Ice Cube says N.W.A was a “weapon of protest against” the struggles present in their neighborhood.
At a time when the city of Compton, California was dealt numerous blows due to Reaganomics, police brutality, and other social and economic issues, Ice Cube revealed that N.W.A served as their “weapon of protest.”
Ice Cube detailed the formation of N.W.A, during an appearance on “Larry King Now.” He also revealed that not only did his neighborhood influence N.W.A, “N.W.A influenced the neighborhood.”
“It was really our only weapon of protest against what we saw,” Ice Cube said. “What was happening to our neighborhood. Coming in in the era of gangbanging and crack and police brutality and Reaganomics, this whole mixture of things forged N.W.A. And the neighborhood that we come from made N.W.A. And then N.W.A influenced the neighborhood.”
The rapper/actor, who lent his assistance during the filming of the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton, also provided some insight into the gradual end of N.W.A. He confirmed that he did leave over “money reasons,” and added that N.W.A only lasted one album.
“And the group really only lasted one strong album. They went on to do a second album, but it was never the original members…It was money reasons,” Ice Cube said when asked why he left the group. “I found out that we wasn’t really getting paid what we was supposed to get paid. And nobody wanted to correct the situation with me. So, I had to leave.”
Video of Ice Cube speaking on the formation of N.W.A, can be found below.
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Now that another generation has some idea who the fuck he is I think he means NWA is a weapon to get his ass out of Coors commercials.
I found it funny that people hate on Rick Ross for his fake gangster personia, But Ice Cube is considered a legend.
Cube is the fakest gangster rapper of all time.
That’s because Cube never had a gangster persona. He rapped about some gangster shit, but he was also politically and socially aware. I saw Cube’s whole career, I don’t ever remember thinking of him as a ‘gangster’. Rappers back then spoke on gangster shit, rapper now GLORIFY gangster shit, that’s the difference. When a rapper tells both sides of the story, it become a story or a narrative. When a rapper just boasts about his gangster life, then it becomes an image they have to uphold.
C’mon dude…if a song could ”GANGSTA GANGSTA” and songs like ”NATURAL BORN KILLAZ” isn’t enough to convince you that Cube perpetuated the image of a Gangsta. I don’t know what is. NWA did glorify the worst stereotypes of the young black male on Niggaz4Life. The 2015 biopic whitewashed the real image of NWA on the records and conveniently glossed over the negative influence they had on the youth of that era and also portrayed Eazy E as quite possibly the weakest link of NWA. Total BS IMO.
Ice cube was never a corrections officer posing as a drug kingpin. You seriously have no critical thinking skills lol.
Oshea yall was promoting dope dealing and banging… We was on Kid N Play before NWA
Damn I’m so tired of the negativity in the comment section here. No matter what the subject is you lame mfs have to find a reason to say something negative. Go protest, go vote or how about just go away. There are real hiphop fans that love dialogue but this site is the worst of the worst. I’ve been coming to this site since day 1 but today I’m at the point of saying goodbye for good!