According to Ice Cube, the “proudest” moment of his career was made much sweeter by the fact that he encountered resistance while pursuing it.
In an appearance on the Iman Amongst Men podcast co-hosted by former NBA player Iman Shumpert and his brother Ahrii, the legendary N.W.A member reflected on his stellar career.As for Cube’s “proudest career accolade,” he said, “Wow…” Friday would be my pick because I was completely unprepared for the writing and production tasks at hand. Everyone was taken aback when I performed a comedy act because my music had no comic elements.
“Our music had some humorous moments, but it was all hardcore, so people thought I was hallucinating. They were like, ‘Wow, Ice Cube is bringing a comedy to this?'”
According to the West Coast rap legend, composing Friday gave him the self-assurance he needed to create his iconic single “It Was A Good Day.”
‘It Was a Good Day’ taught me a lot. The musical rendition of “Friday” was what it was to him, he said. Everything was challenging, but now I’m here to turn it all around. That’s me emerging from the box.
I should also be allowed to rap about my happy days since I am a reality rapper.Although Ice Cube and Warner Bros. have been at odds for quite some time about who owns his Friday film franchise, the rapper recently gave a positive update on the matter.
In June, the 55-year-old discussed the possibility of the series’ revival during an interview on Sirius XM’s Flavor of the Week. The show has been inactive for over twenty years.
He informed host Flavor Flav, “We finally got some traction with Warner Bros..” for his part. “The leadership has changed. The man I worked with on my early Friday, Players Club, and All About the Benjamins—Mike DeLuca—was an employee at New Line. As a result of his attendance, Mike DeLuca is currently the head of Warner Bros.
The Straight Outta Compton actor also detailed his discussions with the production company.”Yo, what the h*ck is happening with Friday? It was that bad.” “Dude, we need to bring this back online,” he went on to say. John Witherspoon’s death caused them to take so long, and I was getting a bit agitated because of it. Tiny has gone away. Death has befallen A.J. Johnson.
You guys are slacking off and not doing the movie the right way, and we’re still losing cast and crew. The important thing is that it must be done, or else we shouldn’t mess with it, even though they want to. Consequently, they realized their mistake.
Friday (1995), Next Friday (2000), and Friday After Next (2002) make up the trilogy thus far. Warner Bros. owns the name of the series Cube developed and even the names of its characters, as he confirmed last year.