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Ice Cube Confirms Last Friday Movie
For the last several years, rumors have floated around about another Friday movie starring Ice Cube. The cult classic, which has spawned memes and “Bye, Felicia,” was released in 1995 and starred Cube and Chris Tucker. Although other sequels were released, Tucker didn’t reprise his role as Smokey. On a recent appearance on The Late…
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Fist Fight: Charlie Day and Ice Cube Make Teaching Look Like WWE Monday Night Raw
Back when I was in high school, I always wondered if teachers ever got into fights with each other in the break room. There were always rumors of teachers who didn’t like each other, and there were the ones who took that dislike to another level. I can’t say that I ever saw a fight…
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Unique Views Podcast, Episode 22: Black or Ish? The Allen Maldonado Edition
There is a running joke on the Unique Views podcast that I, Stephen A. Crockett Jr., have agreed to work with Danielle Young, aka Miss Patti LaDanielle, aka Ms. Patti Patti, knowing that she served time in a small prison in Iowa. I’ve also claimed that I work with her because it shows unity and…
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Michel’le’s Surviving Compton Doesn’t Forget About Dre
“Everybody keeps asking me, ‘Girl, why you ain’t in they movie? You was there. You was down with Ruthless Records right along with them boys,’” Michel’le Toussaint informs us in her intro to her Lifetime biopic, Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge and Michel’le. Straight Outta Compton is the movie to which Michel’le, as she is best-known,…
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25 Years Later, the Power and Brilliance of Boyz n the Hood Still Resonate
“In any type of writing program, they say to write about what you know,” John Singleton told Walter Mosley during a conversation following a 25th-anniversary screening of his classic film debut, Boyz n the Hood, in New York in June. “When you’re a certain age, you only have a limited amount of life experience. I…
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On "Compton", Dr. Dre, and Still Loving NWA More Than I Probably Should
Let me put it out there upfront N.W.A. is my favorite rap group of all time. I will sing the praises of Eazy, Ren, Dre, and Cube (plus DJ Yella) until the cows come home. Except, there’s an asterisk on that last sentence. Because there has to be. But we’ll put a pin in that.…
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"Straight Outta Compton" and The Gang Called N*ggaz With Attitudes
Y’all gon’ have to excuse me for a second because I’m about to go full fanboy. NWA is my favorite rap group of all time. I love Outkast. I love Mobb Deep. I respect the hell out of Run-DMC. But NWA? That’s how you do group. I’ve written about how I discovered a lot of…
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O'Shea Jackson Has A Son Named O'Shea Jackson Junior
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