Drink Champs - Ice Cube talks Fist Fight

Episode Date: February 18, 2017

N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this teaser of their sit down with Ice Cube the guys talk about Ice Cube's new film "Fist Fight" which hits theaters this weekend. Stay tuned for the ful...l episode which covers NWA, the Friday film franchise, and a lot more. --- 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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Starting point is 00:02:42 He's a legendary Queens rapper. Hey, Hank Sagrita, it's your boy N.O.R.E. He's a legendary Queens rapper. Hey, Hank Segre, this is your boy N.O.R.E. He's a Miami hip-hop pioneer. What up, it's DJ EFN. Together, they drink it up with some of the biggest players in music and sports. 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.
Starting point is 00:03:03 Let's go! Hey, hey, San Grillo. Hope you're stoppin'. It's your boy N.O.R.E. What up? It's DJ E.F.N. And it's Drinks Champ's motherfuckin' 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.
Starting point is 00:03:32 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.
Starting point is 00:03:53 So I'm so honored to have in the building with the Drink Champs. This is 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 in a journalistic point of view, and we got... This is like our biggest interview for us. This is one of the biggest.
Starting point is 00:04:12 God damn it. The motherfucking West Coast legend, Ice Cube, in the motherfucking building, man. Yeah. Y'all appreciate it, man. That's love. That's love. Now, I went to the Permian last night, and it was...
Starting point is 00:04:25 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 got the 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?
Starting point is 00:04:47 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 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. So I just knew if we ever did something together, it would be lit. And it all came together.
Starting point is 00:05:16 The director is a guy that he worked with on Always Sunny. He shot a couple episodes of that. So the synergy was right. The role was right. And we came couple episodes of that. Wow. So, you know, the synergy was right. The role was right. And, you know, we came out here and did our thing. We shot it out in Atlanta. Right. That's interesting to me.
Starting point is 00:05:33 And then you got Tracy Morgan. The return of Tracy Morgan is in this. Yeah. And he's funny as fuck. Yeah, man. Oh, my God. Because sometimes, you know, when a person goes through a tragic accident, you almost
Starting point is 00:05:48 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. Did a movie together. That's right, First Sunday. Y'all brought him to church.
Starting point is 00:06:03 Yeah, yeah. Let's make some noise for Ice'all were all in the church. Yeah, yeah. Yes, yes. And what was funny... Let's make some noise for SQ. We're all in the church. Gotta go with the money. He had an ankle bracelet on his ankle, you know. In real life? In real life.
Starting point is 00:06:17 Oh, shit. So he had to... After we shot, he had to go straight to the hotel. And, you know, he said, man, doing that movie, you know, I really thought about it. Got my life together after that. 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, he can still be healthy and happy.
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