjoy what we did. Hopefully, I enjoyed the teasers that we put out, you know what I'm saying, before the second season because, you know, we're really into what we do. We really want you guys to have fun. We really want you guys to be entertained. We really want you guys to laugh, joke, and also learn something, you know what I mean?

And I think we've done a great job. I think we've done a great job. So with no further ado Here goes the Ice Cube episode Yay, yay I love it We out of here Hey Hank Sangria, hope you're south via

This your boy N.O.R.E What up, it's DJ E.F.N And this is Dre Chats motherfucking podcast Make some noise And right now it's an absolute honor motherfucking podcast. Make some noise! And right now, it's an absolute honor for me to introduce this man. Not only is he one of my favorite rappers, he's also one of my

favorite people. Like, the person that he is right now, I strive to be that. You know what I'm saying? As a person who writes his own movies, produces in his own movies, who you can tell he handpicks his roles. I do a lot of things in life, and I say, if Ice Cube ain't doing it, I ain't doing it. Like, I live like that, like in real life.

I'll be like, yo, somebody offered me pink popcorn. I'll be like, I don't think a cube would eat that. You know what I mean? So in life, I do that. So I'm so honored to have in the building with the Drink Champs. It's the first time hip-hop is controlling media. My brother, DJ EFN, is a DJ. I'm a hip-hop artist.

And we transitioned. And we're now on a journalistic point of view. And we got, this is like our biggest interview for us. This is one of the biggest. God damn it. The motherfucking West Coast legend Ice Cube in the motherfucking building. Make some noise. Y'all appreciate it, man.

That's love. That's love. Now, I went to the Permian last night, and it was... He hasn't stopped talking about it. I didn't get to go. He hasn't stopped talking about it. I'm going to go out and spend money. I'm going to do a preview for free, but I'm going to spend money.

I'm going to bring my kids. I'm going to bring my wife, Because the movie was hilarious from the beginning. Now, so when we speak about this movie, how did you get approached to this movie? You know, I've been working with New Line. Thank you. I've been working with New Line for a minute. And they had this project, you know, that they brought to me. They said Charlie Day was attached to it.

And I've been wanting to work with Charlie for a minute because I think his form of comedy is unique, you know. And so I just knew if we ever did something together, it would be lit. And, you know, it all came together. You know, the director is a guy that he worked with, you know, on always sunny. He shot a couple episodes of that. So,

you know, the synergy was right. The, the role was right. And, you know, we came out here and did our thing. We shot it out in Atlanta.

Right. And then you got Tracy Morgan, the return of Tracy Morgan is in this. Yeah. And he's is in this. Yeah. And he's funny as fuck. Yeah. Oh, my God. Because sometimes, you know, when a person goes through a tragic accident, you almost feel like something's going to be different about them.

But he was straight up Tracy Morgan. And it was hilarious. Yeah. You know, it was just good to see that dude. I had worked with him before on First Sunday. We did a movie together. That's right, First Sunday. Y'all robbed the church.

Yeah, yeah. Yes, yes. Let's make some noise for Ice Cube. Robbed the church. Gotta go where the money at. He had an ankle bracelet on his ankle, you know. In real life? In real life.

So after we shot, he had to go straight to the hotel. He had an ankle bracelet on his ankle, you know. In real life? In real life. Oh, shit. So he had to, after we shot, he had to go straight to the hotel. And, you know, he said, man, during that movie, you know, I really thought about it. I got my life together after that. Wow. So it was cool to see him, you know, on the other side of this accident and, you know, just a happy guy. You know what I mean? Healthy and still being funny. Healthy and happy, yeah.

So now I'm going to be a little bit all over the place because this is something that hit me crazy when I watched Straight Outta Compton. Yeah. Was your wife comes over to you and says, how is Friday coming along? Yeah. So did you write Friday when you were still doing NWA? No, I had just left the group. But we wrote it in about 94, me and DJ. What the fuck? Wait a minute.

94, 94. You wrote Friday in 94? 94. We shot in 95. Wow. This is around death certificate time or right after? Right after. And it came out in 95?

Yeah, we shot it and it came out in 95. Why don't you feel like Friday came out later? No, in 95. So you had the foresight to write this movie? Yeah, you know, we was fans of Hollywood Shuffle, which is a Robert Townsend comedy about

black people's experience going through in Hollywood. We heard that he had, he had done that movie off of credit cards. Basically he shot that movie, you know, kind of buying credit. I mean, getting credit cards and, and, uh, you know, the equipment charging everything and, and, and kind of pieced it together. So we was like, yo, that's what we're going to do.

We're about to make a movie. So me and Pooh started writing it. We was fans of DJ Pooh. We was fans of In Living Color too. So it started coming together and New Line got wind of it

and they was like, yo, we'll make it, we'll make it, we'll give you money. Use your credit card. No, we didn't have to use our money. New Line since Friday you've been working on. Yeah have to use our money. New line since Friday.

Yeah, I've been working on new lines since Friday. And is that Stanley? Yeah, that's my man. That's my cousin, actually. I keep on people grass to this day because of him. I say, I don't get on walking people grass. Stanley ain't letting you walk on his grass, man. God damn it.

Let's make some noise for Stanley. Keep on walking people grass. So when you wrote Friday, did you know that this was a cult movie like immediately? I knew it was a movie that only like I felt like only cool people get this movie, you know, because it's just too good. But it's too funny. But, you know, what happened was everybody got it. You know, everybody came to the party and I just thought it was going to be like my records. I thought only people in the hood was going to buy them. And everybody ended up buying them.

We kind of felt the same way with the movie, that it wasn't too many people in Hollywood like us. And this movie is a little different than what people used to. Right. So we felt like only a niche group of people would like this movie. It was very crazy that you had such a luscious career

as a hip-hop artist. You were part of arguably the best group of all times, in my opinion, the best group of all times. Then you go have your own solo success. Why did you even think, like, let me do a movie next? I got bit by the bug working with John Singleton.

He put me in Boys in the Hood. And, you know, one day I was over at his crib and he was like, yo Q, when you gonna write a movie? I'm like, what? I'm like, John, I came over here to have a beer, nigga. I didn't come here

to get put to work. He was like, nah, nah, I think you can do it. I'm like, what makes you think I can do it? He said, them records you write, you know, so vivid, I know you can write a movie. So, that night, it's a trip, I went to the computer store and bought a computer.

And, um, got the programs I needed. That was back when you had to load all the damn programs into the computer. And, uh, and I started writing the script I needed. That was back when you had to load all the damn programs into the computer. And I started writing the script that night. Didn't know what I was doing. I just started. The first two scripts I wrote was whack.

Garbage. Probably still worth $400 million. But, you know, the third one was Friday. And, you know, seeing that one get made, I kind of knew what I was doing right, knew what I was doing wrong, just kept on. Now, who was the director on Friday? F. Gary Gray. F. Gary Gray. The director from Sky Contest.

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So now, now, Eazy-E. Yeah. Eazy-E said one of the most prolific lines in life. He said, Ice Cube, write the rhymes that I say. Yeah. And nobody thought Eazy-E was a sucker for that. But right now, Drake and all these people, how did you feel when you heard about the Drake thing?

I don't think it's a big deal. I think you got two categories of MCs. You got MCs who can just kind of grab the mic and just rip, and they are naturally that. And then you got guys who make good records and that's really what it's all about. What's coming out to speak is

when it comes to this record gang. Because when you were writing rhymes for Eazy-E, were you writing it from his perspective? Were you saying, I'm going to write it from Eric's? Or was it like... It was... I mean, his perspective is my perspective.

We all come from the same area, going through the same issues. So I never looked at it like I'm writing an Eazy-E record. Only he could do. It's kind of like... Everybody can relate to that. If I just took his name out and put my name in there you know it'll be my rhyme now did it happen like that in the movie because like in the movie um i think y'all yeah i was uh writing around for east coast dudes yeah yeah yeah on us

i was definitely disappointed what do you mean they couldn't write the rhyme? They got shit on them. Here's how it really happened. Eazy wanted to be a manager. He just wanted to manage the groups. He didn't want to rap. And New York was so hot and L.A. was so cold, he was like, man, I want a New York group. So he found these dudes out of New York called Homeboys Only, HBO.

Oh, I think I remember them. A little bit. And he said, he was like, yo, write a cue. Write one of them hood raps for these dudes. So I did it. But it wasn't rolling in 6-4. Was it really rolling? No, no, it wasn't rolling. It was rolling.

Third period. So I wrote it and gave it to them and they was like, man, what are you talking about? Ganking? 6-4? We don't know what you're talking about, man. This ain't got nothing to do with where we from.

I think it was just the fact that the rhymes was so L.A. They just was like, no. And you asked Eazy, you say Eazy? Dre. Dre told Eazy, man, why don't you do it? We got the studio time. We pay for it.

Why don't you try it? Right. Because Dre was producing all kinds of records, man. And he was producing, you know, he was moonlighting, basically, just producing these side records. So he was used to working with guys who dudes was paying him money. DJs from radio stations was like, yo, I got this creative rap I want you to do the beat for. So Dre was like that, just trying to get on, trying to get money. It was like, easy.

I can coach you up. Why don't you do it? In the movie, it was like you were the only business savvy person. You knew to ask for certain things. All the other artists,

according to the movie, it kind of seemed like they were cool with going on tour, getting some chicks, and smoking some weed. But you had the foresight to say, I know that I'm old. How did you develop that business mindset? It ain't like I'm from a different planet.

It's each one teach one. I had a publicist. The publicist for NWA was a lady named Pat Charbonnet. If y'all know Friday, y'all know y'all see the name Pat Charbonnet. She ended up becoming my manager. Before she was my manager, she was

like, as soon as she saw Jerry Heller, she was like, do y'all know this guy? Do you know who this dude is? I'm like, nope. Who is he? Somebody he's brought around. So she would give me the game on like, did y'all sign a contract with him? I'm like, nah.

Because she knew his history. And he was known for being a bad guy. I mean, she knew his history. I didn't know what he was known for. But she was like, yo. So she started saying, did he give you kind of, you know, just kind of giving me the game. So I was like, you know, this is

a dude I need to watch then, you know, because if she, I don't even really know her that good, and if she's saying to watch him, I don't know none of these people. So I'm watching everybody, and that's how I started to just notice things wasn't happening. Because I was young, too.

We all young. We happy to just be doing a record. We happy to be on tour. We happy to just be part of hip-hop and not just locals no more. Right. So I would listen to that lady, you know what I mean? And she was giving me a lot of good game, and I was using it. And I was helping them, lady, you know what I mean? And she was giving me a lot of good game, and I was using it, and I was helping them too, you know?

In the movie, it don't show that I go to Ren and say, look, man, don't sign nothing. Wow. So they already knew. They already knew something was up. Where you were coming from. Yeah, they knew where I was coming from. And, you know, they clowned me when I didn't sign that contract, man.

And it really was $70,000? It was $75,000. $75,000. Is there any reason y'all didn't portray the prince? Hold on. I want you to go there,

but do you know $75,000 back then was like $700,000? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. So how did you walk away? And I'll go right back to your question. I'm sorry.

But how did, like every young black kid from the ghetto able to took that 75? Yeah. Why didn't you want to do that? I knew they owed me more. More. I knew they owed me more. So I knew if I took that, then I was accepting that I wasn't paid more, that this was cool.

And I was like, this ain't cool. Shit, they gave me $5,000. I was happy. This nigga turned down $35,000. Hey, man, you know, it's like, dude, you know, when you ain't never had nothing, and you start getting a little, and you start seeing people get a lot, and you start saying, hold on, man, I'm putting in more work than anybody or, you know, most of the people around, you know, just threw up a red flag. And where I'm from, it's like if you know somebody beating you and you accept it, you're just a bitch, period.

Period. Yeah, so I was asking about Arabian Prince. Is there any reason why he wasn't portrayed in the film? You know, It's really like in a movie, you only have so much real estate. He got out the group. As soon as he saw Jerry, he was like,

I'm out. He quit the day after we shot that cover. He quit the day after we shot that cover. He quit. He went we shot that cover. He quit? He quit. Wow. He went and talked to he knew about Jerry. Because he had done records with McCullough.

He knew Jerry would sit in there and wait for artists. He was like, Easy, what's up, man? Why you signing with this dude? And I think, you know, Easy was like, he's a dope dealer that's making records. And this dude was like, he's a dope dealer that's making records. And this dude is like, yeah, I'm going to take you off that level and turn it into some legit stuff.

And he did get us, you know, he did get doors open. And he did get us a deal. Talking about Jerry. Jerry. Right. You know, because the majors wasn't giving us no deal. Right. It was like, nah. It's too crazy.

So, you know, he did his thing in business by Easy, but he didn't do it by us. And then we find out that you know, he was even stealing from Easy. It was just, you know, I don't want to talk about the dead, but

yeah, whatever. At least he was a part of getting y'all out, though. We wouldn... God bless. Yeah, whatever. Yeah. Wow. At least he was a part of getting y'all out, though. Yeah. We didn't have y'all, probably. That's why in the movie, you know, if you really look at it, we didn't lampoon him like I wanted to. Oh, you wanted to. More than that.

We did all right by him. Now, you worked with arguably everybody's top five producer of all time. Was Dr. Dre always special? Yes. Or that was something that was developed in time? He was always special. Wow. First DJing, then doing mixtapes. It was the OG mixtapes, not the new mixtapes.

Right. Where they just got somebody beating and you rap over it. Because a mixtapes not the new mixtapes where they just got somebody beating and you rap over it mixtape back then was mixing records that's what I was doing mixing records he was hot he was always nice

making beats his ear he just hears stuff different you know, making beats. It's just his, you know, his ear, he just hears stuff different. You know what I'm saying? Right. And he's tedious, and he like to, he won't let you out that booth until you get it right. Yeah. And some dudes can't handle it.

Right. I mean. I heard he chastised you. Some dudes, you know, they used to go in there and just spit. Right. Nah. Nah. But that's how I know you was a 100% real artist. I remember we did Pushing Weight, the remix.

And you said, Nori has to come to the studio. And you actually wanted to come into the studio and see me write my rhyme. To me, that's real. Because when you do a record with somebody, you should share worlds. And I just knew 100%. I I said this guy is 100% authentic because of that because I knew you could have you could have sent me the record wherever I was at and I could have did it you was like I'm going to be in the studio with him

and I always knew you 100% real artist for that that's what it's all about man you know we're going to do a record together I don't want to send it over to you know we got to be we got to vibe Or we shouldn't do a record together And we smoked hella weed that day too

Let's make some noise for that We have some fly shit in St. Regis right now We're going to chill Because we don't want smoking bills and shit like that But you know So now You do Friday. Yeah.

What makes you say, let me continue this franchise and go and do Friday part two? Because now Friday part two, Chris Tucker is not a part of this. So what made you still want to say, I'm going to continue to do that? Well, I didn't want to. What? I was like, no, I'm going to continue to do that? Well, I didn't want to. What? I was like, man, no Chris. Man, what is this movie? You know, it's like you're losing a major piece.

It's like Shaq and Kobe breaking up. You know what I mean? It's like, how could y'all win championships? But then I started thinking, like, you know, this movie is not about two people. It's about a day. It's about understanding your environment and having a little fun, laughing at it. So I'm like, yo, it makes sense if we're going to continue this for Craig, maybe to go off the block. From all the characters you know, we're going to introduce you to a whole— Y'all had no idea that was a real place, by the way. From all the characters you know. Rancho Cucamonga.

We're going to introduce you to a whole. Y'all had no idea that was a real place, by the way. We're going to be in a new place. We're going to have a new cast of characters. And then I started seeing it like, yo, when I saw Mike Epps do stand-up, I'm like. We have Mike Epps on the show. That's Craig Cousin. That's Craig Cousin. Wow. That's Craig Cousin right there. So I was like, yo, we can keep this thing going, you know, and just have my cousin instead of my friend and just clown about being away from the hood.

Now, be honest, because Chris Tucker destroyed that role. Yes, please. Did you think Mike Epps, because now Mike Epps is a no-name. At this time, I remember being in the movie theater and people being like, when they saw that it wasn't Smokey, when they saw that it wasn't Smokey, people actually were booing at first when they seen that. And it transitioned to be like, but did you know that he could hold it down or did you have doubts? I mean, I knew he could hold it down. I knew that we can make, because Friday is about, it's about a feel.

It's more than just one person, you know, housing the movie. It's his own thing in a way. So I just knew that the cast that we had and the story, of course it was going to jar people a little bit, but I knew once people got a chance to really feel Mike Epps and see him, that his comedy is more hood than Smokey's to me. And I just felt like people are going to love him. You can tell people love Mike Capps because he's so real

and raw with it. When we did part three, bringing Cat Williams in, bringing in Terry Crews, it just was... OG? Triple OG? Yeah. It's just a franchise people love. We want to do another one, but we got to do it right. That was a question. You know how it's just a franchise people love. And we want to do another one, but we got to do it right.

That's the question. You know how it's going there, Q. We got to do it right. Did I hear this correct? It's going to be a last Friday with Smokey and Day Day? That's what we want. We're still trying to get Chris to do it. I need a role in that.

I know this is very bad that I'm just throwing myself in there, but I think I belong, Q. No problem, man. Just throw me in there. I could this is very bad. I'm just throwing myself in there, but I think I belong. Just throw me in there. I could be the garbage man. I could be the guy that picks up smoky shit. I could do whatever. I'm just such a fan of that. So it would be a last Friday with both of them. I hope so.

You know, it's like, I can't make Chris do it, but the fans can hit him up. Yeah, yeah. You know, we'll do it. I think Chris do it, but the fans can. What are you doing, without him, though? Yeah, yeah, you know, we do it. I think you've got to write Russian over there, too. You've got to keep going. That's it, though. That's it, though.

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I don't know if you know about our show. What it is is, you know, when people in this music business, they got more than 10 years, they try to kick us out. They try to say we old. They try to say we washed up. But me, you, EFN, we are prime examples that you can do whatever you want to do as long as you want to do it and continue to have fun. So tonight we are celebrating Ice Cube and his luxurious career because I want to be the East Coast version of Ice Cube. That's why I'm here.

People want to be Jay-Z and Puff and Nas and Snoop. And that's great. I love those guys. We ain't taking nothing from them. But I feel like you're still having fun doing what you're doing. I am, man. You know, it's like I got into this as a fan. You know, when I first started to just pay attention to hip-hop, it was as a fan.

And then to be able to do it, just to be able to rap, I felt like that was an accomplishment. But to get this far with my career, you know, it's just like, I feel like God is smiling on me somewhere. What artists inspired you? Because your penmanship is crazy. Oh, man. Artists like Melly Mel,

Chuck D, KRS-One, Ice-T, Big Daddy Kane, who don't get enough credit for being a lyricist. You know, these dudes were, are giants. Running the MC is like the blueprint of how you do it. You know, so, you know, I'm a fan of that school of MCs. Now, fuck the police. Yeah.

Did you know that 20 years later, people are still going to be saying, fuck the police? You knew the police was never going to get better? I was hoping. You was hoping. I mean, no, no, no. I was hoping it would get better. Right. I was hoping people would still be rocking the song.

Right, right. The publishing. But it's a trip. When we had laid our lyrics, I was so into making the song that Ren looked over at me and was like, this one right here is going to start some shit. Right. Oh, so y'all knew it.

Yeah. He just got a sense. Like, this one right here is going to start some shit. And ever since he said that, it just put it on my radar, and it was so true. Because, you know, that was before we released the record. After we released it, it was like, it was something, you know, that I still can't explain how electric that time was. You guys was at the studio and they pulled you guys over in the studio?

Yeah. They used to sweat us at that studio all the time. That was just one incident. It was like a Mexican food spot right down the street we would walk to and them Torrance police was on our neck. They just wasn't used to seeing dudes like us

walking around. And y'all looking like gangbangers. Yeah, but we in the studio right here doing our thing, so man, a lot, a lot. Way more than in the movie. It's just one time in the movie, but we got it, you know, doing that whole record. At least five, six

incidents. Wow. Now, on tour, did it really happen like that? Oh, wow. When they said, they told you not to perform that record? Yeah. Was it TK that was on with us that said he was on the tour? Oh, TK. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

TK was crazy. He was on that tour. Right. He said he was on that tour. They would do it every city, though. They would tell you, don't perform this record. Yeah, they would. You know, we was coming after the Beastie Boys had come around.

Everybody was like, man, this rap tour stuff is great. You know, getting two out of hand. Then Bobby Brown went around the country and just doing the most nasty, sexy show you can do for R&B artists. So it was about a time N.W.A. was time. Them venues, police, everybody, hotels was ready. Like, nah, man, we ain't having what y'all bringing. So before every show, they would gather us up. Some fat-ass police would come with an ordinance.

Wait, ordinance was that? I don't know what that is. It's basically saying, these are laws you don't know about. That we pulling out our ass from 1876. If you spit on the sidewalk, if you do this, if you obscene on stage, boom, boom, boom, we can't arrest you. And not just in the Bible, though. This is everywhere. Everywhere.

Wow. So we hearing that, man. We hear that every night. Right. We getting tired of this, though. This is everywhere. Everywhere. Wow. So we hearing that, man. We hear that every night. Right. We getting tired of this, man. Right. It's harassment. Because we seeing rock and rollers and Guns N' Roses.

They doing what the hell they want to do. So we just was fed up. And it all came together in Detroit that night. Right. And we just was like, man, we going to do it. Because we was like, man, we're going to do it. We was like, man, it ain't going to cause no riot. They kept saying, you do this song, it's going to cause a riot. You do this song, it's going to cause a riot.

We're like, come on, man. It's hip-hop. It ain't going to cause no damn riot. We did that song, and it caused a damn riot. It was crazy. We doubted it the whole time. We doubted it the whole time. We doubted it the whole time. When I'm performing, I'm like, oh, shit.

You know, this is getting out of hand right now. It's in the crowd like, you know when it's something, you don't perform. You know when it's funk out in there and it's fighting and it's crazy. And, yeah, it just kicked it off. Does Ice Cube consider himself one of the originators of Gangsta Rap? One of them you know but you gotta look at

Ice T. Ice T. We had Ice T on the show who bigged you up as well you're one of his best friends as well. Ice T man you know he's the one who really said it was okay to put it on and say yo you can say put it on and say, yo, you can say what you want to say,

do what you want to do. And he's an architect too. For sure. So are you and Ice Cube listening to the young boys? Every now and then. Every now and then. My wife, my kids put me up on it.

It's all good. All right. You know, and it's all good. All right. Yeah, because I was just curious. I was just curious. You know, what's your favorite song right now? Any song. Oh, man, I ain't got no favorite. You ain't got no favorite?

I ain't got no favorite. I'll be listening to that. I'm liking that Big Sean right now, you know. Okay. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it.

That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. That's not it. Yeah, I like that. So now that you conquered the movie world, like,

uh, you, you open the doors for people like me to, to live out my dream. We hearing that you're doing it. What is it? Big three, the big three,

the big three. Now explain to us for those who, who that didn't know what the big three is. The big three is a professional three-three basketball played by retired NBA players. But I'm hearing it's a full court? Half court. Oh, half court. Half court three-on-three. Okay. And you know how when dudes play three-on-three,

it gets rough in there. So we're going to have dudes going hard. But you coaching. You ain't playing, right? No, I ain't coaching at all. Oh, no. I'm just a founder. Oh, okay. We're going to have pros. It's for pros. This ain't no celebrity game. Because I heard you on a good day. This ain't no...

On a good day, you said you nice in basketball. Yeah, I ain't that nice, though. All right. I'm asking. I'm asking. I'm thinking you're going to play in the game. I'm like, hold up. This ain't no joke.

No gimmick. This ain't no Mountain Dew amateur. So it's going to tie because we're hearing Allen Iverson. Allen Iverson. Chauncey Billows. Chauncey Billows. Chauncey Billups. Jermaine O'Neal. Wow.

Steven Jackson. Wow. Rashard Lewis. White Chocolate. Kenny Anderson. Kenny Anderson. Kenny Anderson. You know, some of them dudes got to go to the combine.

What's the combine? Combines. We're going to see what they got. We're going to see what they still got. You know what I mean? Yeah, we're going to put them through it. You know, you got to have to see if they still got it. You know what I mean? Yeah, we're going to put them through it. You know, you got to have the game, just not the name. You know what I mean?

Right, right. So what does Ice Cube like more? Do you like movies or music more? I love them both, you know, but music is my, that's my baby. You know, I could do whatever I want to do when it comes to music. It's no meetings, no committee, no bunch of people. With a movie, you got 100 people working on one project.

But with a record, I can work on 100 records in just one minute if I want to. My records are more personal, I guess. One of the illest collaborations I think that people don't acknowledge or give it as much props is when you did America's Most

Wanted with the Bomb Squad. Because I remember back then, there's no internet. You go to the mall and you go into the rap section. But wasn't the Bomb Squad producers? It's Public Enemy, basically. That's what made the sound. NWA's my favorite group at the time. Ice Cube's my favorite artist in NWA.

Public Enemy's one of my favorite groups. I go in the store, and you don't get internet. You don't get Twitter. You don't see nothing. And I see America's Most Wanted, produced by the Bomb Squad. I nearly lost my mind. Wow. Those was my favorite producers, you know.

I worked with Dre, but my favorite producers was the Bomb Squad. I met Chuck on tour, and when I left the group, I went up to Def Jam to look for a producer by the name of Sam Sever, who I work with Third Bass. That Third Bass album was out. They had dope beats on it,

so Leroy was like, yo, I'll hook you up with Sam. And the nigga Sam never showed up to the meeting, so I was like, I, I'll hook you up with Sam. And the nigga Sam never showed up to the meeting. So I was like, I'm bouncing. I'm leaving. And coming down the hall is Chuck D. Chuck was like, yo, what you doing here?

I told him what was up. He was like, man, come to the studio. I'm doing a record tonight with Big Daddy Kane called Burn Hollywood Burn. If you want to be on it, come to the studio. That'll let people know you solo. I'm like, shit, I'm there. I'm there early. Did that record and I was just telling them.

Hank Shockley, Keith Shockley was in there and I was saying, yo, I'm leaving the group and I need to do my own album. I told everybody I was coming out here to get production and they laughed at me. That told everybody I was coming out here to get production, and they laughed at me. That's what I heard, that they was like,

what, you in New York? She gonna be wet. So when Hank heard that, that turned him on. He was like, what? They laughed. I said, yeah, they laughed. They don't think I can get a record done out here. He was like, man, we'll do the whole record if you want to. A lot of songs. A lot of songs were on that record. He was like, man, we'll do the whole record if you want to. And y'all did a lot of songs.

A lot of songs were on that record. We did everything. Now, now, now, I can't tell, me and my homies earlier was debating that when you left NWA that it was them who took a shot at you first.

Yeah. It was not you. No. America's Most Wanted, I don't say nothing about NWA. Right, right. That's how I see it. They made the Benedict Arnold line.

Yeah. And then you came back with No Vaseline. I hit them a little bit with 100 Miles. That might be the heart. I hit them a little bit on the end of Jackin' for Beats. Right. Because they had a song called 100 Miles and Runnin'. And so I just gave them a little jab just to see what they would do.

Right. Then they kind of came out with a little more on that Niggas for Life album. Right. And then I was like, man, I'm going in. No vast league of hands. Probably the illest diss records of all time. And you know what else is great to see is they see you and Common

together. Yeah. It's good, man. It's cool to, if you got a beat for somebody, it's better to squash it. You know what I mean? It's better to squash it. So it's cool. You know, we had a misunderstanding years, years ago.

Yeah, because I never knew what that started over. It was just a misunderstanding. Yeah. You know, and it's cool that we got past it, grown men style. Right. Now, did you ever get to see the Tupac movie? No, I ain't seen it yet. What was your relationship with Pac?

He was cool. You know, that was one of the homies. Right. You know, I just looked at him as I look at, you know, most of the guys that's in the game that I'm cool with. You know, just one of the homies that, you know, it's kind of spiraled out of control. Right, yeah, definitely.

Is Cube doing another album? Of course. Let's make that announcement right now. We got the name of the album? Everything's Corrupt. Everything's Corrupt. Ooh! And now, is Cube

independent, or? I'm on Interscope. Wow, Jimmy, I mean wow that's the kind of like a 360 even though like no Jimmy was death row he didn't have nothing to do with in W no no he had nothing to do with NWA yeah I don't even know if he was still at in scope right yeah yeah yeah we just signed a deal with them do you think do you think that certificate gets us just do I think that's one of the best album well in hip-hop.

Well, you know, from fans, from people like you, we're going to release the 25th year anniversary of that next month. And I got three new songs on that. So it's going to be cool to put that album back out. Oh, you're putting it back out. Wow. You should make a movie about summer vacation. Yeah, everybody say that.

No, I heard you got a movie called Vacation coming up with John Cena. It's called Vacation Friends and they still, we still putting it together. That's in the,

still in the infant stages. But it's filmed already? No, no, we haven't shot it yet. Oh, because the writers, Tim and Tom,

were they the writers? I actually met with them and they was talking about the Vacation movie. Yeah, it's a good one. It was so totally dope. Man, cute, because I see your people are sicking it up. I see you with them and they was talking about the vacation movie. It was so totally dope. Man, Cube, because I see your people are sicking it up. I see you got to go. You know what I mean? But this is hip hop. These people, they need to

know. So what is next for Cube, though? Oh, you know, just I got the hip hop squares coming out. Yeah, Hollywood squares. Hollywood squares, but with hip hoppers, you know what I mean? Oh, wow. And it's fun Hollywood Squares, but with hip hoppers. Oh, wow. And it's fun. Who's hosting that?

D-Ray. Oh, that's the one. Just in case he gets sick, I'm here. Okay, I got you. You need to come do it. I'm going to come do an episode next year. Yeah, come on. Next year, you got to come do an episode.

First off, Q, listen, I'm going to just be honest. We're in an industry that is full of fake people. So when I meet a real brother like you, when I sat down and we vibed that day, there's nothing more that I want to do is always just give you a person like you respect and continue because you know why? The older we get, the better we get

and the more that we should know that we should big up each other. Us as, not just black people, but us as hip hop, because we're a part of a fraternity. It transcends race. It's bigger than just us just being black and I'm being Puerto Rican and you being Cuban. It's bigger than that.

We're all part of a hip hop fraternity. And if we don't continue to big each other up, there won't be nobody else. And you're a person that we got to continue to big up. You're continuously doing great work. I sat there and I watched that movie in awe. I was just like, wow, this shit was funny from the beginning. How do you

always get the tough guy roles? Do you request the tough guy roles or do they just come to you? They come to me. People feel like when you do a movie, you got characters and you got it like, yo, I see this person as that. You don't always get who you see, but, you know, people put you in a category and start casting you on that level.

That's so dope. And you know what else? I got to big up before you leave the here. You know, I went to DJ Drama Studio because I had an interview real quick. And you were there and I just watched you. I was trying to hide and just peeped you. And I seen you rolling the limo. Let's make some noise for the limo.

I said, my man, that is some real, real nigga shit. Like, you stuck with the limo. I got a little stretch. I'm jumping in on SUVs. I ain't security. Yo, I really appreciated that. I really sat there.

And, yo, listen, we really appreciate, as you being both of our favorite rappers, and, you know, what you transitioned to is a great example for young hip-hoppers, period. People, period. It doesn't stop with hip-hop. No. You know what I'm saying? Like, you look at, what is it, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley, they all set up a platform that after hip-hop they can do something.

But if it wasn't for you, you started it first with Friday, and that we could actually still be relevant, still be out here, still do our thing. You ain't got to change. No. And you're the godfather of that. We got to make some noise for you. Thank you.

Much love, man. Glad you're on the mic, man. Dudes like you, you know what I mean? Definitely need to be heard on the regular. And much love, man. Much appreciation. So many people who listen to us. Thank you so much, Q.

Thank you so much, my brother. Take a quick break. Oh, yeah. thank you so much Q thank you so much my brother take a flick take a flick oh yeah Find all your favorite movies and shows faster with Xfinity. Just speak into the X1 voice remote to search across live TV, on demand, even Netflix and Prime Video. Now that's simple, easy, awesome. Switch to Xfinity today and get a great offer. You'll enjoy Xfinity X1, which gives you access to your favorite streaming apps like Netflix, YouTube, and now Prime Video. Go to Xfinity.com, call 1-800-XFINITY, or visit the store today to learn

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