Ice Cube has responded to comments Kanye West made about him during his recent inflammatory appearance on Drink Champs.
While Ye made a number of controversial remarks during his three-and-a-half-hour sitdown with N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN, he spoke about his recent antisemitic comments, and credited Ice Cube for putting him on his current “vibe.”
“Cube’s really set me up for this,” Ye said before addressing him directly: “You’ve really influenced me to get on this antisemite vibe. I’m here to finish the job.”
“I hate that my name was dragged into this Drunk Champs bullshit,” Cube replied on Twitter. “I don’t know what Ye meant by his statements, you’re gonna have to ask him. I didn’t put the batteries in his back. Please leave my name out of all the antisemitic talk. I’m not antisemitic and never have been.”
Ice Cube’s comments come as he’s been trailed by allegations of antisemitism for years. He’s previously been an outspoken supporter of Louis Farrakhan, a prominent anti-semitic religious leader, and in 2015 was accused of ordering his entourage to assault a rabbi.
At the peak of the pandemic in 2020, Cube again came under fire for sharing numerous memes that suggested Jews were responsible for disruption within the country. He responded by calling the memes “pro-Black.”
Elsewhere in Kanye’s problematic interview with Drink Champs, he referred to rap peers like Diddy and Meek Mill as “fake hard n-ggas,” and said even more scathing remarks about “the Jewish people.” He at one point even suggested George Floyd was killed by fentanyl, and not by ex-cop Derek Chauvin kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
In an interview with Hot 97 on Monday (October 17), N.O.R.E. called the fallout from his Kanye interview a “learning experience.”
“I’m sorry,” he said. “I can sit there and say, ‘That’s only Kanye West, it’s only what he said.’ But I have a responsibility when I have an audience … When I watched myself, I was embarrassed. I was like, ‘Wait a minute? You just let him say that?!’ I’m irresponsible for letting it go.”
He added, “I still believe people have a right to speak, whether it’s something you agree with or not, but you have a right to also check them — and check them immediately. That’s what I regret.”
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Kanye’s Drink Champs interview is just the latest in a string of controversial interviews the Yeezy mogul has given these past few weeks. He also sat down for an interview with Fox News earlier in October where he made more claims about Jewish people, and discussed the controversy surrounding his White Lives Matter t-shirt, which he debuted during the YZYSZN9 fashion show at Paris Fashion Week.
Funk Flex offered a call to action to other rappers on his Monday (October 17) show, and demanded artists do better in calling out Ye.
“I know the rappers [are like], ‘Well, we don’t wanna give it any fuel.’ You’re a liar,” Flex said. “You rappers are liars! All you have to do is really say your thoughts without mentioning Kanye’s name, but you don’t because you might do business with him down the line, you want a feature. I have not seen one person tied to his label, signed to his label, who has a feature, anybody that works in his office, say anything that what Kanye said was bananas.”
Anybody remember the song “Black Korea” on Ice Cube’s album “Death Certificate” ? That song wasnt racist right ? Right ???
he never said he wasn’t racist, he said he’s never been antisemitic. learn how to read genius
No it wasn’t. If you around during that time that was the an issue we were going through as young black men all over the US. Let’s keep shit 100 Cube spoke from his heart and for alot of us who were facing those issues at that time. Don’t miss understanding the difference between the two. But I do respect ur feelings. RESPECT
That song was about Latasha Harlens who was brutally murdered she was shot and killed by a Korean store owner who falsley accused her of stealing a juice bottle get your facts straight
And there’s people out there that compare this dufus to 2pac and BIG…brain surgery to the masses. Kanye Jayz Puffy Micky Mouse and the rest of them clowns ruined a genre of music
You know Kanye went hard on the antisemitism when even Ice Cube goes ‘woah, too far’
the show is called Drink champs people drink then rant and rave on it. ye just did the big show with drake
Blasts? Horrible choice of word. Plus you just used it in another headline. Creativity is not your strong suit.
Ice Cube is a cuckold.. i bet he fantasizes about a bunch of small hats taking turns on his wife. What a sick bastard. That’s some slave mentality cuckoldism at it’s finest.
WHAT?! XD
Another vicious moron speaks. Now crawl back in your dank hole.
One of em doesn’t take accountability for the dumb shit he does daily and the other one lies out the crack of his ass! Both geminis! Go figure…
Cube should slap the herpes off Ye’s lips!!
Translation: Nore and Ice Cube apologize to the Matrix.
It brakes my heart that no one()black. Understands the msge kanye is sending out there. He feels frustrated that at this his tublent time no black man is standing with him. The zionists. Purposely destroy his family.took over the company found and label him a crazy man..it is heart braking. If it is any of you how will you feel ?you all knows how much kanye cares about black people to the estent he boldly acuse Jorge Buch of neglecting. black people. How many of you can be bold enough ?. Nowl the zionist has run him down and non of you is saying anything.. He is only showing his frustration. The blac elits are cowards. Simple.
The horrible grammar throughout this statement are mind blowing and shows the type of people that support Kanye.
I’m going to need you to learn how to spell the simplest words in your paragraph before you come up with ‘knowledge’ for the people
Dino, you are going ex stinked before our eyes. Good luck being a lapdog who looks up to a looney bigoted moron.
The first Da Lench Mob album has some really racist bars, e.g. Buck Tha Devil feat. Ice Cube. But many afrocentric rappers made this mistake in the 90s. As a white man I loved Da Lench Mob, just like In God We Trust by Brand Nubian which is another big pile of racist bullshit. Sometimes it’s hard to decide if it was for the hype, or are these artists really some brainwashed idiots. Anyway…. while some words can be pardoned in a song and you can say it reflects to something, in real life these kinda statements are unforgivable. But as we all know, Kanye will do anything for the buzz, he has no morals. Somebody should just break his jaw again.
Someone needs to punch Kanye in the face and tell him his music sucks!!! Ignore this bi polar piece of shit!!!