Zitat des Tages von Ice Cube:
There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these team logos all the time started bringing a synergy and energy about having to rep your city, your team, everywhere and all the time.
We're in this entertainment business really to give the audience what they want.
You don't wanna mess up what you've done. It's like Jordan coming back: You're scared to mess up the legacy.
I do what I do. You like it, great. You don't, go listen to somebody else. I'm stickin' with the people who stuck with me.
I was a very interested arts student, I was always into that part of school and when I got into high school I went into architectural drafting. It gave me an understanding of how to build things and it's really helped me put things in perspective. With my music and my movies, to me it's all art.
I was ready to get out of the box and play something a little different than what everybody has seen.
There's a lot of talent in South Central L.A., in Compton and Long Beach and Watts, and the city north of Pico pretty much sits back and waits for that talent to emerge and then steps in.
Don't get a movie confused with real life. I'm a well-rounded human being like everyone else.
When people see the Cubevision logo, they should know it's something good, something worth checking out.
Young people are dying for no reason all over the world that don't know why. It's ugly, everywhere.
My son Darrel could recite 'Straight Outta Compton' at two years old. He loved it! You can expose your kids to anything as long as you sit there and explain it to them.
South Central is just who I am.
I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.
The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.
The silver and black may have another home, but the Raiders will always belong to the people of Los Angeles.
Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.
Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.
I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.
Sports without music, it's nothing but a game. Music adds the emotion.
I'm just an entertainer, man. I don't like to pigeonhole myself to anything. I love to do it all.
I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
Even though I have a nice house, nice family, the rest of my generation is still in South Central L.A. My cousins, my brothers, my sisters, they don't wanna move out. They don't want to and they don't have the means to sustain it. That's where my heart is and that's what I think about all the time.
You like a woman, she's got kids, it's a package. You can't just go in one-sided.
I been all around the world and I haven't found a city that I'd rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles.
With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am.
I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.
I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career.
Rap is always evolving. It's easy for the old school to hate the new school, but it's a music that got a little stifled I think, by the Internet a little bit.
I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
I have a lot of milestones that I'm proud of when it comes to music, 'Amerikkka's Most Wanted,' I'm extremely proud of that. Just because of what I had to go through to get that music produced, that album produced.
Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that's kind of where all the action is. You get a chance to have your hands in every aspect of a film. From picking a director, sometimes picking a writer, to the actors, the wardrobe, set design, editing, music, and marketing.
I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.
I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.