Dr. Dre Releasing N.W.A. Film-Inspired Album This Week, Ice Cube Says - News
Photo by Natalie KardosThe N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton comes out August 14. In a new interview with Philadelphia radio station Power 99 (pointed out by Consequence of Sound), Ice Cube said...
View ArticleDr. Dre Announces Compton: The Soundtrack, Explains Why Detox Never Came Out...
Photo by Natalie KardosUpdate: The album's official title is Compton A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre, and it's out on Aftermath/Interscope. It's available for pre-order on iTunes. Find the album cover and...
View ArticleDr. Dre Discusses Abuse Allegations, Ice Cube Addresses Misogyny in N.W.A...
With Dr. Dre's new album Compton out and the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton hitting theaters, Rolling Stone's latest cover story is an interview with Dre and Ice Cube. During the conversation, Dre...
View ArticleKendrick Lamar Interviews N.W.A: "Anything That I Do, At All, Has Come From...
In a new cover story for Billboard, Kendrick Lamar sat down with legendary rap group N.W.A. They discussed a variety of topics, such as how Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella balance their work and...
View ArticleFrom the Pitchfork Review: Who Got the Camera? N.W.A's Embrace of "Reality,"...
With N.W.A’s biopic upon us, Eric Harvey explains how the gangsta rap originators’ work once acted as necessary counterprogramming to reality shows like “COPS” and how their mastery of media relates to...
View ArticleJerry Heller Sues Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Straight Outta Compton Producers for...
Jerry Heller, the music executive who managed N.W.A., has filed a defamation lawsuit against Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, the estate of Eazy-E, NBC Universal, and other parties associated with the Straight Outta...
View ArticleIce Cube Planning N.W.A. Reunion for Coachella - News
Ice Cube is set to perform at this year's Coachella on April 16 and 23. He might be bringing a few friends along with him. As Hot New Hip-Hop points out, on a recent appearance on "The Talk," Cube said...
View ArticleIce Cube Talks N.W.A Reunion, Dee Barnes, David Bowie in New Interview - News
Ice Cube has sat down for an interview with Rolling Stone in which he talked about the N.W.A reunion, his thoughts on David Bowie, why Dee Barnes was left out of Straight Outta Compton, and more. You...
View ArticleFunkadelic Share New "Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?" Remix With...
Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesIn 2014, legendary funk outfit Funkadelic released their three-disc album First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate, featuring "Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?." Last...
View ArticleFunkadelic, Kendrick Lamar, and Ice Cube Share Futuristic "Ain't That Funkin'...
George Clinton and Funkadelic have shared the video for "Ain't That Funkin' Hard On You? (Remix)," which features Kendrick Lamar and Ice Cube. Lamar originally featured on the Louie Vega remix of the...
View ArticleIce Cube and Common Team for New Song "Real People" From Barbershop: The Next...
Ice Cube and Common both star in the upcoming movie Barbershop: The Next Cut, which hits theaters April 15. (Nicki Minaj and Eve are also among the stars.) They've also joined forces for "Real People,"...
View ArticleN.W.A. Will Not Perform at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony...
Tomorrow, Kendrick Lamar will inductN.W.A. into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They will not, however, perform at the ceremony, Ice Cube has told The New York Times. He said, "Nah, we're not...
View ArticleIce Cube and Common Perform "Real People" With the Roots on "The Tonight...
Ice Cube and Common both star in the new movie Barbershop: The Next Cut. Last night, they performed their collaborative single from that movie, "Real People," on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy...
View ArticleCoachella 2016: N.W.A. Reunite, Ice Cube Brings Out Snoop Dogg and Common:...
Last year, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella reunited as N.W.A. for the first time in two decades at the BET Experience in Los Angeles. (Dr. Dre did not join them.) Then, this January, Cube said he was...
View ArticleFestival Report: Coachella 2016: Winners and Losers - Feature
A review of this year's California desert extravaganza, which featured grizzled vets like LCD Soundsystem and Guns N' Roses, rising upstarts such as Vince Staples and Kamasi Washington, and surprise...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Coachella 2016: Portraits and Live Shots - Feature
A gallery of backstage and onstage photos from this year's festival featuring LCD Soundsystem, A$AP Rocky, Deafheaven, Bat for Lashes, Deerhunter, Courtney Barnett, Ice Cube, and more.
View ArticleCoachella 2016: Dr. Dre Completes N.W.A. Reunion, Ice Cube Brings Out...
Last week at Coachella, Ice Cube staged a performance featuring every surviving member of N.W.A. except Dr. Dre. (The set also featured Snoop Dogg and Common.) This weekend, Dre showed up and performed...
View ArticleWatch A$AP Rocky, Big Sean, Ty Dolla $ign Create Kidz Bop Versions of Their...
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" recently aired a segment called "Ice Cube's Kidz Bop Hip Hop." In it, Ice Cube, A$AP Rocky, Big Sean, Lil Jon, and Ty Dolla $ign share clean, kid-friendly versions of some of their...
View ArticleIce Cube Producing “Hip Hop Squares” Game Show for VH1 - News
Ice Cube is executive producing “Hip Hop Squares,” a new game show for VH1 based on the classic American game show “Hollywood Squares,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. The show will pit celebrity...
View ArticleIce Cube Says He Felt “No Emotions” About Jerry Heller’s Death - News
This past weekend, Jerry Heller, the veteran music executive who served as N.W.A.’s first manager and co-founded Ruthless Records, died at 75. In a new interview on Detroit’s Hot 107.5, Ice Cube has...
View ArticleIce Cube and DJ Shadow Share New Track “Nobody Wants to Die” in Mafia III...
Mafia III is out October 7 on all major gaming platforms. A new trailer for the game is soundtracked by a new original collaboration between Ice Cube and DJ Shadow. It’s called “Nobody Wants to...
View ArticleDr. Dre and Ice Cube Cleared in Suge Knight Murder Lawsuit - News
Last year, Suge Knight was charged with murder following the hit and run death of Terry Carter. Months after his death, Carter’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Knight, and also named Ice...
View ArticleIce Cube Teams With Disney for New Oliver Twist Musical Film - News
Ice Cube has joined Disney’s new musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He will play Fagin, the adult ringleader of a gang of young pickpockets, in a...
View ArticleDeath Certificate - Album Review
Death Certificate is Ice Cube’s most important (if not his best) album, and one of the most essential works in rap history.
View ArticleDJ Crazy Toones Has Died - News
DJ Crazy Toones, the West Coast DJ who worked with Ice Cube, has died. Ice Cube confirmed the news on Twitter. “I just lost my homie, brother, DJ, confidant and loved one.” he wrote. “Crazy Toones...
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