Ice Cube jokingly suggests that they should’ve “put a slave in Straight Outta Compton” to appeal to Academy members.
During a recent appearance on Angie Martinez’s show on Power 105.1, rapper/actor Ice Cube spoke on Straight Outta Compton being slighted when it concerned Golden Globe and Academy Awards nominations. Despite not being nominated, he says the N.W.A biopic deserves a Best Picture award.
Cube concluded that while it is nice to be recognized, the real recognition for Straight Outta Compton came from fans and moviegoers.
“I think we deserve Best Picture,” Ice Cube said. “Especially by them leaving two [movies] out. They usually pick 10 movies. They picked eight this year…I do what I’m supposed to do to promote the project. I ain’t gonna kiss no ass for nothing. Maybe that is the problem. Or maybe we should’ve put a slave in Straight Outta Compton. I think that’s where we messed up. That’s where we messed up. Just one, random slave for the Academy members to recognize us as a real, black movie…The thing about it is that does not define us or—That award is cool. It’s cool to be recognized. But people recognized this movie back in August when it did $200 million at the box office.”
Ice Cube later revealed his plans to upgrade Cube Vision to a film studio. He said his goal is to release the movies that “need to be made,” and recruit talent with great ideas.
“We trying to do big things,” he said. “The dream of mine would be to turn Cube Vision into a full-fledged studio where we can greenlight and finance our own movies. And that’d be my next 10 years if I could see…It’s just a company that’s doing the movies that we think need to be made. Movies that we don’t think are being recognized on the right scale. And we want to produce. We want to give people a shot. That got great ideas and great movies.”
Video of Ice Cube speaking on the lack of Straight Outta Compton awards nominations, can be found below.
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Why are black people so obsessed with winning white awards? I mean, they say they don’t give a shit yet still complain. I’m Salvadoran and most people of South American descent that I know living in America don’t give a shit about any of this. Be secure about yourself and make your money. Let your actions do the speaking.
Cause it’s not a white award
I love slave movies. Nothing like seeing slaves on the porch eating watermelons.
Don’t be a cunt.
Straight out of Compton deserves Oscars like 8 mile deserved Oscars like Get Rich or Die Trying deserved Oscars like I got the hook up deserved Oscars real spit
You my bitch
I can tell when its you cause you always replying to a comment trying to make a friend you lonely no life having rat
Wow. Talk about conceited.
Zing!
Nice one. So did BAPS, Killa Season and State Property.
It was a good movie but let’s not act like there were next level acting performances going on in that movie. The dude that played Eazy-E was the only one that deserved any sort of award.
fuck you white boy. that movie was from the street for the street by the street for the street. if it’s important to us, then that’s like american as american pie
Lmaooooooooo so because of that it deserves Oscars…you’re definetly a white troll
bitch, i’m prolly the only nigga here. sounds like everyone here is white or sumthing. you a bitch
Eat a fat dick pussy boy
So because you said nigga I’m supposed to believe that you’re not a loser white troll…Ok!
We can tell because you’re complaining as usual! Kicks rocks, Malcolm X!
The problem with America is racism is fought with racism, just like you are doing here. All these people shouting racism without mentioning who they should replace in the categories. They just want people with dark skin to be nominated for the sake of it? racism. Lol at your reason as well. Was for the streets.. Are you Rick Ross?
Facts on black Oscar stats. These people playing the race card are sad. http://i.imgur.com/T2TqB9s.png
SOC should have recieved oscars and best film of 2015 its one of the best films ive seen in a long time, i cant wait to see tupacs movie, i loved notorious, 8mile, get rich or die trying, cadilac records, walk the line and hustle and flow! I wish there were many more films about music artists i knew about and some good films about the struggle black youths have growing up in the hood it sort of remonds me of growing up in glasgow scotland woth all the gangs staying in a scheme ( hood ) liveing in poverty doing what we have to do to survive and have food on the table! Some people just dont realise how hard it is for familys growing up and youths surviveing from today and even back then! I dont think there is anyway that they could have made SOC any better and every actor done auch an amazeing job
You said you loved GRODT….your opinion is irrelevant
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Funny how if no black nominees at an Oscar the race card is played right away. How about this, maaybe there just wasnt any black nominees because they just didnt deserve it.
You know things are sad when we as people have now got to feel obligated to included a different race, minority, etc just for the sake of it so we don’t offend anyone.
oh ya, why aren’t the Chinese, Indians, Mexicans up in arms over Oscar snubs? give me a break
SOC was a good movie. Should have been considered for “Best Picture” or nominated for some type of award. But if you recall America did not like NWA period. NWA was big in the rap community but on a grander scale, a problem for America. America was not ready for the message NWA was conveying much like they were not ready for 2 Live Crew and how they got down. If you think about it the problems NWA were reporting about in their music has gotten much worse. So I’m not surprised they were not nominated for an award. The guy who played Eazy-E deserved a nomination, he was pretty good playing that role! Also, Mad Max was a TERRIBLE movie that put me to sleep IN THE MOVIE THEATRE!! How is this movie nominated for Best Picture is beyond me!
I don’t understand why niggas wanna get recognized by white people so much, do your own thang!!!
Lol. So you still want segregation? What a ridiculous comment.
Straight Outta Compton is trash ass hell. Fuck you fake ass you don’t deserve any awards.
I didn’t see SOC yet. Isn’t it kinda biased and one sided as far as the story goes? Does it mention Bone and ATL more or less keeping Ruthless afloat in the 90’s?
Lmao my boy last night “BT was signed to eazy? Why didnt they say that in SOC.”
Not one bit! Which they should’ve. Eazy was misrepresented in a few scenes and Dre was portrayed as if he were a hood superhero! Definitely nowhere near Oscar worthy.