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Ice Cube Is Straight Outta Sense if He Thinks Trump Would Actually Give Half a Trillion Dollars of Capital to Black Folks
Ice Cube is still saying things. The 51-year-old rapper clearly still feels a way about the pushback he’s been receiving about not only meeting with Purgatory President Donald Trump but lending any credence to whatever the fuck Trump says he’ll do for this “Contract With Black America.” “Let me get this straight, I get the…
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Too Many Black Men Wish to Be White, and That's a Problem the Election Won't End
When attempting to explain, during a university-sponsored book talk a few weeks ago, the difference between truth and honesty to the students, I posed a scenario where Jeff Bezos decided to buy a house on my block and live there. With him as my new neighbor, if you took the newly combined net worth of…
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'2 Great, Courageous Americans': Eric Trump Tweets Fake Photo of Ice Cube and 50 Cent Wearing 'Trump' Hats
Eric Trump… *clears throat* Boooooy, if you don’t get yo’ goofy, dumb, pale Dopey Smurf-looking, bologna-smelling, “I’ll tell my Dad”-face, Opie Taylor all grown up, extra mayo-on-the-side ass, “I was in the ultra-white line when God was handing out lips”-face, wet dog kissing on the mouth, never seen a washcloth in your life, clapping on…
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Ice Cube Is Ellis From Die Hard
Do you remember this guy? If you’re my age (41) or older, you probably do. I’m sure Ice Cube does, because he’s old as fuck! If you don’t, his name is Ellis and he’s from a movie called Die Hard. In it, a group of sophisticated terrorists—led by the iconic Hans Gruber—take a building hostage…
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Ice Cube Working With the Trump Administration Was Dumb and Naive. Here’s Why
All of these Black celebrities would do well to understand how unlikely it is that a sitting president is going to meet with entertainers on major policy decisions. Now, our current president and his administration will meet with you. He’s so desperate for Black friends that he won’t pass on the opportunity to use you…
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Red Table Talk Exclusive Clip: Ice Cube Says Black Folks Are Misled to Believe 'America Is a Household That's Broke'
The Red Table Talk may look a little different this year due to the pandemic, but the content is still as hot as the color of the table. Details of the newest episode via an official press release sent to The Root: “Fed Up and Fired Up: Ice Cube’s Bold Plan for Black America” |…
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Ice Cube's AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted Is 30 and I Pretty Much Had No Business Listening to This as an 11-Year-Old in 1990
According to historical records, Wikipedia and Instagram, Ice Cube’s debut, solo album, the indisputable classic, AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, turns 30-years-old on May 16, 2020. For those of us (you) less mathematically inclined individuals, that means that the album was released on May 16, 1990. On the heels of his departure from N.W.A. and without the…
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It’s Her Turn: Tracee Ellis Ross Debuts Her First Ever Song, ‘Love Myself’
Tracee Ellis Ross is “reaching out to touch” your heart with her new song debut! The Black-ish actress is starring in a new film, The High Note, where she portrays a legendary singer named Grace Davis with a decades-long career navigating the current music industry. Sound familiar? Yeah, I think her mom knows a little…
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Even 20 Years Later, Lucy Pearl's Sole Album Is Still as Perfect as Ever
As is typically the case whenever I’ve undertaken a project of some sort that requires me to carve out a sizable block of time to complete, I try to queue up a few albums that I know I love with high replay value so I don’t have to spend a lot of time skipping tracks.…
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First Look: Boyz N The Hood Is Now Available on 4K Ultra HD With Bonus Tribute to John Singleton, Who 'Changed Hollywood'
I’ll never forget the day I found out that John Singleton died. I was gallivanting about the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, not realizing that my current location would mean so much more than it already did to a cinephile like myself. Having some idle time on my hands, I scrambled to write up a proper…