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Ice Cube

Co-Founder and CEO, BIG3 · 1 appearance on the record.

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Ice Cube rose to fame as an original member of the hip-hop group N.W.A before building a solo music career and starring in hit film franchises such as Friday and Barbershop. In 2017, he expanded into sports business by co-founding the BIG3 professional basketball league.

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1 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 2 not checkable as stated how the 3 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

3 assertions · 2 opinions · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 3 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 2 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Ice argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Ice Cube confronted Priority Records' head with a baseball bat
“My favorite part, though, is Is going in Brian Turner's office with the bat. Yeah. You know, that brings back memories right there. Yeah, I was on one. I was on one. For real. But we cool now. We cool now. You know, he paid me my money too.”
Ice Cube Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 40:27 a16z Podcast | Straight Outta Compton, The Interview (including Ice Cube and Ben Horowitz)

Everything Ice Cube said on the a16z Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ice Cube: LAPD's war on gangs targeted all Black and Brown youth
“You know, we was dealing with Daryl Gates, who was the chief of police in Los Angeles at the time, and he had declared a war on gangs. Now, to most law-abiding citizens, a war on gangs sound pretty good, but if they think every black teenager They run across, …”
Ice Cube Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:52 a16z Podcast | Straight Outta Compton, The Interview (including Ice Cube and Ben Horowitz)
Opinion
Ice Cube: Cameras expose how US law enforcement preys on citizens
“Now you look up and people realize that it's a, it's, it is an epidemic because we have camera phones body cams, dash cams, all these things are letting people know the things that we've been knowing for hundreds of years in this country that You know, the law…”
Ice Cube Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:25 a16z Podcast | Straight Outta Compton, The Interview (including Ice Cube and Ben Horowitz)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ice Cube: N.W.A shifted public perception to challenge police testimony
“Before NWA, if a cop testified against you, everybody believed him. You were going to jail. Straight up. After NWA, people started to say is this true? Is this true?”
Ice Cube Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:41 a16z Podcast | Straight Outta Compton, The Interview (including Ice Cube and Ben Horowitz)
Assertion Supported
Ice Cube confronted Priority Records' head with a baseball bat
“My favorite part, though, is Is going in Brian Turner's office with the bat. Yeah. You know, that brings back memories right there. Yeah, I was on one. I was on one. For real. But we cool now. We cool now. You know, he paid me my money too.”
Ice Cube Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 40:27 a16z Podcast | Straight Outta Compton, The Interview (including Ice Cube and Ben Horowitz)
Opinion
Ice Cube: It would be easier for N.W.A to emerge today
“Now is, is probably more easier for N.W.A. To come out than back then.”
Ice Cube Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 27:45 a16z Podcast | Straight Outta Compton, The Interview (including Ice Cube and Ben Horowitz)

The other half of the tape: Ice Cube's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 1 time in 1 episode on the a16z Podcast. 2 statements on the record name them. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Ben Horowitz 1

Statements about Ice Cube, by other people (2)

Opinion
Gray: Nepotism didn't cast Ice Cube's son; novelty fades quickly
“Nepotism was not a part of this project, because when it's all said and done, the novelty of Cube Son playing Cube wears off after the 1:05 minutes. If he can't carry a movie, this movie doesn't work.”
F. Gary Gray Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:58 a16z Podcast | Straight Outta Compton, The Interview (including Ice Cube and Ben Horowitz)
Assertion Partly supported
Gray: Ice Cube spent 13 years getting Straight Outta Compton made
“I've been involved with this project for four years. It took me four years to get this on, up to the screen. I think it took Cube over a decade, maybe 13 years, to put this on the screen.”
F. Gary Gray Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:37 a16z Podcast | Straight Outta Compton, The Interview (including Ice Cube and Ben Horowitz)

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Appearances (1)

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a16z Podcast | Straight Outta Compton, The Interview (including Ice Cube and Ben Horowitz) Jan 2, 2019 7m
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