While in New York today (January 14), Ice Cube reacted to Straight Outta Compton not getting an Oscar nod.
“We ain’t worried about it,” Ice Cube said during an interview posted by TMZ. “We good, though.”
While it was not nominated Best Picture, the N.W.A biopic that Ice Cube produced was nominated for best Original Screenplay. Ice Cube, who along with Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren and DJ Yella comprised N.W.A, is portrayed by his son O’shea Jackson Jr. in the film. Straight Outta Compton is the highest-grossing film by a Black director of all time.
The Academy Awards were announced today. Nominated for Best Picture are The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room and Spotlight.
Ice Cube next appears in Ride Along 2, which is set to arrive in theaters tomorrow (January 15).
For additional coverage of Ice Cube, who reacted to Straight Outta Compton not getting an Oscar nod, watch the following DX Daily:
It was a very good movie, but let’s not pretend like it had a chance.
Think BIGGER next time.
Um? This wasn’t an award worthy film anyway? Dre made himself out to be a Saint especially with that corny ending. Didn’t really like who they cast for Snoop either. It’s great entertainment for what it’s worth but not even close to being Oscar worthy.
Nigga Snoop character was in the movie for all of 15 seconds, fuck you mean you didn’t like who they cast for him
Doesn’t excuse him from being a poor choice? I could S L O W I T D O W N F O R Y O U I F T H A T H E L P S ? Keep it moving Mr. Artist!
Who cares about how the role was cast for a 15 second appearence lol you ain’t got to slow it down for me bro, just speed up your maturation process and respect that the movie was about NWA, not a movie about the first 15 seconds snoop spent with Dre upon meeting him smh, damn kids now a days
Lmfao @ “speed up my maturation process” smmfh? The 15 second Snoop Dogg feature isn’t my concern whatsoever? It was an observation. Pump the brakes, Mr. Artist. It’s not that serious. As for the film, I was more unimpressed how Dre portrayed himself to be a “superhero” as C the God had put it a few months back. Also, the storybook ending with Dre walking off into the sunset after sticking it to Suge was hilarious. Not to mention that they misrepresented Eazy with the whole studio beat down with multiple sources close to him stating that the incident never took place. It’s just not an Oscar worthy film. We good? Great
We good Jay, respect your observation, no disrespect intended
*Denzel voice* My n***a!
the film was rubbish and full of lies
Bullshit BK, the story was accurate in terms of how the group came to be, and the situations that led to the break up and direction each of them took afterwards, only thing that was questioned was did Easy E really catch that fade, but that was small compared to the over all narrative of the movie
Well I thought the movie was great and worthy of a Oscar nod but we all know it would have to be a movie about a white group like the beetles, or a David Bowie biopic for white people to recognize it, in the words of the late Micheal Jackson “They Don’t Really Care About Us”
Only thing tjats ass is your attitude, and your sensitive nature you red neck, hairy back, little dick child molesting motherfucking peckerwood!!!!!!
And its nigga, never ignorant getting goals accomplished….you animalistic canible ass bitch!
I heard he was a trouble maker anyways. The movie should have been called MWA.
Uea you heard that from that Jew blood sucking jerry heller, who was fucking him out his money…no credibility, he was the ultimate reason that they all left
Mad Max tho?? Lol that says it all
The movie got nominated for best original screenplay hhdx
This movie sucked big time, i don’t understand what the fuZ is all about.
This generation does not know quality.
It was above average, descent acting, but nothing more. What happened to quality black movies like Clockers, crooklyn amd mo better bluesby Spike Lee. 12 years a slave and the color purple.
A movie is a movie. If the acting and lines are bad, it’s still bad.
“what are you gonna name th label?”
“aftermath” serious face
it was a biopic you idiot….and it was Great movie that deserved recognition
A movie with so many inaccuracies can never be a good movie to me. Plus the fashion was wrong too. And the actor who played Ren looked nothing like him. 3 outta 5 movie.
You young fools kill me, Denzel didn’t actually look like Frank lucus, Johnny Depp didn’t actually look like John Dillenger or Whity Bolger dumb fuck you gotta open your mind and watch the actor potray the role, Derrick Luke didn’t look shit like puffy in The Notorious Big, stop fucking with that heroin and crystal method and evolve your mind my little friend who’s mom probably still buys and washes his underwear
Should’ve portrayed Eazy E like the true gangsta and entrepreneur that he was, maybe you would’ve won that shit. He opened up a lot of doors in the Music Industry for Black Rappers and Black Labels.
True that
Eazy just wasnt done right
Exactly!
Ok it was a decent flick but not Oscar worthy.. even though most of the movies they do choose is not my kinda flicks..
I always new ice cube was fake. Jerry heller was right they all wanted to be the true gangsta which was eazy
Ice cube is not fake at all, this man has had a successful career with no pitfalls, drug addictions or being shot or killed, he’s been married to the mother of his children for over 20 years, why would he strive to be a gangster?…that gangster shit will get you killed, or locked up…. hence C Murder, 2 pac, Easy, and many more
lol at below playing the race card.
lmaaoo lock out the black actors, directors and producers and award the white screenwriters. The Oscars are a joke.