Joe Rogan Experience #2004 - Ice Cube

Joe Rogan podcast check it out The Joe. Rogan Experience Train by day Joe Rogan. podcast by night all. [Music]. day man that's what you was doing you. just want to go smoke we Joe and [ __ ] y. could did that keep up with Snoop keeps. going man Snoop he got. a [ __ ] professional Bud roller I. think he paying 40 Grand a year or some.

[ __ ] really I don't know how much but I. know it's a dude. who eight hours a day he just. bringing he bringing Snoop like 100. blunts in a bag here you go Snoop he's. the one dude that's exempt anywhere he. goes no one's going to [ __ ] with Snoop. with weed he smoked weed at the White. House so damn he yeah he said he went in. the bathroom and got down I said oh man. you know I said yeah you know he he.

Blaze anywhere you know Church swimming. pools he inside the pool blazing. underwater he's got a card you can just. let him slide. yeah yeah he Snoop you know what you. going to say what are you gonna say what. you GNA say man everybody loves Snoop. same thing with Chappelle when we go to. with out with Dave Dave just fire up in. a restaurant hey man you. know got to let them know you in the. house nobody says anything yeah what. they going to say do I mean who who. wants to be part of his next comedy.

special the person that told Dave. Chappelle you came blaze in a Ruth. Chris you know nah nah nah nah well hey. man thank you very much for being here I. really appreciate it you want some. coffee no thanks for having me you know. I I probably had too much coffee yeah. today you know I mean I probably had. about two cups already so I should be. cold till this afternoon so I saw this. video where you're you said you're doing. just a podcast tour you just yeah I'm.

going hit everybody you know everybody. want to talk to me you know what I'm. saying I just want to be able to um get. the message out to the people talk to. the people you know. um I've been trying to push push my. league and mainstream Sports media have. really you know basically ignored what. we doing for the last. years I think they're nervous about the.

NBA they're nervous about their. relationship with the NBA could be. damaged if they promote the big three I. would think it would help. everybody yeah I mean it's basketball in. the. summer you know they got the WNBA but we. really don't play at the same time you. know they got their games we got our. games. um I and you know what's what's crazy is.

we got. their you know former Hall of Famers as. a part of this. league um and they wanted to be a part. of this league so it's not like we. hijacking them or we yeah you know. kidnapping them they they want to be a. part of this league they want it to be. successful and they want to make money. in the summer so I don't know what the. NBA is thinking about trying to. deprive Dr J and Rick Barry and Iceman.

George gin a little check in the summer. like what's the problem yeah it doesn't. seem like it would compete at all it. seems like it would enhance it would. make it's when you have more basketball. for basketball I mean basketball fans. they have a season in this when it's. over it's over yeah the fact that. there's more basketball seems to me but. I'm a person that's like I feel like. there's enough pie for everybody with. everything I feel like that with. fighting with MMA when there's a new. organization comes out I'm like good. good give people more opportunity to.

make money without a doubt you know and. it's it's about who do it the best and. we're not trying to compete in any way. shape or form with the NBA um we're very. complimentary so I don't understand why. they would you know do some of the. things that's being done behind the. scenes um that are they like encouraging. people to not do it encouraging people. to not sponsor us I mean like really. yeah I mean encouraging.

networks not to play us really yeah um. those. things um we've been able to survive but. you know at a certain point it's just. redundant and ridiculous and we got to. fight back some way shape or form it. just in my mind it seems silly it seems. like it would only enhance but that's. what happens when you get big. corporations man yeah and you know what. Joe it's not the players it's not the.

owners it's not um GMS or scouts because. they you know name a big owner he. probably loves the league and we've. heard from a lot of them that they love. the league they would love to. invest um and the players love the. league they come to the games they play. in the league when they're done with. with the NBA um. GMS um Scouts come sit next to be on the. front row and be like oh man you know.

and they even pulled some of our guys. put them in the G league and couple our. guys made it all the way back to the NBA. you know 10day contracts things like. that so it's not the culture of the NBA. it's just the suits it's the corporate. people you know what I mean it's the. brass it's the it's the top guys that. are scared of what we got just scared of. competition in general always well they. think they own basketball.

they they think like we own. basketball crazy it's it's it's it's. nuts it's [ __ ] nuts because I don't I. don't hear kids running out saying Mom. I'm about to go play NBA right no they. say Mom I'm about to go play basketball. with my friends yeah so basketball. doesn't have a. owner and they are I think intimidated. that we have changed the game.

you know and we haven't changed it just. to change it we've changed it for the. better and we've changed it within our. own version of the sport so we're not. trying to change five on five we're just. trying to introduce three on three and. elevate it to the professional level. which we. have I only think that would be a good. thing those suits are silly it is a good. thing man they are silly that's why I'm. here man you know it's like it's time. for these you know suits to get out the.

way and you know let the relationship. flourish if it's G to flourish and even. if it don't look we're doing fine we're. in our sixth season our ratings are. growing you know we did you know 500,000. people on CBS this Sunday that's awesome. it's crazy where did this idea come from. um me and my guy Jeff you know we've. been working together for over 25 years. like.

everything in the last 25 years we we. kind of been you know cooking it up. so you know we see Kobe um score 60. points in his last game now this idea. had been brewing in me but it was like. you know um it's Sports I'm I'm I'm an. entertainment guy you know I'm in rap. I'm in the you know music and movies and. television and that so um it had just. been sitting there and this dude hit 60.

points in his last game and then there's. nowhere else you can see him play um. he's done bye wave going in the tunnel. and we're like that sucks it sucks that. we cannot ever see Kobe Bryant playing a. professional basketball game again it's. got to be other guys that people want to. see that um still got it they make they. may not be able to play 82 games you.

know what I mean they may not be able to. play backto backs in three games and. four. nights but half court three on three to. 50 they going to look like all stars and. so that's where the idea started to. germinate and that makes sense too that. it's just the breakdown as you get older. you just can't do as many games that. makes sense yeah I mean they still can. play like if if you put them out there.

one game give it all you got against the. 20 year olds they'll they'll they'll do. great but if you haven't played the next. day you know they just can't. recover as fast as the 20 year olds so. they look like they can't play you know. the next day so by having a week. off you get the recovers like football. you know you get get a chance to let. your body recover heal so by the time.

that next weekend come around you're. 100% ready good to go let's do it. especially with the way guys train today. where older guys can train today and you. know with the science of Sports. Nutrition and yes science of recovery. they're just so much no worri they's so. much better at it now than' ever been. before NBA we changed our mind we got. rid of the we heard you was on. Joe what can we. do this so stupid that's the thing with.

older Fighters too they have a hard time. getting through camps that's that's part. it's like they can still fight but. getting through a 8we camp is two a days. all the sparring and yeah too much yeah. I remember uh forgot the football player. um he played for the Giants receiver uh. plexico burus plexico. burus the coach just hated him cuz why. ain't going to say hated him you know.

I'm just exaggerating but they didn't. like the fact that he would not practice. at. all coming to game on Sunday and score a. touchdown it's like it goes against. everything that they preach you have to. practice you have to practice you have. to practice then you are conditioned to. score the touchdown but he he's like no. I got to recover I got to recover I got. to recover and then by Sunday I can go. out and score a touchdown and goes. against coach's philosophy but he knew.

his own body of course yeah and and. and you know we all know our own body to. a certain extent yeah you know and and I. think you should always save an athlete. from himself but you shouldn't push a. athlete before he's ready to go yeah. yeah it's so it's it's always different. for different people too like some. people recover quicker it's just. you know as athletes get older in.

particular they get more and more wise. to that more and more wise to like how. their body works and what they need to. do and not need to do yeah you know. the you know I heard one player say that. man they don't pay they don't pay me to. play in the game like I'll do that for. free. 70,000 155,000 fans who wouldn't do that. for free they pay me to practice they. they pay me to show up on time they pay.

me to do all the stuff I don't want to. do and you know that makes sense but. sometimes you don't practice somebody. just because you're paying them. yeah well the difference between like. you could never do this with foot when. football players are done they're kind. of done because the just the damage they. take some you know I think it it depends. on the style you know I think you could. do um.

you know a a interesting flag version of. football um I think you could sell it if. it was you know thought about and really. worked on to to be you know pleasing to. the fans um how would you do that like. would make because people love. touchdowns but they also love tackles. they love people getting hit yeah um I. mean there's a few ways to do it you. know you could you could do pads seven.

on. seven um and and kind of you know open. the game up a little bit so it's not so. uh many collisions coming from so many. different angles yeah less. people uh more space more skill set not. so brute but a little bit of hitting. could do it that way. too yeah that could that could work the. flag one I would think would be kind of. tough it's tough because people look at.

flag as as a kind of like a side you. know a byproduct of football not real. football well almost like football for. kids yeah but they you know but guys. that go out and play two-hand touch all. day you know yeah so maybe that's. it who knows well it's interesting when. Fighters figure out ways to do that too. like what Floyd is doing what Floyd is. doing is so interesting he retires from.

fighting and he says I'll just start. boxing people have no. chance hey why not you know I mean. exhibition like we saw that in what what. it was Rocky 3 or something yeah it's. like yo he's like he started doing. exhibitions with Hulk Hogan and you know. yeah exactly exactly and got caught I. mean got hurt like you know dealing with. that so I mean I think people want to. see Floyd fight.

you know some people want to see him. lose you know I never wanted to see. Floyd lose and um so he'll always have. some. interest you know even if he's fighting. you know what he did is it's just. complete genius yes first of all from. just changing his style right he broke. his hands a lot so when he was younger. they called him Pretty Boy Floyd yeah. and then he changes his name to money. and when he changes his name to money he. turns heel he he became like this guy. talk and everybody wanted to see him get.

beat and he's the most unhitable guy in. the history of the sport yes sir he's. right up there with Perell whiter like. those are the two guys that I say are. like the most elusive guys in in modern. not you know past Willie Pep in modern. era Perell Whitaker and Floyd Floyd's. even more impressive because he stands. right in front of guys he stands right. in front of you and you can't hit right. in front of you and you can't get a good. one on you can't get [ __ ] on him it's. it's the amaz it's one of the most. amazing skills sets he's like a uh he's.

like a you know one of those like. Minnesota Fats kind of pool players that. know all the trick shots and yeah you. can't beat him you know a guy that can. you know uh you know play a hand or. board game or or or ping pong you just. he just know you just can't beat him and. he just he's that way in boxing yeah he. just knows all the tricks of the trade. and he's just better he has way more. information about where you should be. for we where he can hit you and where he.

should be where you can't hit him it's. just he's got it all in his head he. knows what punch can be thrown at what. time and what punch can't and so he just. when he knows you can't throw a punch. that's where he is and when he knows you. can that's where he ain't my my favorite. fight of I've had a lot of favorite. fights of his but one of my favorites. was the Canelo fight cuz it was just a. master class yeah master class and just. a young incredibly promising Champion a. guy who's going to be an all-time great. but not yet not yet you're not ready for.

that guy you know Floyd always catch him. young he catch him coming up young or. old yeah he catch him young yeah you. know and he tap you up and then he say. thank you yeah you know next he did a. smart thing too he got him to cut down. 152 lbs yeah got him a little lighter a. little smaller a little more dehydrated. little weaker yeah a little weaker and. then just box him up but if you see what. it did to canelo's game like you see. Canelo when he fought Danny Jacobs later. on his he was moving like Floyd like he. mirrored that you have to I mean you you.

dealing with a master um and when you. fight a master or you you know if I. wrapped against a master or if I you. know you Spar against a master you. better take a few tricks of the trade. with you you know that's the whole thing. about respecting the game Daniel Coro uh. always says uh you get the rub like when. someone fights for the title and you. fight a world champion you feel what. that's like like okay and you either get.

way better or you kind of like realize. I'll never beat that guy you'll never. get that level there was like a lot of. like during the Tyson era nobody got the. rub like you got in there and you were. like [ __ ] this I mean Tyson had you so. many he has so many psychological. advantages yes you know everybody else. you know you know give me the pretty. Road put this satin on the robe I need. to you know I need to look I had to have. flares coming from my my tassels you. know have to be right you know I got to.

look pretty coming in there Floyd coming. there glad Gladiator. style Mike had a towel over his head. with a hole in it and and and no socks. on he ain't here for none of that he. just here to whoop your ass it was the. best and and you know and he he. psychologically beat a lot of people. before he even landed that fatal punch. oh yeah even after the buz of Douglas. fight that didn't even take it away from.

him a lot of times when a guy gets. knocked out like their Aura of. invincibility goes away but with Mike it. was still there yeah CU people are. always scared of the you know when you. snap nobody want to deal with crazy you. know what I mean everybody could deal. with everything but you know everybody. get out the way of crazy yeah yeah when. Mike was screaming I'll eat your. children man yeah this is the the walk. out look he's just pushing everybody. nobody even want to give him AAP cuz.

they don't know if he going knock them. out on his way to the. ring yeah that's I mean this is some of. the Gest [ __ ] ever yeah when you know I. mean like just a to cut the tow in half. man yeah you know what I mean I ain't. got time for this [ __ ] I'm ready to. knock somebody the [ __ ]. out it was a special time in boxing. because it was a long time where the. heavyweight champion you know Larry. Holmes didn't get his due because he. beat up Muhammad Ali so everybody was.

always mad at Larry yeah and then when. Mike Tyson came along it was like all of. the sudden there's like a real. heavyweight champion where everybody. wants to see him fight yeah you know um. he was my my first experience of a guy. who was just you know the incredible. Hulk like going and knock people out you. know two or three rounds it's over you. know I grew up watching Muhammad Ali and. Larry hes and all the other fighters in.

between you know I wasn't really you. know old enough to appreciate Joe. Frasier or nothing like that but um when. Tyson came around he was like oh this is. what this is what you want in a fighter. that's why he was a superhero yeah I was. like this is what you want you want that. attitude you know pretty Fighters are. okay but you want you want a ferocious. fighter.

yeah pretty Fighters are fun to watch. Floyd's fun look as a person who. appreciates what Floyd can do the the. way he expresses himself it's just it's. genius it's genius boxing when you know. a lot of people want to know like who's. the best ever I feel like you go on who. got hit the least who won the most. fights and who got hit the least if you. look at that Floyd's at the top of the. Heap by far like no one's even close. yeah and count the money yeah and count. the money yeah I I got to say he you. know he is the best um you know but when.

you want to see like a destruction the. Mike Tyson fights were completely. different kind of an event yeah you know. the thing is is you know I think people. would love Floyd if he you know had a. little more pop on the punch you know I. mean he can hit you and get you and pop. you and and and drop you and and back. you up and do all those good stuff and. make you bad and and I think you know.

he's he's just. um people you know fault him for not you. know when he hit it you know it it hurt. yeah well he always had hand problems he. had multiple hand breaks yeah which was. very unfortunate but that also probably. contributed to how skillful he was. because he couldn't get guys out with. one shot so he had to just always be in. the right spot piece you up hit and not. get hit just the way he did it stand in. front of people just I don't think folks.

understand how hard that is to do so. crazy yeah it's uh it's almost uh like. magic you know it's almost like magic. you know how you know like you standing. there and you saying come on come with. your best shot and you can't get it you. can't land it how how why why can't I. land this shot you know what I mean. everybody thinks they can too that's. what's interesting yes especially in. this whole promo tour he's doing where. he's just running around doing these.

exhibitions they all think I could. probably land a shot. no 46 nah they're talking about him. fighting Pacquiao without them doing it. again I'd watch that yeah I mean hell. yeah [ __ ] I don't think I don't think. age um. should really keep you from checking out. somebody you know who's a master yeah.

like especially if he's fighting someone. his age yeah it's uh it's two masters. going at it um and you know ages is just. a number you know it's really just a. number it's not it's not reality reality. is how you feel you know it's it's a. saying if you didn't know how old you. were would you know how old you. are some people would it's it's an. indicator of how well your body's.

functioning it's a pretty good indicator. though like if you said someone wants a. fight in their 60 you. go 60 yeah 60 too old yeah you know it's. too old to. see fast skills but have you have you. ever seen an old man fight it's pretty. interesting you know couple old dudes. you know what I mean I seen on the. internet a couple old dudes get at it. and it's uh pretty it's fun you know one. round get down yeah you know it's like. we got the 60 year olds with the one.

round get down we're going to go as long. as they can before they fall out you get. [ __ ] up as a 60-year-old though you. don't. recover yeah get your ass kicked as a. 60-year-old you might be [ __ ] for the. rest of your life yeah you're risking a. lot yeah some people would do it though. you know I've seen some guys that young. that got [ __ ] up that were never the. same young guys you know it's it's um. it's the it's the roughest way to make a. dollar in sport the roughest the. roughest um and UFC even take it to.

another notch cuz you know somebody can. kick your mouth open kick your jaw open. knee you in the face elbow you in the. eye socket yeah or just you know what I. mean you know pull your [ __ ] out of. socket yeah yeah it's like it's a rough. game it is it's a rough game you know. tap out baby tap out yeah it's just but. it's the most exciting thing to watch. combat Sports to me is just like man.

when you watch like a world title fight. there's very few things whether it's. boxing or MMA like when Terence. Crawford's going to fight Errol Spence. yeah that fight is going to be crazy. yeah man that is a crazy moment where. you got two undefeated champions in. their Prime yes and no one knows what's. going to happen you're like I don't know. yeah you know it's uh it's interesting. you know sometimes those. fights um they they're just to Skilled. you know have you ever seen guys just.

fight they to Skilled and they they just. both missing cuz they can't hit each. other cuz they both got the skills you. know so and they don't want to take too. many chances and open up yeah so uh. hopefully it's not one of them you know. hopefully it's one of those uh they take. it personal from the first couple of. rounds and yeah I can't imagine Terence. Crawford's never been in a boring fight. ever neither is earol Spence I think. they're going to go after each other. well they know how to tattoo they. opponent so I can imagine them just.

tattooing each other you know back and. forth yeah I'm I'm interested to see how. Terren what stancey uses too cuz he in. my opinion he's the best switch hitter. since Marvin Haggler like nobody. switches like Terrence yeah Terren just. you're he's Southpaw and he's Orthodox. and is just as good from both sides and. you got to like do all this calculating. in the middle of the fight and switch it. up everything's coming from a different. angle now yeah your brain is is is not. moving as fast as it should be that's.

such a big the body can't move that fast. if your brain is right you have to think. thinking so much yeah it should be. instincts but yeah it's going to be an. amazing fight and you know I'm worried a. little bit about Earl you know he's been. in those car accidents was it one one. the Ferrari that's a crazy car accident. dud he could have died in that 100 if he. didn't have a seat belt I he wasn't. wearing a seat belt but if he was. wearing a seat belt he might be dead if. he was wearing one yeah he got thrown. from the Ferrari he was in a convertible.

have you seen it no I haven't I've seen. the car you seen the the video I haven't. seen the video oh [ __ ] watch this this. video is crazy here it goes. wow yeah so he got thrown out of the car. and that's how he. survived I didn't know like that yeah. jeez dude 100% could have been dead yes. 100% I mean that was a terrible accident. it's hard to say that you. 100% after I mean he rolled like five.

six seven times look at that card if if. he wasn't a master athlete could he had. survive that and who knows what happened. to him when he survived right like did. he hit his head did he hit his neck like. what what is he okay like is he 100% or. is he always going to be a a little [ __ ]. from that there another angle wow. Jesus oh my God that's one of the most. horrific ones I've seen but he was okay. which that's good. amazing cuz like a talent like that to.

take that guy at a young age would be so. horrible yes yes it would it would be it. would be devastating to give these dudes. money and they you could just go buy one. of those cars it's kind of crazy you. could just go buy a 700 horsepower car. you don't even know how to drive yeah. you just have money yeah I know I I used. to uh it was a trip cuz I remember being. at the studio Echo sound one time and. Tupac came he pulled up in the bins it's.

like oh man Pac you got your bin he's. like yep I don't have my license man I. hope I don't wreck it like damn man Park. that car man you don't know how to drive. it it's like no man I've been in New. York man so long worry about driving I'm. like oh you know I think he did wreck it. a few times you know what I'm saying was. all said and done just learning how to. drive first cars and b bs you know it's. like 500 what was the first thing you. bought when you started making.

money oh man the first thing I bought um. like the first car oh man I bought a uh. a Honda Accord I bought a Honda Accord. you know they had just come out with a. new model it was about it was about 20. G's and I was like you know I'm I'm sick. of rolling around here and you know at. first I had like a a a sidekick you know. uh Suzuki Sidekick suuki made cars.

remember those sidekick and uh I was. like man I need some I need some luxury. you know what I mean I'm starting to. make money you know let's go down here. and get this Honda Accord me Kim she's. my wife but she was my girlfriend at the. time so we went down there place on uh I. think it was losen they had a Honda spot. and I just went in there and bought a. black Honda ACC Court cash wow yeah. that's a pretty reasonable car. like like you didn't go crazy I only had.

20 G's so if I had 40 I'd have both you. know probably a BMW you know what I mean. three series or something so uh you know. at the time it was the first cool thing. I was able to buy and and not sweat it. you know what I mean like that's the key. is to buy it and not sweat it right you. know if you buying it and you sweating. it still and you're like damn I remember. I remember one day I remember and yella. they got checks I think they got checks.

for like. $335,000 next thing I seen them they had. both had vets I think Corvettes and I. was like how much you pay 31 how much. you pay for your was 33 I'm like y'all. broke. now so what we look. good it's funny but that's the. Temptation you know yeah I mean you know. you man you like you only live once.

and we know a lot of people that die. young and so it's kind of like Get it. while it getting is good yeah it's also. you're young when you're young when when. I first started making money my manager. thought I had a gambling problem and he. called me up and said uh you are you. having a gambling problem cuz he knew. how much money I was burning through I. go no man I'm eating lobster every night. like I grew up poor I'm like I'm eating. steak and lobster I'm taking my friends. out like I'm spending money yeah I mean.

that's what you do you know and it feels. good yeah it feels good it feels good to. finally be able to treat and and um not. you know worry about what it's going to. look like or that's the big thing is the. worry I remember the first check I got I. got a check from Disney for a. development deal from Disney in like. 1993 and when I got the check it was. like weight lifted off my shoulders it's. like like I I could look in my bank. account I go I got money in the bank. account yeah have I can pay the bills.

like I don't have to think about the. bills right now and it was like like I. was lighter like without a doubt I mean. it does weigh on you when you. can't you know you when you don't know. exactly where the money is going to come. from you know the bills here you know. when you got to pay it but you really. don't know exactly how this it's all. going to come together you know you you. hope the universe bless you with a. opportunity yeah and uh. and so to not have that worry it is a.

weight lifted off you know and I wish I. wish more people could. feel the weight lifted off but there's. another thing the more you make the more. you spend so sometimes the weight comes. back comes back on you know what I mean. the weight comes back on and then you. have employees and that's another weight. that's a different weight that's like. you think about other people's families. and you have to you're making money for. them too yeah you know you really you.

know that's why I don't do nothing crazy. you know I'm not in the. skydiving nothing like that you know I'm. definitely not going down in no damn. submarine to look Titanic I don't do I. don't take those crazy chances cuz you. know I got Generations depending on me. yeah um and so you know um got to take. that respons ability serious because you. never know when others in my family.

bloodline or whatever are going to be. able to have the opportunities that I. have you know even though my son OA Jr. you know he's working constantly he's in. Spain right now yeah he is that's amaz. that's amazing that he's he's just. carrying on that's beautiful it is that. must make you very proud man it's like. the best one one guy ask me you know. how's it feel saying your son you know.

Straight Out of Compton and you know. does so well I said it's. like it's like winning the Super Bowl on. a team and then your son comes and win. the Super Bowl for that same. team that's the feeling I don't know if. anybody has ever had that feeling but it. seems like that's how I feel it's like I. won with NWA. and he won with NWA that's amazing.

that's and what a perfect person to play. I mean how who would be better to play. you perfect it's perfect I. mean before he you know decided to take. the movie I you know I would take him on. tour with me and we would do we was. doing that anyway he would jump on stage. he would do dope man and you know like y. this my son you know and um I'm like man. he he got that Swagger up here you know.

what I mean remind me of a young me okay. so when it was time to do the movie when. it was really a go I went to him and I. said uh hey man this this NWA movie look. like it's G to. go um he was like cool man that's good. good luck man that's great like hold on. hold on I said. uh I want you to play me. he was. like okay and I'm like that was too easy.

you know what I mean that was like you. know that was he was like okay and he. just kept on walking I'm like wait a. minute and then I said I got to see if. he's serious uh or he's just you know. saying okay just to say okay but it's. it's a hell of a lot of work so I um I. start putting him through the through. the ringer a little bit you know I was. like. hey man we got an acting we got an.

acting coach for you you know La you. need to go down there on Thursday you. know you need to be there at this time. and that boom boom boom like oh all. right all right and he would go and I'm. like okay he's starting to go but is he. just going is he participating is he. into it you know boom so I said I'mma. try something else I sent him to New. York to to a guy uh for for you know. training acting like I'm send him all.

the way to New York and see if he'll do. that because that's when he'll bail be. like oh I don't you know I got something. to do so he he got on the plane flew to. New York worked with this. cat flew back now when he flew. back I I was checking him out saying. what he was doing you know we was far. from actually casting a movie at that. time and then he was like uh he came up. he was like I'm going to go work with my. coach. today I'm like what said yeah me and my.

acting coach we're going to get together. we're going to do a couple little things. so I'm like he's into it he's into it. yeah so then I let him do that so now I. have to approach Gary gray now Gary gray. is the director of Straight Out of. Compton he also directed Friday and he. directed uh it was a good day you know. these are some of my biggest projects. and when I told him. he was like yeah man it's cool you know.

he was thinking about who we going to. get to play him I said okay guess who I. want to play Ice Cube he's like who who. who I said my son he was. like. cute said what the [ __ ] man I thought we. was making a real movie. Man. [ __ ] we are making a real movie. what you talking about I said he's going.

to be great ain't it he's going to be. great if you get the part I he'll have. to audition and Universal will sign off. on him but you gonna work with him just. like John Singleton worked with me you. know what I mean John put me in boys in. the hood I didn't act I was no actor I. was just a rapper and um he saw. something in he put me in the movie and. he helped me through it and the rest is. history and you going to do the same. thing. he was like so make a long story.

short it's audition time screen test. time now my son going in there and he. said he got pissed. off cuz it's five other [ __ ] ice. cubes there to. audition he's like these dudes think. they about to take this he said man I. feel like I had the family name on my. back I had to go in there and house this. [ __ ] and he said you know when he left.

the the the the screen test Donna. Langley from Universal called me and I. was like your son was great he was. actually the best one and we're going to. sign off on it wow yeah it's cool cool. story that's a great story it's a great. story the way you made him do it too. that's so smart he worked harder than. any of the other actors like two years. of grinding because you know the coach's. son always he get it the worst you know.

what I mean course yeah and and it was. no different on this movie you know he. had to I had to make sure that he won. and he set up himself for a a career in. this game that's amazing that's your. career like it what's one of the things. is so fascinating about your career it's. like there was never anyone like you. before that did what you did you went. from gangster rap to like family movies.

yeah like no one's ever done that and. then Sports entertainment like you You'. branched out to so many things but the. the key part of it that people need to. understand today is when you guys came. out when NWA came out the whole world. went what the [ __ ] yes the whole world I. remember I was on I was in Riv. Massachusetts I was on an elliptical. machine at the gym and a friend of mine. told me you got to listen to this [ __ ]. and I had a a cassette Walkman yeah so. there with a cassette Walkman on the.

elliptical sh elliptical machine. listening to Straight Out of Compton. going holy [ __ ] like this is why there. was nothing like that before that and I. remember like laughing while while I was. riding the olymp like these guys are out. of their [ __ ] M this is crazy and. then there was like the Tipper Gore [ __ ]. where Al gor's wife was trying to censor. rap music the the pmrc. resources M against music counsel or.

something like that and um that was the. Democrats folks that that's the reason. you have an Advisory sticker on the. record because that was the. Compromise they were. saying you know I sent my sent my. daughter to the record store to buy a. record she came home with the [ __ ]. two Live Crew I know this [ __ ] was going. to be like this you know so you know the.

compromise from the the record industry. was we'll put a Parental. Advisory. sticker on the record to so if a parent. was buying a record for Christmas you. know they parents was like I want two. short you know what I mean they go by. the two short record put it in and they. like what the the hell so we were the. first group to put that sticker on our. records we were the very first group.

because priority records designed that. Parental Advisory sticker and uh yep. that sticker and it was it was actually. it had to be stuck on the record like a. sticker and they had to go through all. our records in every Record Store and. put the sticker on so the next time we. did our artwork we just planted it in. the artwork wow and then kids wouldn't.

buy your [ __ ] if it didn't have to. stick it's like people was putting they. putting the sticker on clean records. that's hilarious it's like clean record. out one ounce of profanity on it but. they was putting the parental advisory. because kids was looking at it was like. we're sticking with. no that's has the opposite effect it. promotes it yes that's what exactly what. happened promoted it two Live Crew was. the first band that got arrested though.

right weren't they the first band that. got arrested um on stage I believe yeah. I I'm not sure you know history rap got. a long history you know I don't know if. somebody you know tackled you know cool. herk or somebody one day but but uh. that's the one that went you know. Nationwide news um and yeah he got. arrested yeah yeah Luke Luke fought for. all of our freedom of speech to be.

honest you know if they would have took. Luke down and the two Live Crew at the. time and said that this music is too. obscene and you can't sell stuff like. this you. know everything would probably be so you. know sterile right now you know yeah oh. for sure it well that's the same thing. with Howard Stern and radio yes you know. they went after Howard they they they. find them insane amounts money for the. Howard Stern Show yes I remember and if.

he just folded and gave into that there. probably be no podcasts or it would have. taken a lot longer for to figure this. outly yeah um it's. incredible it's incredible. when when you stand up at the moment of. truth you know yeah like it's important. for us to stand. up at the time that is going on and. not back down and then try to regroup. and yeah and then go at it you know it's.

it's really important it is for people. to stand up for themselves but it's it's. hard yes it's it's hard today more than. ever because you get so much pressure. people like especially during Co people. ganged up on people people were doing. the man's work for the man it's like who. the [ __ ] are you trusting like why are. you trusting these people that have been. lying forever yeah man it it it was wow. during that time. like it it you know.

people. um being bullied into doing things that. they didn't want to do a lot of them. didn't want to do it they they did it. because of their work or their yeah you. know their um aot situations or yeah a. lot of them are are hurting right now. you know I know you know I know um a guy. that's. you know been dealing with tonight is.

since since he got it and. so I know a lot of people that got. [ __ ] up I know quite a few people that. got [ __ ] up some of them pretty bad. it's just it was just there was if you. wanted to do it in a textbook way like. if it was a conspiracy that's how I. would do it I'd isolate people make them. stay at home take away their livelihood. make them scared give them Small Checks. you know G and then give them this thing. that you got to take to get back to.

normal want to get back to normal yeah. go take that don't worry safe and. effective safe and effective safe and. effective and then you have all this. pressure and everyone is yelling at you. if you don't do it if you don't do it. we're not going to get back to normal. and everybody got scared and everybody. just stepped in line and it was strange. it's strange yeah it was. um you know stepping in line sometimes. is not the way to go no it's not always.

the way to go it's you know you're. trying to. prevent and try to make things all. smooth and easy and no issues and and. back to normal and all that. and the world might be back to normal. but are you right normal well you got to. be able to make informed decisions yes. and when you can't make an informed. decision and you're being pressured. anyway it's like what what you how long. and this is the thing that was driving. me crazy before the.

election all When Donald Trump was. President all they were talking about is. I'm not going to take the shot you're. going to take a shot that Trump made. who's going to take that shot even Biden. was saying it who's going to take it K. Harris is saying they were all saying it. don't take that I would never take that. and then all a sudden Biden becomes. president and they're like you got to. take it like is this the same thing this. is the same thing you know how long it. takes to develop a vaccine this is the. same vaccine same one you guys were just. talking [ __ ] and you know no matter who. tried to give it to you at the end of.

the day it wasn't ready it's not ready. you know 6 months no to try to turn this. thing into something. effective um that was totally you know. um experimental totally experimental um. and everybody who who took it was was. basically signing up to take an. experimental drug. um and I'm not antix I've been vax.

before like I've had vaccines um I've. had all of them everyone I was supposed. to get exactly uh but those have been. some been around 80 years some been. around yeah 50. 40 um and I just wasn't comfortable. after six months I was ready to take it. the UFC allocated 150 vaccines I think. for all their employees and this was. when we were doing shows during the. lockdowns so we'd go there was a covid. bubble You' get tested you get tested.

the day of the event and I was there and. they said oh we got the vaccines you. want to take it I said yeah so I I I. called up the doctor I said hey man can. I take it and they and they said yeah. hold on we we'll set it up I was going. to take it like before the show I. thought it was just like a flu shot give. me that thing it's normal right and they. call me up and they say no we can't do. it until Monday uh we have to it has to. be done at the clinic can you can you go. on Monday I said I can't I go better be. back for another event in two weeks okay. we'll do it then and during that time it. got pulled during the time it got pulled.

for blood clots and two guys I knew had. Strokes two guys I knew wow yeah wow and. then I was like okay what is going and. then my friend got it and got over it. quick and I was like what's going on my. real estate lady had it and she didn't. even have any symptoms she tested. positive twice and she's like well I got. to isolate but I feel fine and I was. like what is is this a death sentence or. is this like how many people are. asymptomatic you find out like 65% of. the people are asym itic like what what. the [ __ ] is going on here yeah and then.

uh I knew some people that got it and. got real real sick but they were fat or. they were out of shape or they had other. problems and then I knew a few friends. were real healthy that got it they got. wrecked because they didn't take it. seriously and they kept working out so. there was a lot of confusion yes and you. know it was a lot of a lot of fear but. when I finally got it and I got over. quick and then they started attacking me. for taking horse medication I was like. what the [ __ ] is going on shouldn't you. be more interested in the fact that this. deadly disease hit this 55y old dude and.

he was better in 3 days isn't that more. interesting like why don't you ask what. I took like why did I get better what is. it yeah I wasn't vaccinated yeah I. wasn't vaccinated but I I got over it. quick so what's wrong with that in any. other [ __ ] rational sane world when. there's a disease and someone goes to a. doctor and gets medication for that. disease and gets better in 3 days you go. oh well that's a way to get better from. that disease yes this is One Singular. thing that you have to do that I can't.

even do now CU I already have antibodies. like this is stupid it's crazy and you. know the thing is. is when money is the driving. force and you know I don't know if they. can even get money off of what you took. you know what I mean uh it seems like. something that's been around for a long. time that's just one of the things I. took and and and there's no money in it. right no no new money in it zero money. in it so that's really what it's all.

about you know it's not about if it work. or if it's effective it's about they. can't make no money off of it and we got. this new stuff that we can make billions. so that's where the pressure comes from. and that's why they pushing it that's. why you have to think for yourself. because money is driving these people. to um give you bad advice or give you. the wrong advice or or to.

hide um you know Solutions and cures and. remedies uh from you and and um you know. you got to Once once you peep that out. you have to take a step back and make. sure that you're you're following the. money to make sure it's not going it's. just so hard to do in the middle of a. pandemic that's why it was so hard. because everybody was just like locked. in their house and scared especially in. California the the attitude in. California was so much different than. the attitude here we came to Texas I'm.

like nobody has a [ __ ] mask on this. is crazy is out normal yeah Cali they. went crazy with it you know I was using. the mask really to as a disguise so. finally walk finally walk through here. and nobody ask for a selfie you know. what I mean cool so you know I kind of. like I got the mask in my pocket for. that too you know I mean pop it on go to. the airport it's just the disguise now. yeah well finally you could wear a mask.

any other time and that's what I tripped. off too I was like they letting all. these people standing around in these. stores walking through these stores with. their face covered you know and Banks. yeah when yeah exactly when is a guy. just going to pull out a pistol and it. was like I don't know they all had mask. we don't know who it was it was a mass. who was that mask man what was happening. so often in New York City they made. people take their masks down when they. went in stores they made that a rule so. that the camera can get a shot of your. face. lord it's so stupid it's so stupid.

thought I'm supposed to keep this on to. protect everybody well and then they. they found out real early that it didn't. even work they knew early that those. things were [ __ ] but it was a it was. a thing that they get you to comply with. yeah and it's also you did it so you. didn't feel like an [ __ ] if everybody. had a mask on you didn't you felt like. an [ __ ] so like I'll put a mask on. yeah and and you know people were. looking at you like you're the one. spreading all the co around here huh. yeah yeah it was crazy. um I I knew a guy got sick wearing the.

mask like he had this cloth mask that he. just felt it was the thing that was. going to protect him I'm like dude. you're breathing in and like wash that. thing yeah you know what I'm saying you. breathing that you I don't know what you. breathing you breathing in last week's. you know bad breath yeah fat burger like. dude you know what I'm saying take that. off your face yeah you wouldn't want. that on a wound no right a dirty ass rag.

over a cut yeah you breathing through it. all day every day getting right in your. blood strap yeah you smoking weed. through that thing man. come take it off yeah it it was just. weird it's just a weird time I I saw. that you would you'd have to pass on a. movie because they wanted you to get a. shot yeah you know they. uh strangest thing you. know say we're doing the movie doing the. movie um I'm like okay and.

then. um all the. producers in Hollywood decided. that they don't want anybody on their. movie set that haven't gotten a vaccine. and what year was this this is 2020 okay. so it's in the middle of it yeah yeah um. I mean we're coming out of it um I think. it might be 21 when we know okay. everything is going back to normal but.

it the the the I believe the news came. out um during 2020 and so you know I. never thought it was a producers mandate. you know I thought it was a studio. mandate but I think the studios. really wanted to have you know kind of a. little out so they put it on a producer. like this is not us this is MHM this. production that production this. production that production I'm like but. it it's every production so you mean.

tell me every producer in Hollywood has. this. mandate give me a break it has to come. from the studio to hit every producer. because every producer don't think the. same like right every some producers you. know um had their own different opinions. so anyway it was a studio mandate they. put it on individual producers so. producers talking to my people and. they're like if he don't take it you.

know we we he can't be in the movie like. he's not taking it it's not taking it so. I okay can do the movie okay no problem. now I didn't go out telling everybody. what. happened I didn't um um put the word out. that I didn't even tell people that I. wasn't vaccinated I didn't tell people. not to go get vaccinated I didn't tell. people that I'm not doing this movie. because I don't want to be. vaccinated uh but somehow someway the.

news hit the you know I don't know if. The Hollywood Reporter or somebody put. it out that this is why cube is not. doing the movie and I thought it was. chicken [ __ ] thought it was you know um. it's like what happened to the HIPPA. laws you know or OSHA one of them I. forgot I think it's Hipp you know where. you're not supposed to. to reveal a person's medical status and.

here it is they printing mine um and so. I just thought it was [ __ ] and um. and it just kind of snowballed you know. I'm like what they want is for people to. tell me I'm stupid you know what I mean. they want people to tell. me you turning n you tur it down $9. million you stupid you know I'll do. anything for $9 million how stupid can Q. be um and I don't care about that you.

know it's like I didn't lose $9 million. cuz I never had it like if you never. have some [ __ ] you you can't lose it. okay you lose it when it's in your bank. account then you look up and it's gone. you know what I'm saying but if you. never had it I didn't lose it it just. was never given to me and so you know. they they tried to you know put my. business in the street. put pressure on me everybody around me. telling me how stupid I am so I can go.

get vaxed and say you know please let me. do the movie you know that was never. going to happen I don't care if it was. 20. million um that was never going to. happen and if you got injured from That. vaccine you would have paid that 20. million to be healthy again damn right. damn right yeah damn right there's a lot. of people out there that wish they they. weren't forced into making that decision. and that's where the real lawsuits are. going to come from the real lawsuits. since you can't sue the vaccine. companies they're going to start suing. these businesses and they're already.

lining up without a doubt without a. doubt it was a gigantic error and and. they're you know they they fired a lot. of people you know I think they fired a. lot of um they fired cops in New York. and they had to hire him back and give. him back pay give him back pay but what. about the ones that were injured that. took the VAC yeah you know they got to. have some kind of repercussion. because you know they they just proved.

that they just kind of told on their. self that we got this wrong yeah and. nobody wants to talk about it that's the. crazy thing CU all the news can you know. that's what I'm talking about the the. Gaye Keepers uhuh nobody can talk about. it because somebody above them told them. no um from this outlet that. outlet you know the NBA going back to. that you know I'm. just kind of putting it in perspective. but the guys in the NBA used to talk.

about the big three if you go back to. year one all the time and then they just. stop and then I ask you know I ask my. guy you know uh what happened man why. y'all. stop they told us we couldn't mention. the big three anymore on. air so I'm like that's chicken [ __ ] you. know that's that that's that [ __ ]. that I'm talking about that that you.

know I'm talking about what happened to. me but it obviously happens everywhere. to all of us you know what I mean and. and we got to somehow some way get these. people out of our way or um not support. what they're doing and. producing um you know some of these. mainstream Outlets are really just an. extension of these corporate.

conglomerates who want to you know kind. of control our emotions control our. movement control our spinning control. our. personalities control our mind. um and you know what we going to do. about it like at the end of the day you. know what I'm saying like we G to just. sit here. and let it happen day after day till.

we're steam Road and and and um War out. and have no fight in us or are we going. to stand up where we can you know what I. mean and push back when we can I know. everybody can't in all situations and. don't feel bad when you can't but when. you can and you know you can do it yes. do it like when you have the leverage.

take it yeah you know take it like like. UFC when you got the leverage you got to. go use that to your advantage you might. not always have the leverage you might. not always have you know the right uh. timing but when you do when you can we. we go to we got to bug bug back you know. um if not we just going to continue to. get steamrolled. and not be heard and cancelled and all.

this kind of stupid stuff yeah we're. just repeating patterns that have played. out throughout history yes when people. get power they want to have ultimate. power they want more power the any. obstructions they see to their goals any. things that people were doing that would. get in the way they want to silence that. stop that they want to bust unions they. want to do whatever the [ __ ] they can to. consol validate their power yeah and. it's uh at a certain point it's just.

ridiculous yeah and um was not good for. us these are some of the most unhappy. people in the world who is just. concerned with more and more power and. they're powerful you know when have you. saw a guy who. was maxing. out you know bench pressing or whatever. and blew out her shoulder like times. like it's like you was maxed out the. last time you maxed out why are you.

trying to max out even more and more and. more and more and then you blow out your. shoulder you see what I'm saying so at a. certain point you got to know when you. got enough of this and enough of. that I think the money people though. they never think that way because it's. all about numbers like the whole thing. is numbers it's not like look I put out. a new album look I put out a new movie. I'm I'm creating a thing I'm putting. together stuff for them it's always. numbers it's all numbers it's just.

numbers and so you never feel satisfied. and there's always a guy with a bigger. jet there's always a guy with a bigger. house there's always a guy with more of. this more of that and yeah yeah. and usually you know you can find. happier people with way way way less way. less yes way less yeah if your goal is. happy that is not the occupation you. should be in that's not yeah those. people are miserable yeah and they're. always chasing and they're never. satisfied you know that to me is torture.

in itself well it's also stupid and if. and if you're running a corporation it's. actually your obligation your obligation. to your shareholders to continue to make. as much money as possible so you're. trapped in a system that obligates you. to behave and think that way and if you. don't you won't be competitive yeah it's. uh it's an ugly game you know and and I. don't see where where people are being. thought about in these type situations.

you know it's all about you know Capital. don't care yeah Capital has no emotions. Capital only respects Capital yeah the. only time it respects people's opinions. is when people boycott [ __ ] and it works. like this Bud Light thing yeah then and. now people are like don't do that again. yeah like be careful cuz look what. happened to Bud Light well who control. Bud Light that's the question why would. they make a dumb decision like that are. they trying to ruin Bud Light and why.

would they want to ruin Bud Light are. they trying to take down some of our. most iconic American brands and why. would that help I don't think they were. trying to I don't think they had any. idea this was going to happen this this. uh ESG thing that everybody has to. dedicate a certain amount of their time. to you know woke stuff who who man who. mandates that it's a good question. where's the ESG money come from is that. uh government like where does that come.

from and it's they they have scores and. the the ESG score of your. corporation determines what you get and. the problem is also you get these people. that are coming out of college like this. this lady who made the decision for Bud. Light you know she's gone through the. university system she's in the corporate. system and she's a woman and she thinks. you know we have to be more inclusive. and that's all the language everyone's. using to today so they don't know any. real people they don't know regular. people they have no idea that if you.

take a brand Bud Light which is like. known for you know Blue Collar drinking. people that they like to [ __ ] watch. football and drink Bud Light then all a. sudden you have this mentally ill person. who's just an attention [ __ ] and you. make a big deal out of putting this. person's 365 days of Womanhood you put. that on a bud Li can and they freak the. [ __ ] out and then Kid Rock shoots a. bunch of them and then it's on once Kid. Rock shoots your cans you got real. problems yeah I'm pretty sure you do uh.

yeah man it's kind of like I think you. gotta you got to still ask why like what. you think there's like a conspiracy well. you know who's getting. hurt who's getting hurt in this whole. thing is it the Bud Light. um and Heiser Bush brass are they are. were there bonuses be affected with. their checks and salaries be affected.

you got this lower level person fired. and bunch of middle class guys are. paying the price cuz you got. distribution centers you know guys that. delivered the beer nobody want and now. they're out of a job now you're really. attacking the middle. class um by by making a brand that's so. big um. um take a hit like that you know it says. the quickest destruction of a company in.

history budlight sponsors Toronto Pride. prade so you know it's um oh that's when. was this that was just the other day oh. they're so. silly they're leaning into it meanwhile. the gays are mad at them the The Pride. people are mad at them because they. didn't support Dylan Mulaney so they. they they kicked it out of G you don't. win you know either. at day um you know I think thean that.

own these companies the people that own. these companies and why would they let a. decision like that take the company down. I don't think they thought it was going. to I think this is a legitimate public. outrage one where they just pushed too. far and people went [ __ ] you and it. wasn't even like a real like promotion. it was a thing they sent a can to this. person this Dylan mulany person but I. don't think. it went anywhere else I think it was. just like here this is for you and you. put it on social media they made some.

sort of a partnering deal you know and. that was it so why Target do the same. thing well I think that's an ESG thing. that's an ESG thing right and Target. lost billions of dollars too because. people people are sick of this [ __ ]. they're sick of social things like that. that are controversial getting stuffed. into your face and where you have to. accept it yeah and people like I don't. want to accept it I just like I'm just. coming here for [ __ ] toilet paper. yeah I think you know people got to keep. it in perspective as well too you know I.

don't think people grab a beer to be so. I mean to to you know to learn about the. newest social event or the social. situation going out grab a beer cuz you. want a beer hang with your buddies or. hang you know with people that enjoy. beer and Y shoot the [ __ ] and politics. really shouldn't be in somebody's beer. mug you know they just don't get it they. think it has to be in everything. everybody because of social media. everybody feels like they're fighting.

some sort of social battle with. everything they do and you know and this. is one this is another one it's like. it's like forc compliance you have to. you're forced to comply with this and. you know it's [ __ ] up women's sports. in a huge way in a huge way and you know. some organization are pushing back. against that and some people are pushing. back against the organizations that are. pushing back against it which to me is. insane like if you care at all about. biological women you should be against.

that without I mean what if like LeBron. said he wanted to play in the WNBA like. I'm retiring from the NBA CU I'm 49 and. I'm GNA play in the WNBA well they. wouldn't be able to stop it if he just. decided to say publicly I identify as a. woman what are they going to do they. can't do anything and then that would be. the end would be Dave chapelle's a bit. about it yeah. bronze scores 100 again. tonight well there was some [ __ ].

knucklehead that was getting interviewed. they said if Mike Tyson identified as a. woman should he be able to fight women. and they were like well the short answer. is yes. ah. lord it's so crazy yeah it's so and. there's also different specifications is. like what you have to do and how long. you have to take hormones before you can. identify as a woman and compete as a. woman like just [ __ ] stop I mean. who's going to check all that yeah. there's a reason why there's women. sports and there's a reason why there's. men Sports and it's you're not talking. about who who you are what your truth is.

live your truth I mean title 9 just got. you know what just turned. what 30 or yeah something like that you. know what I mean so protecting women's. sports yeah yeah which is which is great. because it. forces schools and you know they make a. lot of money you know I mean teaching. whatever they teach in them schools and. and they should carve out some for women. to be able to play for their school you.

know that's great and um so I don't. understand you know sometimes things. don't make crazy men sense and when they. when they don't make crazy man sense I. just back. out just stop thinking about it yeah. it's probably a good move cuz you're not. going to solve it I mean people I think. ultimately it gets solved where people. just don't accept accept it anymore and. then hopefully it'll go I mean maybe. they could just develop a transgender. League where trans people play against.

trans people that would be not but you. can't pretend you're a biological female. just CU you wish you were like you can't. pretend when it comes to women's sports. you can't pretend when it comes to. women's rights issues it's like that. that's not it's there you don't want men. dominating that because that's what it. is it's men entering to women's spaces. yeah and whether they're ultimately they. identify as woman that's great but you. physically you're a biological male yeah. yeah and you want to compete against.

them you want to play rugby against. women get the [ __ ] out of here get the. [ __ ] out of here that's crazy no they. want to dominate they want to dominate. there's a lot of that they want to. dominate they want to be winners yeah. yeah if all of a sudden you can be a. woman and a winner and just [ __ ] kick. everybody's ass yeah you know how you. used to like play the kids in basketball. like they ate you Shack out there. you just Shack yeah like is the ultimate.

sandbagging you know it's like you know. you have a giant Advantage like the the. one that drove me the craziest was the. MMA fighter yeah cuz that person became. a woman for two years and then started. competing as women and not telling them. and saying it was a medical issue it's I. don't have to disclose a medical. condition like no no no no no that's not. what that that is like if if they if. that person said that they were a woman. and and competed against women women. that's deception that's a [ __ ] lie. but if you said you're biological male.

and the women still want to fight you. okay all good yeah you know um It's. Tricky man it's like a slippery slope. yeah you know that really starts to get. bizarre after a while you know cuz where. does it where does it um. actually in at the end of the day you. know like yeah what if somebody say I. don't I don't identify as black I want. to be another color yeah.

purple I'm. purple what you laughing at me you can. get purple you laughing at me with. cancel your ass you laughing at me cuz. I'm. purple yeah that's basically yeah what. we you know you might as well you know. I'm I'm a I'm a chicken. [Laughter]. dinner I'm macaroni and cheese I'm. rice I'm the roll yeah you know I'm I'm.

a I'm a chicken dinner man identify. there's people identify as younger. people it's like the whole it is a. slippery. slope yeah cuz people. can you know people always can be. extreme with stuff like that they're. extremely and they keep pushing. boundaries and they're pushing. boundaries on age of consent now which. is crazy you know there's um there's. people that are also pushing back. against calling people pedophiles.

they're saying you should call them. minor attracted persons man come on it's. insane I mean you're getting academics. that are saying this it's. insane yeah it is it's you know it's. it's borderline Madness somewhere almost. there yeah well it's the end of an. Empire yes and you know there's this guy. Douglas Murray he's this English British. intellectual and he said that every time. a civilization is close to collapsing. they become obsessed with gender it.

happened with the ancient Greeks the. Romans it's just like some weird thing. that happens when everything is just. going too good and life is too easy. people get obsessed with the the. weirdest things and now we're obsessed. with. gender wow it's the beginning of the end. stay tuned yeah who knows I mean maybe. we'll bounce back you know get a good. president in there you know turn it. around. BR I don't put a lot on the president I.

don't put a lot on the president for. sure I wonder what would happen if. Robert Kennedy Jr got in there very. interested to see what happens with that. guy yeah you know he's. uh you know he's he seemed like a guy. who at least is down to Deep dive yeah. and talk real and and. and you know really try.

to dissect what's really going on. instead of just going with the. herd um which would be easy for him to. do like go with the herd you know he may. be you know even ahead more in or he may. even be doing better you know when they. poll I think he like 20% of people or. something but yeah he probably be doing. better probably be doing better and you. know instead. of you know maybe he'll be one of they.

one of their guys and so by him going. this route it's uh seems like he's on a. more noble route and we just check him. out and see how he navigates some of. this stuff he's definitely on a more. noble route and it's definitely not. something he planned to do initially I. mean he was an environmental attorney he. was a guy that cleaned up the Hudson. River they would go after these. corporations that were dumping toxic. waste and and that was his thing it was. like mercury in the water and and and.

you know trying to hold corporations. accountable and then these women started. showing up every time he would speech. give these speeches and they said we. want you to look into Mercury and. vaccines yeah and so this is 18 years. ago and so for 18 years this guy's been. saying all this stuff about. environmental concerns and that was what. his whole thing was and then it wasn't. until Co came along and then wrote that. book the real Anthony fouchy detailing. you know what it is that these people.

are actually doing and how they are. engineering these viruses and they they. give grants and it's it's dangerous gain. of function research and then they give. you one medication that you have to take. and everybody gets on board with it and. they're making [ __ ] billions of. dollars yes and no one's talking about. what he's saying and he's saying it in a. well informed way and he's expressing it. to people like this is this is the. Playbook they always use and they just. used it on. everybody. look he's dealing with the same people.

we probably all are dealing with and and. it's really time for us to really. um come up with a with a plan on how we. going to deal with this cuz it's just. going to continue to happen yeah it's. just going to continue to happen you. know I don't have all the. answers um but I think we need to. collectively start to you know not just. give give a pass to people doing things. like this um and you know we got major.

Outlets that's. not delivering the right message to the. people not delivering the right. message um basically steering them the. way that you know these super rich. people want us to go um and it's not. cool. no it's not and I'm hoping people wake. up enough to at least slow it down cuz.

these people are pushing in a very. obvious and very specific Direction they. want digital currency centralized. digital currency that they control and. they want to get everybody on a social. credit score system they'll probably. connected to some sort of a vaccine app. or if you want to travel around all they. would need is another pandemic to try to. push that [ __ ] through and they're. already talking about that it's very. spooky because when you look into the. history of this this lab and and them. funding it and this getting out and the.

way they responded to it the whole thing. is so scary because it was effective it. was effective and very very financially. effective I mean they made a lot of. [ __ ] money yeah and if they could do. something similar again and then clamp. down more on people that's what scares. me this this talk of centralized digital. currency that's what they have in China. if they if you [ __ ] up in China and you. get a bad social credit score cuz you. tweeted something they didn't like what. now you can't buy a plane ticket now you.

can't buy a car now now you can't get a. loan now you can't do something you you. step the [ __ ] line and people. self-censor because they don't want to. be a part of that and now they got you. yep they got you once you self censor. yeah got you where where they want you. yeah we know that they were involved in. Twitter we know that the the government. was involved in silencing different. voices you know they stopped that Hunter. Biden laptop story from from getting out. before the election it's just it's so. obviously dirty [ __ ] I did a record card.

everything's. corrupt and uh it is when you really. look around man it's like where is. the where is the people that's doing the. right thing yeah you know where they at. have you thought about doing anything. with politics no I would never I would. never do nothing with politics like does. anybody try to pressure you what you. mean like CU you should run for mayor I. tell them I'm already to Mayor you know. it's like only thing I would do I was I.

said uh King me you know just only thing. I would accept is it turn you into a. king turn me into a. king president politician begging ass. politician uh powerless puppet oh no oh. no oh no you know I talked to one guy. who. actually spends the money that the. government uh allocates so you know that.

ker say this industry is going to get. this many. billions um it's up to him to say where. that money goes and I'm like well how. often do you talk to people at Congress. he said. never said they can't even get me on the. phone I'm like what like he said these. people can't even get me on the phone.

man I don't listen to them you know what. I mean I just tell him where the money. got to go wow so he gets to decide you. know he's part. of the government that you know when. when they allocate the money it goes to. these different agencies and departments. and and then they allocate where it goes. um they can't spend any of it so they. can't take it. they can it and then they can develop. relationships with the people they give. the money to yeah so um so you.

know the people in Congress are to me. actually powerless they're just. theater at the end of the day well the. theater who also gets to inside trade. yeah that's the beautiful thing exactly. I mean they know where that money's. going yeah you know I mean they might. not be able to touch it but they can be. on the other end and make sure they you. know their their Investments are carved. out and they make them pretty penny off.

of it well not only that they do it. openly in front of everybody it's not. illegal and every time people call to to. ban it they like Nancy Pelos is like. what now no we're not going to do that. why would we do that yeah ladies $200. million she makes 200 Grand a year all. right she's better at stock trading than. Warren Buffett and George Soros yeah why. wouldn't she be she know where all the. body I mean she know where where. everything is going to hit know what.

what's going to hit when it's going to. hit and how much it's going to hit for. and unless that's illegal [ __ ] you like. like [ __ ] [ __ ] your whole system exactly. cuz you know um it's easy. to you know it's easy to corrupt these. people you know what I mean it's it's. all money did you ever think you would. have to think about about it so much. though like I I didn't think about this. so much like 10 15 years ago um well I.

always had my kind of you know every. since you know people like Tipper Gore. come after you oh yeah you pay attention. to where the shots are being fired you. know. so before then just a little you know I. was sitting my my pops would look at the. news and yell at the screen you know. what I mean that's how that's how I know. what was [ __ ] and what was real you. know cuz and then you know I started. doing my thing and then.

like the law the FBI you know all these. agencies started to come down on. us really scared the [ __ ] out out the. record company cuz we wouldn't we could. care less like we was. like today we got the FBI letter what. was the FBI letter we got a FBI letter. uh they sent the letter to priority. records saying they one guy was like I'm. you know part of this department of the.

FBI and we're very concerned with this. record called Straight Out of Compton. you guys got a song on there called [ __ ]. the Police and we think this song could. encourage um you know uh people to go. against law enforcement blah blah this. and blah blah that and um basically you. know we'd like it if you guys took it. off the Shelf you know what I'm saying. to that tip so you know they call us up.

there you know they. panicking we don't know why they wants. to come they just like man you got to. come over here we got to talk to you we. get up there and this like plot's letter. FBI and we're like he's like man do you. know what this is this [ __ ] agent uh. he he sent me this letter and you know. they was all like nervous and [ __ ] and. we're looking like like a letter that's. all you get they not going to come in. here and try to [ __ ] with us like they. not going to you know what I mean arrest.

us cuff us rough us up none of that and. we're like Y'all Scared over a [ __ ]. letter come back come back to South. Central with us you know what I mean. deal with the sheriff's down there you. know what I mean they do way more than. give you a letter so we felt that it was. like you know EAS was like we gonna be. big as [ __ ] after this you know what I'm. saying. and and and and but but the guys at the. record company this is the first time. they ever dealt with like push back.

first time the government probably even. knew they existed so they were freaked. out and we uh we were like okay we was. looking for him to raid our houses and. [ __ ] like damn cuz we we not seen the. battle Ram we not seen them run up in. people houses on dope charges whatever. you know especially in the late early. 90s that's like they got a kick out of. just running up in people houses and. [ __ ] so.

um we were like looking for that to come. for the in the next you know next few. weeks we was looking like oh they about. to hit us and they never happened so we. was like what's the what's the issue. what's the problem why just that letter. and that was it was just that letter and. then we made the letter. public and they kind of just backed off. and [ __ ] and then was became big story. of you know the FBI hates this group I. think we was on the cover like one of.

those you know New York magazines and it. was like the FBI hates this group yeah. look at this yeah fbii hates this band. wow. yeah easy was right yeah he was that's. the letter. wow look at that a song recorded by the. rep group NW. on their album entitled Straight Out of. Compton encourages violence and. disrespect for law enforcement officer.

and has been brought to my attention I. understand your company recorded and. distributed this album and I am writing. to share my thoughts and concerns with. you advocating violence and assault is. wrong and we in law enforcement. Community take the exception to such. action violent crimes a major problem in. our country reached an unprecedented. high in 1988. 78 law enforcement officers were. feloniously slain and the.

feloniously slain the line of duty. during 1988 four more in. 1987 uh Law Enforcement Officers. dedicate their lives to protection of. our citizens and recordings such as the. one from NWA are both discouraging and. degrading to these Brave dedicated. officers music plays a significant role. in society and I wanted you to be aware. the FBI's position relative to this song. and its message I believe my reviews. reflect the opinion of the entire law.

enforcement. Community huh yeah never met this dude. nah nah never. interesting yeah 1988 it was a different. world and that was the first that was. like the the first moment of that where. the you know we had heard that like the. government and politicians were. concerned about rap music without a. doubt um and then it just you know they. didn't come after me but all these other. different agencies was starting to hit. us up and you know they were going they.

start going after I te you know a little. bit cuz he body count did a song called. cop killer and. um yeah you know it was it was uh it was. a time when we grew up real fast we had. to understand. that you know this is bigger than. hip-hop um and we got to we got to stand. up for what we know it's true and right. it's like we not making [ __ ] up you know. go down you know.

um I've seen guys. tell cops you know what I mean like take. off that gun take off that badge and we. can can knuckle it up in the streets and. do it like men and uh so you know we. knew that sentiment was out there where. people was really like yo. um if you're not going to if you going. to act like a thug you know what I'm. saying let's Thug it out you know what. I'm saying or you going to act like a. officer then we'll we'll we'll you know.

um you know we'll respect your Authority. you see what I mean so it was a lot of. cops that we respected that came through. that and they would treat us like you. know real humans you know not like you. know s suspects you know what I mean you. don't want nobody come through just. treating you like a suspect you ain't. out here doing nothing these dudes uh so. we knew some dudes that would come. through and talk to us tell us you know. y'all need to watch out be careful you.

know what I'm saying and you know do. anybody know something that happened. around the corner and all these little. stuff and we like nah nah nah but they. was respectful and and we respected. their Authority then there was others. that would come through you know look at. you crazy uh harass you you know we was. kids on the bikes we saw one day they. came we like eight nine years old man we. on our bikes got a bikes laid down we. made a ramp we all kicking on the grass. resting looking at our bikes like. they're [ __ ] motorcycles and [ __ ].

like you know and um man Sheriff's hit. hit the corner came all up on the. grass and like get against the car all. that you know [ __ ] for and we kids. they know we kids sitting on the bikes. man what what you think we did you know. what I'm saying like roll on somebody. grass you know mean what what you think. we out here. do yeah yeah so what was it like when. the album came out like interacting with.

cops most of them was cool actually most. of them most of them said they listened. to the song um in the movie we get ran. out of Detroit like they ran us off. stage cuz we sung the song a lot of. undercover police you know throwing m80s. and [ __ ] on the stairs yeah so we. thought they were shooting at us so we. run off. they catch us they round us up and you. know they like thought you was going to.

come to Detroit right talking that cop I. mean that uh [ __ ] the police [ __ ] and. can't come through Detroit talking that. we should run y'all to jail you know I. mean we should lock y'all up and blah. blah blah and we like listening we. listening and he said. um but if y'all got a couple pictures. y'all got a couple 8 by 10 y'all. signning for my. daughter we ain't going to have no. problems so you know we was pissed but.

we was like man e was like get them. t-shirts get them everything they need. come on come on come on come on come on. and so you know we signed and [ __ ] you. know reluctantly you know man but the. concert's over yeah they they they. turned the concert out yeah I mean they. they ran us off stage after three songs. and they got pictures and then they got. pictures and they got autographs for. their daughters and they let us go. they just say you can't come to Detroit. with that [ __ ] wow so it was only. Detroit that was the only place that. [ __ ] Cincinnati they ran us off really.

man they would they would they would uh. have us they would they before every. concert the a sergeant or a captain or. somebody would come in with a city. ordinance of what was obscene in their. city and their town and what could be. said on stage and what couldn't be said. and if you say any of this or do any of. this we will arrest you after your. performance wow um like what.

words I mean [ __ ] [ __ ] really yeah. um oh my God like the 1950s again yeah. it was like on that tip um wow and this. is 88 around there yeah 88 89 wow and we. hit the stage we like man we would tell. the audience you know what these. [ __ ] told us backstage. they said we couldn't say [ __ ] we. couldn't say [ __ ] we couldn't say this. we couldn't say [ __ ] you know what I. mean we G to start this off with a [ __ ].

as a [ __ ] a [ __ ] is a [ __ ] you know. so uh we would do our shows you know. sometimes they would just let us go and. then sometimes you would like after the. show you'd have to look and see the look. in like the security in everybody's face. and you knew okay they on us. so many of times we we we come off stage. but then we like switching jackets like. people handing you jackets handing you. different shirts and [ __ ] so you can put.

them on and walk through the backstage. because now cops was like where where. where they at you know where those guys. that was on stage and um in Cincinnati I. had to I saw him coming I saw him all. like looking around and I didn't have a. chance to change my [ __ ] so they was. looking for me and so uh I hit the exit. I just I went outside I went outside the. concert and it was people like flowing. in and out and uh it was like cute what.

you doing out here I said man they. looking for me he's like they I jumped. in the car with him like fans and [ __ ] I. just jumped in the car with they drove. me across the bridge to to uh Kansas I. mean uh Kentucky is right across from. Cincinnati like we sitting there waiting. for anybody to drive up nobody drove up. and they end up driving back to the. hotel and then you got EAS and Dre where. the [ __ ] was you where'd you go man we.

all got citations and we got to come. back here they want us to fly back here. to go to court and they couldn't C they. was looking for you they couldn't catch. you I was like man I dip I. dip and I'mma dip again next show you. know what I'm saying it was it was crazy. um they have to go back to they had to. go back to court wow yeah they had to go. back to court and fight it what happened. I don't remember because I end up. leaving the group end up leaving the. group so I don't really know what. happened kind of after 89 with everybody.

you know wow what a wild time it's crazy. crazy but fun like we were living a Time. Of Our Lives because we never knew we. was going to be this popular throughout. the country we thought the records that. we did. were just local you know we was going to. be you know Hood Stars you know I mean. right there in our neighborhood people. was going to love us but outside of. Compton South Central Long Beach.

Watts we were like you know people they. not even going to know what we talking. about right little did we know that. everybody was kind of going through the. same things that we were going. through that's so. wild so what like what was it like when. it blew up I mean that had to be for you. to be young guy and this you know. hip-hop just in general was relatively. new yeah and for it to blow up that big.

that had to be a wild like change of. your life it was you know cuz you think. you think you're only going to be an. underground artist. like before we sold our records records. like ours would be in the section with. like the the red fox records and the. Richard Pryor the Eddie Murphy the dirty. you you know you know comedy dirty. comedy records that's where you would. find these dirty hip-hop records and it.

was a few you know um it was a dude. named. um uh blowfly blowfly would have songs. called he had a song he got one a song. called rap dirty and like those kind of. songs would be in this section that. nobody went to unless you just wanted to. laugh or something so we thought our. records would end up there and that b. and it just it just blew up MTV banned. our Straight Out of Compton.

video and that blew the group up because. people wanted to know. why did they do something that even MTV. was scared to show and so we went from. thinking we were going to be in that. little bin to they putting us in the. front of the record store and promoting. that you can get Straight Out of Compton. here wow and so it just took us. from you know that back of the store.

stuff to Prime real estate how many. records did Straight Out of Compton sell. um I don't know the exact in figure but. even that while I was still in the group. we was like 2 million records and then. it was just growing so by now it's got. to be up to at least four wow. wow that had to be a [ __ ] crazy. experience to not think that that was. ever going to happen and then boom it.

was you know most controversial band in. America we went from being straight. locals. to like being everywhere matter of fact. I I went to school after I was in the. group like I was like you know I can't I. can't hang my hat on this I'm not going. to be able to live you know what I mean. on dirty rap records you know what I'm. saying can't play them on the radio you. know only underground people are going.

to hear it so I went off to uh a trade. school Phoenix Arizona called uh Phoenix. Institute of Technology where'd you go. to learn architectural drafting really. yeah wow yeah I took drafting in school. and I dug it and sent some pampling in. the mail you know if you want want more. information fill this out little. postcard I filled it. out [ __ ] showed up to my house and.

they was in there talking to my mother. and father I'm like what the. hell you going to school what I got a. show I got a no you're going to school. like damn damn how long was that for a. year wow yeah yep fall of fall of 87 to. the um fall of 8. wow so you got out of trade school and. then the album blows up that I mean we. got out of trade school and then we was.

working on easy solo album Easy Does It. his solo album came out right before. NWA and that you know that blew him up. and we were along for the ride so when. the NWA record came and he was part of. the NWA group it. just put a spotlight on on the group and. then record was crazy so just took it to. the next level what was your earliest. influences in.

hip-hop um Curtis blow Run. DMC. um Sugar Hill. Gang. um rock Kim Big Daddy Kane bis. Marquee salt and. pepper you know like the greats all the. great uh Beasty. Boys LL cooj for sure you know we loved. LL like LL was the man.

always and so do you when was the first. time you actually performed how old were. you um I was. probably. 15 is that a local thing yeah you know. we would do rap battles so we would go. up to people's school and find out you. know everybody didn't rap like like now. everybody raps but back then it was like. a niche group. so we was we had honed our skills so we.

would go up to different high schools. and hop the fence and at nutrition and. [ __ ] and like find a spot and battle you. know what I mean so it was it was fun I. was like it was like a uh karate master. looking for a spar you know we walking. around it's like who go to that school. who rap over there who over here who. it's like man some dudes in my school. man they can bust man y'all should come. up here you know I try to set it up for. Friday y'all come up here Friday hit the.

fence you know we bust and then y'all. got to get out before you know what I. mean the counselors come you know what. I'm saying so we find ourselves going. from different high schools we would. ditch our own school to go up to. different schools and and rap against. people but um first time I really hit. the stage we uh we did this cont called. the best rappers of the West. contest and um we entered Our Song and.

man we we made it all the way to the. finals they did the finals at the. Olympic Auditorium in La uh that's where. they used to do all the old wrestling. matches and fights um so they used to do. roller derby there too um Thunderbirds. and so we there we performed Dre came. you know Dre was in the world class. wrecking crew DJ crew you know so. everybody there family friends and they. messed up our tape like you know our.

music was instrumental but it was. cassette and when they hit it it was in. the wrong spot they didn't rewind it so. we got it was off queue and then they. had to rewind it and then start over the. thrill was gone we lost we lost we came. in second place and so that was my first. taste of you know hitting the stage did. you knew that's what you wanted to do I. loved it you know I had a great time. yeah I did and hanging with Dre more.

more you know he saw us that night he. knew we had got kind of robbed a little. bit and he was like we'll let you we'll. let y'all perform at. dudo which is the club he djed in. Compton it's right there on Central B. Central Aven and um we went down there. you know it's it's a party I mean full. of Bloods it's like full of Compton. Bloods pyrus all through this place this.

is right in their. neighborhood and Dre is like y'all. better be. good y'all better be good man these I. don't know what they GNA do they might. throw [ __ ] at you you know might want to. [ __ ] you up y'all better be good that's. all he kept saying so we were like damn. we got to think of something clever we. got to be good we got to be good so we. started doing parody raps we would take. the hit song and do a dirty version of. it rockan roxan was the hit song that.

was out uto and we we made a song called. Diane Diane and it was dirty version of. it it went crazy it went crazy so we. knew like oh damn this this is a style. like we can we can do our own raps. hardcore like this we don't have to we. don't we don't have to uh um try to be. you. know fat boys we try have to try to be.

uh yeah these we can just give it to. them raw how they want it talk about the. neighborhood you know yeah that's what. we start doing so that's interesting. like that so that sort of led to the way. the band became doing that show yeah. yeah and during that show we see I. wasn't in NW I had my own group. so we start working with easy and NWA is. actually a Allstar.

group it's it's easy kind of plucking. different people from different groups. putting them together and saying we G to. make we going to huddle up and make. these dirty records and then after we. finish y'all can go back and make y'all. clean little records that's kind of how. NWA was formed wow so they grabbed Dre. and Yella from Wrecking Crew they. grabbed me I was in a group called. stereo crew we changed our name to CIA.

criminals in action but Lonzo made us. call ourselves crew in action because he. was like nobody gonna buy a record. that's say criminals you know. so so so and then you had easy you know. what I mean so we formed NWA Ren come. came later when I went to school that's. when Ren came MC Ren so yeah and then. what happened is we do the record it. blow up and everybody. say uh tell the groups hey man this [ __ ].

is popping and no way in the world we. all going back to. being nobody in in our groups you know. what I mean we got to run with this and. it just I'm still running with it you. are always known for your lyrics you're. a great writer like if you did you. always have that ability do you wa did. you write before you wrote lyrics yeah. but you know what I what I did when I.

was young you know the teachers would. always ask like well okay what you do. over summer vacation what' you do write. write down what you guys do so mine. would be thorough you know I would I. would be able to really explain. everything that I did and they were. really impressed my teachers were. impressed that I could. remember all that and put it in a. comprehensive form where they can read. you know my whole summer really and so.

by getting those kind of you know extra. credit for being good or you know. teacher hang your stuff up there you. know you're like okay I can do this I. can do this same with art you know and I. actually they they had me do a speech. during my sixth grade graduation like. they ask me would you go up there and. address the graduation class so you know.

the writing at speech these things I. knew okay I could I could put words. together and I can speak them in front. of a crowd and it wasn't a. nightmare so when it was time to rap and. time to rhyme which was a couple years. later when I turned 14. then I was able. to put it together and feel like okay I. know how to write and I know how to rap.

so jump in front of the crowd and get. busy that's amazing it's a that's that's. so interesting that that's the Genesis. of your writing cuz it makes sense cuz. like your writing was always so thorough. and well thought out you know and when. you went solo that was like very evident. it was very evident like this is great. [ __ ] writing like the that the the. lyrics back then like that's my favorite. era of hip-hop is like early 9s late '. 80s early 90s like in the east coast.

like Kum mod D yeah yeah yeah yeah. prolific and um set the bar you know. those guys started to set the bar Higher. and Higher and you know you had to keep. up to even get attention so yeah you. know those. early pioneers of hip-hop even LL was. you know amazing. Lyricist word Smith you know the.

original Rock The Bells he's another guy. that's done everything yeah he's uh. movies TV I call him you know the. hip-hop LeBron you know he he been doing. this since he was 15 at the highest. level and never came down you know what. I mean so it still looks great yeah. still you know looks like um Superstar. yeah so it's cool you know to find you. know to be friends with these guys that. uh that I looked up to so much as a.

youngster that was a there was a weird. time the the East Coast versus West. Coast [ __ ] was very weird yeah it was um. you know people equated to Tupac and Sh. I mean and B bad boy and death row but. it was actually bubbling before that it. was to me a industry thing in a way like. New York had the throne for so long and. here go well at least a decade more and.

here comes these west coast rappers you. know kind of taking attention away and. so. the the the industry people is started. to Bubble Up with them that yo we're. doing real hip hop they're just doing. doing gangster records you know and so. that started to to kind of get into the. artist you know I mean that that that.

sentiment started to poison an artist. and an artist named Tim Dog did a song. called [ __ ] Compton like out of nowhere. we was like damn we we like New York why. y'all you know why why he take a shot. and nobody really rebutted him like you. know they kind of let it slide and then. more and more artists start taking. shots here and there and and then the.

thing with bad boy and death row it kind. of just took it over the top it just. made it because they were the hottest. labels you had the hottest label on the. East Coast battling with the hottest. label on the west coast so that made. that undercurrent. of animosity that was. growing blow all the way up and look. like it was a. feud yeah how did that ever get.

resolved I think when when uh Tupac got. killed and then biggie was murdered. shortly. after people realize this is a dead end. Road. like people sto listening really to East. Coast and West Coast at that that time. and that's how the immersion of the. South came you know the South was there. bubbling they was doing their thing they.

had groups that were that was making a. dent but at one point all the hip-hop. fans was so fed up with the East Coast. West Coast beef that they said you know. we're just going to pay attention to. what the south is doing you guys got to. heal your wounds and come back and so. that's the emerg of the South and you. know all the groups that came out back. then were you were you touring on the. East Coast yeah so what was it like when.

you were touring on the east coast in. the middle of all that [ __ ] um I mean it. was always love you know I mean some. fans took sides but most most of it was. you know industry stuff and they were. kind of caught in the middle so and I. did a I did a record called you know bow. down with the West Side connection which. we addressed a lot of the beef because. we felt. like most of the industry was in New. York at the time so we felt like if we.

didn't stand up for ourselves in some. way shape or. form what we accomplished the last. decade would be erased and eroded and. dismissed. discredited and we wouldn't we would be. played out you know what I mean we. wouldn't have longevity right so. you know there was you know back and. forths but at the end of the day. um you know Tupac being killed Biggie.

being killed was just a wakeup call for. the whole. industry that's sad that that's had the. that's how the Wake Up Call had to go. it's crazy crazy yeah I mean that I I. remember I was uh on news radio on the. set of news radio when someone told me. Tupac got killed. and remember thinking how is that. possible how is that real I. um yeah I just you know it was a new day.

like it's like oh we we in a new era. where celebrity means nothing you know. celebrity means nothing anybody can get. it yeah so it's damn near like we back. where we started from back in the hood. you know trying not to get it and here. you'll celebrity and you can still get. it how dangerous did that feel to you. back then.

um you know no more dangerous than it. feels when any of people you know any. person I know get shot you know it feels. like you know. damn you know this never. ends. um I don't remember. taking any more precaution than I. usually would um but I knew people you. know some dudes was getting bulletproof. trucks and [ __ ] and bulletproof Vans and.

all this stuff I was like N I ain't. going to that. extent it's just a crazy time in music. history too because you know there'. never been like rock bands that were. feuding with each other the point where. you were worried about people getting. murdered no not that I know of um. you know rock bands do Feud they usually. don't do disc records either right right. you know they just Feud or they have.

subliminal subliminal disses it's never. like the disc record thing was wild that. was really the first time artists ever. went after each other like that yeah. it's uh but you know it's it's. like it's like sparring it's like batt. it's like you know it's part of the game. so it's welcomed in a way um um you know. you you Spar you. practice you know how to fight and then.

somebody get in your face and challenge. you like okay this is what we do let's. Rumble you know what I'm saying so it's. like you grow up battling you know you. got your RS you say your cocky [ __ ] you. know what I mean. you and somebody want to you know put in. on wax and battle like we can battle on. wax any day you know you know what I'm. saying so let's go for it when did it. feel like for you all that [ __ ] sort of. like went away like the feud stuff the.

every when did it seem like it was just. back to just making. music. um for some reason I think. um like 9911 like that tragedy of. 911 for some reason like it seemed like. from n the Feud and stopped. and people kind of reassessed and. reorganized their thought process when.

it comes to that like they it was. like that's when it seemed like a. ceasefire just was the best thing to do. cuz you know the like the country went. through a crazy shakeup yeah yeah and um. it's a trip you know you had groups. like you know rocking the red white and. blue and they was like into you know um.

you know patriotism and really uh. into you know uhoh you know we. got other forces out there that's trying. to take down New York City you know I. mean we can't can't be hating on right. on New York after that like we all got. band together that was the sentiment. it's crazy that sometimes it take. something like that like a a national. tragedy to wake people up to what's.

really important yeah major shake. up so how the [ __ ] did you go from NW. your solo career and then. movies and then family movies like was. there was there like a resistance for. that people like did you listen to his. old [ __ ] was. you know I mean cuz people were taking. their kids to see those movies and then. those kids became Ice Cube fans and then. they go into your old [ __ ] like wow yeah.

I mean it's a great. um it's kind of like you. know they're caught in the Ice Cube. vortex in a way you know what I'm saying. cuz um here's how it happened. like I'm I'm in the inwa I go solo I'm. just trying to be the best rapper in the. world that's all I'm concerned about and. I meet this kid John Singleton who's a.

intern I meet him at the Arsenio Hall. Show he's an intern there I'm there to. talk to Arsenio to say dude you had two. Live Crew on why don't you have NWA on. so never had that conversation with. Areno cuz John Singleton is talking my. ear off and he's like I'm a junior. at USC I'mma put you in a movie I'm like. dude. what I'm not an actor you know what I.

mean I thought you had to go to juliard. for 18 years to be actor so I'm like. what what you talking about man no and. then he pursued me two years dude two. years he and then he finally said. yo um I got the movie you know we going. to do it and and so that was boys in the. hood. so he discovered me that's how I got. into movies and when we doing that movie.

he's saying when you gonna write a. movie like what dude what are you. talking about why you keep hitting me. with this stuff that I don't do he said. man you can write a song like that you. can write a movie like. that I'm like okay I go by a computer. that same day and final draft which is a. script writing and I start writing a. script like don't know one thing about. writing a script just start writing one.

and it it was terrible but he helped me. he just kept telling me keep writing. keep more pages just keep going till you. finish it. and um long story short I end up few. years later writing Friday okay Friday. 1995 comes out Big C. classic um. so as I as the years go. on got these little kids coming to me.

doing all these cuss lines from. Friday like what's your little ass doing. watching Friday you know. so so I did I did another movie called. barber shop now that's a already comedy. Friday so I do barber shop. it's good reaction people love it it's. PG-13 so the movie is bigger because it. it's appeals to a bigger audience um so.

I'm like damn we was able to work it at. rated R we able to work it at. PG-13 what if I did a PG movie because I. still got little kids coming to me. talking about you got knock the [ __ ] out. seven like I need to do something for. your little seven year old ass so you. don't have to go watch Friday you know. what I mean you should be watching. Friday when you get about 112 not seven.

so I was like you know I was with. Revolution uh Joe off over at Revolution. and he was like yo we got this movie. that Adam Sandler was going to do but he. can't do it will you take a look at it I. see yeah I take a look at it and it was. already are we there. yet I'm like oh this this a kids movie. you know he's like yeah that's okay I. think I can you know tailor make it. where it fits me but yeah let's give it.

a try and we do it and of course. everybody go ape [ __ ] like Cube you. gangster what you doing these kids. movies for what's wrong with you what. the hell's going on man you don't got s. all this stuff they was talking right. so movie comes out and kids like lose. their mind they love the movie. so. now this is the vortex right they come. in they love Are We There Yet 5 six.

78 by the time they get 10 or 11. somebody done showed them barber shop or. maybe. Friday so they they they love me from. Are We There Yet now they love me from. Friday and then somebody says listen to. this and hands them my music when they. get about 15 14 and they say I love this. guy. and I got.

fans all ages who love ice cube because. they've. been like walked up from Are We There. Yet to barber shop to Friday to my music. which is a whole different animal there. I don't think there's anybody else like. that that has that varied of a career. um I don't know I haven't thought about. it but it's it's pretty cool and dynamic. you know I know I met your daughter she.

27 yeah and first thing she was exposed. to is already there yet you know she's a. fan you know what I'm saying so that. movie was a way to stay connected to the. younger generation always without the. parents saying do you know who this is. right this is Ice Cube he used to be. blah blah blah and blah blah blah now. the kids know who I am before the. parents. even have to point it out yeah so it's.

been a great thing for my career as far. as longevity and gaining new fans. without necessarily have to have a a new. hit record right right right well you. have a giant library of content yes yeah. yeah and it's it's cool. because you know there's always going to. be kids always going to be new kids it's. always going to be something for parents. to try to shove in front of them to. watch to take their time and are we.

there is a cool option you know what I'm. saying so and then we did All We Done. Yet and you know people are asking me. when you going to do the next one and. I'm like y'all want a third one okay. let's think about it are you g to do a. third one we'll see we got to talk to. Joe and Revolution and you know get it. right when when I found out that you. wrote Friday I was like that's insane. that's incredible yeah me and me and DJ. poo that's a funny [ __ ] movie yeah.

yeah it is you know I mean DJ P he's one. of those he's like one of those. undercover Geniuses that been in he been. involved in a lot of hip hop I mean he. he helped LL do Going Back to Cali you. know what I mean like he been around. forever. and we all fans of P you know what I'm. saying and P um is funny he technical he. he's the one who who got rockar to do.

the grand theft arst Grand Theft Auto. San Andreas that whole you know like. take it from Miami and put it in LA you. know what I mean take it from the Miami. dope culture to the LA gang culture so. he's the one who's behind the scenes. with stuff like that and he helped me. write Friday he produced uh it was a. good day the song um so whenever we.

together it's just magic and uh we wrote. Friday because we were watching uh In. Living. Color uh and we l Hollywood Shuffle by. Robert. Townsen and uh we was like let's write a. let's write a movie about the. neighborhood like cuz everything that. was coming out was depressing you know. was was colors boys in the hood men to. society South Central it was like yo.

this is a hell Zone and we was. like I didn't did you remember it like. that or don't we laugh around here all. the time like let's let's show how it. really is for us around here and so. that's how Friday kind of germinated. became like yo we going to show. our version of what how we have fun in. South Central it's an alltime classic. yeah it's it's uh it's a movie that I.

get commented on more than any other. like people quote it love it yeah the. the characters are iconic uh people. dress up when you know you got a A Line. like you got knocked the [ __ ] out that. gets repeated for decades yeah yeah I. mean I knew I knew it was one of those. LS because I had never heard it in a. movie before when somebody got knocked. out and I'm like yeah this is what he.

GNA say when he jump over him and look. down on him like you got knocked the. [ __ ] out how many times you seen that on. a. world yeah how many times have you seen. that on World Star Hip-Hop now though. all the time it's just like everybody. yells someone goes down it's automatic. it's automatic yeah you know all you. know that's as as a artist that's all. you want is to have couple Classics that. people remember you for you know when.

you 80 in a cafe you know drinking. coffee somebody run up and be like yo. Craig what's up you know I mean that's. it's all you want that's amazing what. what do you like you could do whatever. the [ __ ] you want now what do you enjoy. doing. most um creating you know on all levels. like that's what get my juices going is. being in the lab the creative process uh. whether it's music um movies uh you know.

TV you know documentaries or you know. Sports it's being it's being creative. it's it's being part of the mix um when. I go on on movies and I'm just a actor. you know I'll be like damn this is so. boring yeah just sitting around waiting. to act you know I like to be in the. producers meetings I like to know what's. going on what's on the set do did we get.

that stunt is you know we gonna still do. that stunt at 3:00 you know I just need. to be part of the mix to stay you know. motivated and interested you know what I. mean but if I'm just a piece of the. puzzle and kind of sitting off to the. side waiting to be used like a tool like. um it's not as cool for me me oh. understandable yeah why would it be and. you don't have to do that anymore yeah. you know so I want to I want to be in. the mix you know I want to be in the.

kitchen cooking it I don't just want to. sit down and eat it no matter what it is. no matter what it is if I'm going to be. a part of it I got to be in the kitchen. I can't just play a play a look I've. acted in movies you know I did 21 Jump. Street I did uh three kings you know. where I'm just an actor and I'm I'm fine. with that you know don't think okay we. can't hire Q cuz he just want to produce. but but I like to produce and I think I.

add a lot to to the movies that I. produce and the movies I produce you can. watch over and over and over again and. never get tired yeah no it's a you've. had an amazing career so when you just. decide to you just do you kind of just. do whatever you're interested in now. like whatever you feel like pursuing. yeah that's a beautiful freedom it is. because you know I'm not playing the. game no more like I don't play the radio. game like how many spins did I get on.

that song how many spins I look at Ice. Cube fans like. clientele I just want to serve them give. them what they like give them what they. love and go back to the lab I'm not I'm. not worried about charts. and all these measuring sticks on if. you're good or not or is your work good. you know views or whatever I'm. into doing dope [ __ ] that I feel and.

giving it to the people that want. it that's beautiful it's great for. artist it's a beautiful life it's pretty. um I'm pretty blessed in that aspect. because I know guys and I know people. who. are bigger than me on on major labels. with in there miserable because. they they're. so scheduled and structured and mhm they. feel obligated because you know this and.

that going on and and I don't want to. feel obligated when I'm making music to. people who's spending money I want to. make the music I feel and if you like it. spend money on it well you have a very. wise philosophy on how to live your life. because like just the way you Des like. talking about rich people there's a lot. of rich people that are miserable as. [ __ ] you don't want to be rich you want. to be happy yes you'd rather be less. rich and more happy without a doubt.

um like whatever it is you know whatever. it is man it's more important to be. happy doing it yeah and I notice when. you happy doing things and when you when. you love what you do and when you um put. your all into it you know the money. comes when you focus on the money and. you're doing. things to get the money you're never. happy doing it or rarely happy doing it.

and at the end of the day you wish you. could have got more money so yeah not. even happy with what you would pay it. also doesn't resonate with people the. same way it resonates with people when. you do what you love when you do what. you love and it comes out especially. when when you're talking about music. yeah you do what you love people get it. they feel it feel it from the work yeah. and if you're just doing it because. you're hoping it's going to be. successful people feel that too yeah or. just doing what you think is a hit.

that's the worst thing uh the worst. thing an artist can. do is to go try to make a. hit you got to make a good. song damn if it's a hit a good song is a. good song whether it's played a thousand. times or once you know that's what you. focus on making good music and whether. it's a hit or not. that's you know that's in the Stars you. know where where do you think you got.

this wisdom to look at things so. objectively and clearly. um I I. think you know when I look at how I grew. up like my pops is an independent man. independent thinker he's not part of any. club or any organization or any. fraternity or.

any gang or any it's no man that can. come and tell him what to do unless he's. at work. so uh I like that and I saw him stand on. his own two feet you know from he he he. moved to LA when he was 19 years old. from Louisiana and so he's been a man. that handled his business from day one. so um I think he's the foundation of of.

how I view things um. and and living and and being young. thrown into the. fire you know seem like every time I. look up there's something that um that. needs my focus attention is trying to. take down what I've built so I. um I'm always paying attention you know. I.

never I never. um I I never go in something blind and I. you know I try to understand all the. angles before I make a. decision that's very fortunate you had a. father like that I am you know I thank. him all the time for just hanging around. you know the statistics are what they. are um. and as men we got to we got to raise our. kids you know what I mean we got to be.

there. um and as much as we can is and and um. it makes a difference it makes a. difference with the person that you're. raising and the person that you're. sending out into the world you know you. want to give you want to give your. family stability and fathers can do a. lot of that they can do a lot of that. yeah it's uh it's got to feel great for.

you to see your son taken off like this. know like with the wisdom that you got. from your father that your son is. obviously he's acquired that as well. that works hard it's great man you know. all you want to do is you want your kids. to step up in the moment of truth you. know what I mean you want them to do. what it takes at the. time. that it's mandatory or that you know the. situation arise that they can step up.

even if it's taking out the trash like. you tell your kid hey you know take out. the trash when I get back I want this. done and when you get back and it's. done you feel better as a parent yeah. you know what I mean you feel like okay. they stepped up. when they needed to when I asked them to. and make you feel good that you you know. got people that that you're sending out.

in the world that are dependable and. responsible and not trying to [ __ ] over. nobody yeah [ __ ] yeah no that's that's. one of the greatest accomplishments you. can make as a human being you you made. the world better by raising better. people yep raise good people and. um you know that's that's. that's the number one job of aent I. believe is to raise a good person. because def the world don't need another. [ __ ] trust me we don't need another.

one we got plenty yeah we got plenty. we're all full show show it's also great. that you you you set a standard with uh. maybe people that don't even have a. father figure that you set a standard. with your words the way you talk about. things and address things and think. about things and you're so thorough that. you you set a standard with other young. kids that admire your too which is. beautiful that's good you know that's. great you know and I'm I'm blessed to be. in a position to do that um I want to do. that you know if you you know I hope I'm.

a good example. on you know I have fun with the music. and entertainment and this and that but. you know I want to be a solid person you. know what I mean that say what I mean. mean what I say and do what I say and. and. um you know all you got is your balls. and your word man that's it Tony Montana. that's all you got that's all you got.

yeah well no you've you've done it and. you've done it in an amazing way you you. set a great standard appreciate it man. um you have two you know you you are a. great um Communicator you know what I. mean and people need to to hear somebody. with courage speak for the people when. others are so scared too you know some. of the things that that you said um.

today you know a lot of people would be. scared to even bring that stuff up man. well it's what you said if you can you. should when you got the mic use it yeah. and I can so I do when you got the mic. use it someone has to this a wild ass. [ __ ] time it is man and. we need we need people to step up that. we trust you know we we don't need no. more people to let us down that we. believe in you know.

absolutely listen brother I appreciate. you very much it was an honor to have. you in here I've been a giant fan since. the 80s which is crazy and uh I just uh. I appreciate everything you do man. appreciate you too man you know you. great at what you do um you got me into. you got me into uh UFC you going to. watch next week weekend yeah I'm going. watch Bowski ya Rodriguez woo it's your. it's your passion for the sport your. knowledge of the sport your breakdown.

your ability to. to go back and say you know the origin. of this move and the origin of this move. really got me into the game so you you. know you're uh excellent communicator. and um I appreciate you letting me on. your show my pleasure it was an honor. thank you very much yeah yay all right. bye everybody. [Music]. [Applause].

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