Actor, writer and rap legend Ice Cube joins WIRED to answer his most searched questions from the internet. Who's his best friend? Is he from Compton or South Central L.A.? Will there ever be another Friday movie? Cube answers these questions and more in the WIRED Autocomplete Interview.
SAG-AFTRA members are currently on strike; as part of the strike, union actors are not promoting their film and TV projects. This interview was conducted prior to the strike.
SAG-AFTRA members are currently on strike; as part of the strike, union actors are not promoting their film and TV projects. This interview was conducted prior to the strike.
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00:00 Yo, what's crackin'?
00:00 This your homeboy Ice Cube,
00:02 and this is the Wired Autocomplete Interview.
00:05 [upbeat music]
00:08 Man, give me them damn questions.
00:10 What you askin' me?
00:11 [upbeat music]
00:13 Send 'em in.
00:15 Who played Ice Cube in "Straight Outta Compton"?
00:18 What's that young pretty boy name?
00:21 I think his name is O'Shea Jackson III.
00:24 He did a great job, but he ain't nothin' like his daddy.
00:28 Who is Ice Cube's best friend?
00:31 My best friend is my wife, Kim.
00:33 Best friend I ever had.
00:35 What would Kevin Hart say?
00:36 Kevin Hart wouldn't say nothin'.
00:38 Kevin, no, he's not my best friend.
00:40 Kevin is the friend that owes me the most money.
00:42 Who was Ice Cube's producer?
00:45 Depends, you know, you talkin'
00:47 about the one and only Dr. Dre.
00:49 You know, I have been produced by the one and only Dr. Dre.
00:52 Who is Ice Cube related to?
00:55 Well, you know, I'm related to a few people.
00:57 There's a rapper by the name of Dale, the funky homo sapien.
01:00 If you didn't know, that was my lil' cuttin'.
01:03 That's my lil' cuttin'.
01:04 I'm also related to a guy named Max Shine.
01:07 You know what I mean?
01:08 100, and I do know that.
01:11 Okay, let's see here.
01:14 Is Ice Cube a Raider fan?
01:16 Come on, man, you know the answer to that.
01:19 I'm the president of the Raider Nation.
01:21 Tom Brady, you're a rookie.
01:23 We need donuts in the locker room, bruh.
01:25 Is Ice Cube coming out with another Friday?
01:29 Hopefully, but you never know.
01:31 You know, it's not in my hands.
01:32 If it was in my hands, we'd be on the 20th version.
01:35 It'd be like Fast and Furious.
01:37 Is Ice Cube east or west coast?
01:40 West coast, baby.
01:41 I am the west coast warlord.
01:44 Is Ice Cube from Compton or South Central?
01:47 See, now, this might trip you up if you don't know.
01:51 You get straight out of Compton,
01:52 and you didn't know Ice Cube was from South Central.
01:55 Is Ice Cube old school rap?
01:58 No, I'm not old school rap.
02:00 I'm every school rap.
02:01 Every school.
02:03 Next.
02:05 What is Ice Cube big three?
02:08 The big three is the best professional
02:10 three-on-three league in the world.
02:12 We on to season six.
02:14 All summer long, baby.
02:16 We bringing the fire.
02:17 What is Ice Cube's best album?
02:20 How could you pick just one?
02:22 That's like asking me what's my best kid.
02:24 All of them.
02:25 What is Ice Cube's diet?
02:28 Pizza, fat burgers, I love a good steak, rib eye.
02:32 I might stop, you know what I mean,
02:34 at the cabinet and grab a snack.
02:36 What is Ice Cube's good day?
02:39 Man, it's a good day when I'm kicking it
02:42 and nothing bad happened to my family,
02:44 my friends, or anybody I know.
02:47 That is a good day.
02:48 Yeah, it's a little different now.
02:49 You know, I'm a married man, you know what I'm saying?
02:51 I can't be doing the things I did in that song, man.
02:55 What does Ice Cube look like now?
02:58 Handsome as ever?
03:00 What you think?
03:01 Man.
03:01 Does Ice Cube do meet and greets?
03:04 Yes, I do.
03:05 I love to meet the fans
03:07 and everybody know I love the kids, okay?
03:09 Does Ice Cube like Korn?
03:12 You talking about the band?
03:14 Of course I like Korn.
03:15 Come on, man, you know one of the best bands
03:18 to come out of LA, baby, Korn.
03:20 My partner Jeff Kwantnis used to manage Korn.
03:24 We ran into each other and it was just a good vibe.
03:26 We did music together.
03:28 Went on the Family Values Tour with them.
03:31 Friends to this day.
03:32 Does Ice Cube live in Anaconda?
03:35 How can I live in Anaconda?
03:37 Oh, did I live in the movie Anaconda?
03:40 I was like, man, how can I live in an Anaconda?
03:43 Yes, Ice Cube did live in Anaconda.
03:46 Since I'm the black guy,
03:48 you probably thought I'll die early in the movie
03:51 like in Jurassic Park.
03:52 Thank you, Steven Spielberg.
03:53 Does Ice Cube own his masters?
03:57 Yes, I do.
03:59 [claps]
04:01 How old was Ice Cube in "Boys in the Hood"?
04:04 19.
04:05 When did Ice Cube get famous?
04:08 My breakout hit was a song that I did
04:11 called "Dope Man, Dope Man,"
04:13 produced by Dr. Dre, put out on Rufus Records.
04:15 We dropped it in '87.
04:18 Ice Cube's Ninja Turtles.
04:20 What about my Ninja Turtles?
04:22 I'm playing Superfly,
04:24 the baddest villain since Darth Vader,
04:27 the baddest villain since Jaws.
04:29 Don't get on his bad side.
04:31 He'll shit on you.
04:32 How did Ice Cube and Dr. Dre meet?
04:35 I met Dr. Dre because his cousin
04:38 lived right down the street from me.
04:41 I was always waiting for him to come over.
04:43 He came over, I rapped for him.
04:45 The rest is history.
04:46 Ice Cube.
04:49 That's me.
04:50 Bow down lyrics.
04:51 The world is mine, homie, get back.
04:54 Don't mess with my stack, the gauge is racked.
04:56 About to drop the bomb, I'm gonna motherfucking die.
04:59 Big fish in a small pond.
05:01 You know the rest.
05:02 Ice Cube, first song.
05:04 Is it the first hit song or just the first song I ever wrote?
05:07 'Cause the first song I ever wrote was kinda,
05:09 it was "Boo Boo."
05:11 It was a few years of rapping.
05:13 I started rapping when I was 14.
05:15 I wrote a song for the Wrecking Crew when I was 15.
05:19 It was a song called "The Cabbage Patch Dance."
05:22 It was, you know, my first song written.
05:25 Very proud of it.
05:26 And then I wrote "Boys in the Hood" when I was 16.
05:29 Ice Cube's "Yea Yea" George Clinton.
05:33 I actually got it off of a Knee Deep record.
05:37 He say, "You know what, be a yea yea,
05:40 "not just knee deep, as long as they deep
05:43 "once you did the freak with me."
05:44 That's where the yea yea comes from, George Clinton.
05:48 Ice Cube's eyebrow.
05:49 It is I.
05:51 It is mine.
05:51 You know, I charge a little money, you see.
05:54 You know what I mean?
05:55 Nah, can't see hoes.
05:57 Bam, done.
05:58 That was Ice Cube's Wired, Auto,
06:02 - Complete interview.
06:05 - Complete interview.
06:07 Yea, yea.
06:09 See you next time.
06:10 (upbeat music)
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