Just imagine his outrage if an Islamic Imam were shown in such a light! A prime example is Friday, a film written by Ice Cube that included a corrupt, adulterous, weed-smoking preacher played by Bernie Mac. For example, anyone who thinks "We are all praying to the same God" should take note of how Cube has portrayed everyone who doesn't practice Islam. If Ice was any threat to the status quo, he would be blacklisted and put on the shelf just as others have been in the past.Įven though he rarely puts his own views up for public scrutiny, he has no problem with ridiculing others. The only way he could succeed in them is if he compromised in order to fit in. Who is the top rapper in Hollywood if not Ice Cube? Ice has risen to the top of the music and film industries, which have not yet changed to embrace true equality.
Some like to cheer him on as he talks about "the man" in his music but fail to realize that not only is he a part of the system, but also to a large degree he is the system. Ice Cube is not only a fake gangster, but he's also a fake revolutionary. There’s a brand-new energy, there’s a brand-new swagger.
It’s not all about the '64 Impalas with hydraulics and the khaki suits and Chuck Taylors. The consumer, they really love the West Coast of yesterday, and I ain’t mad at that, but it’s a new day on the West. Just as West Coast artist Crooked I once said in a BET interview:
Not only is the 50+-year-old man out of touch with today's fashion, but also he's out of touch with reality. Yet, to this day, he still features himself pictured with a gun on his 2010 I Am the West album cover while wearing clothing (Dickie suit and Chuck Taylors) that has been traditionally seen as gang wear. Since his teenage years, he has been earning a living as a musician in a very successful career. What is problematic with Ice Cube's writing is that N.W.A.'s rap focused on what 50 Cent would call "the harsh realities" of an environment and lifestyle that Ice Cube hasn't lived. (N!ggaz Wit Attitudes), he was the primary writer.