Ice Cube Comments On Gangsta Rap

January 8th, 2008

C: In NWA, you guys said what you wanted to say and you never held back-how different is it today?

Ice Cube: I don’t know if it’s different. I don’t know if rappers are holding back. I think the rappers are going with the audience. At some point mainstream media decided to promote hardcore gangster rap to the masses on a big level, and you can’t blame the rappers for that, it was something that [the media] did in the mid ’90s. Now they want to blame us for them taking it and blowing it up. The Viacoms and all these people in the world got to take the blame too. They ain’t no innocent bystanders in this shit either. So if it got out of control or whatever, it ain’t just because of the artist.

Full Interview @ Complex

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 at 7:51 pm and is filed under News.

7 Responses to “Ice Cube Comments On Gangsta Rap”

Heart_of_the_city Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
same guy saying fuck the police…plays a damn cop
kidd Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
^^ its a movie.. cube bout his paper
jp Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
hiphop = wwe
The King Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
cube is right on point wit that statement 100%

now with that being said rappers still have to take blame for the effect they music have on their people.
so u can blame the media and viacom and all those media outlets
but at the end of the day the media aint gonna look out for black peoples best interest, they probably want us to act a fool cuz it makes for good tv.
flavor of love was my shit
so rappers should tweak they own shit cuz we are headed for self-destruction and if we wait for viacom and the media to save us then we already dead.
so speak your mind, but keep your peoples best interest at heart, if u really give a fuck
juicygotemcrazy Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 12:51 am
100!!! this is why i love him so much
Chuck_You Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I just want somebody to take accountibility for their parts in whatever. Thats all.
DOUBLE-R Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 4:58 am
U CANT HATE ON CUBE. HE’S A RAP VET. MOVIES ARE MOVIES. THATS JUST A AVENUE 2 KEEP THA REVENUE COMING IN. BUT, HE’S THA REALIST GANGSTER RAPPER OUT THERE REALLY PUTTING IT DOWN ON THA WEST. MATTER OF FACT. TELL ME WHO IS “GANGSTA: IN THA RAP GAME 2DAY.

“4 FINGERS UP 2 TWISTED IN THA MIDDLE”

“RR”
LYRICAL ASSASSINZ

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