Ice Cube

Released: November 17, 1992

Songwriter: Ice Cube

Producer: Ice Cube

[Woman #1:]
I was raised to be white-black, I was raised to be equal to anyone. Listening to you, you are so prejudiced I just can't believe it! I am shocked! You're scaring me!

[Woman #2:]
What is he saying that you have a problem with?
What is he saying that you have a problem with?

[Woman #3:]
What scares us is I think we hear violence

[Woman #4:]
I Think you don't know what the fuck it is you talkin' about

[Woman #3:]
I'm so scared to go out in the world next year, because I was never a prejudice person until listening to you, it's really scary hearing what you're saying, I'm very scared!

[Woman #2:]
What is he saying that you have a problem with?
What is he saying that you have a problem with?

[Woman #3:]
What scares us is I think we hear violence

[Woman #4:]
I Think you don't know what the fuck it is you talkin' about

[Woman #3:]
They're saying questions about us fearing, white people fearing, you know, what will the black folks do and stuff, we should be running down the streets, screaming and ranting and raving cause when you look at the statistics, Who is the one dying? From the policemen? From the KKK? From the skinheads?

[Woman #3:]
What scares us is I think we hear violence

[Woman #2:]
What is he saying that you have a problem with? And why is it when a black man stands up to speak for his people, and all the people stand up to speak for their people, there's no problem with it?

But you saying
He said "black", he said "jew"
When people talk... they talk like that

But why is it when a black man stands up to speak for his people, you feel so threatened? Everybody's paranoid?

And you talk about black segregation? We live in Harlem and we live in Watts. We live in Bedford–Stuyvesant. That's a form of segregation. We walk through Bensonhurst. We get killed. So what are you talking about?

Straight outta South Central Los Angeles, Ice Cube became one of the most respected rappers in hip-hop, helping to usher in the era of gangsta rap with N.W.A and as a solo artist. He has gone on to become a mogul in Hollywood but still remains true to the game that brought him his success.

Born O'Shea Jackson on June 15, 1969, Ice Cube got his name from his older brother, who threatened to put him in a freezer and pull him out when he was an ice cube. He began rapping in high school and started his rap career as a member of Stereo Crew, which released the single “She’s a Skag” through Epic Records in 1986, and C.I.A. with the 1987 track “My Posse.” Both groups featured producer Sir Jinx, the cousin of DJ/producer Dr. Dre.

Ice Cube’s big break came when he wrote the song “Boyz n the Hood” for Eazy-E, which led to the formation of N.W.A. as a group. After the release of the 1987 compilation N.W.A. and the Posse, the group released their classic debut Straight Outta Compton in 1988. A financial dispute caused Cube to leave the group in 1989 and start his successful solo career, starting with his 1990 platinum debut Amerikkka’s Most Wanted.

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