Ice Cube On Eazy-E’s Role In N.W.A: “We Followed His Lead”

    During a talk prior to the world premiere of Straight Outta Compton at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles Monday (August 10), Ice Cube praised the work of F. Gary Gray, the film’s director.

    “We’ve been doing this together since about 1991,” Ice Cube said while joined on stage with Gray, as well as N.W.A members Dr. Dre, MC Ren and DJ Yella. Straight Outta Compton focuses on the evolution of N.W.A and is due in theaters August 14. 

    “What’s a beautiful thing is, me and him, we never went to film school,” Cube continued regarding himself and Gray, who directed the video for Ice Cube’s 1992 single “It Was A Good Day.” “We never did anything like that. We just used our passion, our drive and our hood prowess to get us to this point.”

    Dr. Dre then interrupted Cube.

    “Ya’ll is some talented muthafuckas, basically,” Dre said.

    After laughing, Ice Cube continued. “You a talented muthafucka, too, dog,” Ice Cube said. “But we just wanted to show everybody that you can do this. It’s all inspiration.”

    Later in his speech, Ice Cube said that the impact of late Eazy-E, who died in 1995 due to complications from AIDS, resonates today.

    “We up here because of Eazy-muthafuckin’-E,” Ice Cube said. “N.W.A was his vision in a lot of ways. We followed his lead in a lot of things as far as how we presented ourselves to the world. We’re proud of this night.”

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    5 thoughts on “Ice Cube On Eazy-E’s Role In N.W.A: “We Followed His Lead”

    1. HipHopDx…you don’t have any journalist at the NWA movie premier? No exclusive interviews, footage, early screenings…nothing? Fuck…I guess the industry takes you guys as serious as the comment section does. Proper spelling and grammar will get you a long way

    2. Even though Cube wrote most of Eazy’s shot, Eazy was the most “street cred” of them all (if that means jack to Millenials) and was str8 fucked over by the group. I wonder if either of those points will be brought up in the movie. Prolly not. Still can’t wait 2 see it and am bumping Compton right now over my subs….if you have apple headphones or something, skip it. You need to hear this music in the quality it’s mixed for -power bass, 12-24hrtz, impedance electrical etc… Headphones to appreciate fully.

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