Twerking has to end. Not for the ones that look good doing it, but for all the ones that you feel, 'You don't have enough to twerk back there. Your twerkin' look like jerkin'.
When people see the Cubevision logo, they should know it's something good, something worth checking out.
I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God.
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I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God. You know, going to the mosque, the ritual and the tradition, it's just not in me to do. So I don't do it.
Anything that got to do with a pig, I ain't eatin'.
Music has done a lot to enhance the emotions of sports. It's played in arenas. Whenever there is footage cut together they're always using music. And it goes together, you know.
Sometimes when you're relegated to your neighborhood, you forget that there's more important things than your neighborhood going on out in the world.
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.
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.
It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'
We're in this entertainment business really to give the audience what they want.
Don't get a movie confused with real life. I'm a well-rounded human being like everyone else.
Young people are dying for no reason all over the world that don't know why. It's ugly, everywhere.
The best thing I've done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody.
I was ready to get out of the box and play something a little different than what everybody has seen.
I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.
Sports without music, it's nothing but a game. Music adds the emotion.
South Central is just who I am.
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South Central is just who I am. 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.
Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.
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.
I'm trying to cut down a little on eating, on sodium, keep my blood pressure down, which is tough. Because I love food! I do, but it's unfair how everything that's bad for you tastes so good, and all the good stuff, veggies and green things, doesn't match up.
There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That's all it is.
I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them.
The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.
When I did 'Boyz N The Hood,' I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.
There's a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don't have that chance to show it.
I think I'm unique to the game 'cause of my versatility.
Gangsta to us didn't have anything to do with Al Capone and stuff like that. It's just about living your life the way you want to live it. And you're not going to let nothing stop you.
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.
I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.
What I learned from architectural drafting is that everything has to have a plan to work. You just can't wing it. I can't get all the materials I need for a house and just start building. Whether it's a career, family, life -- you have to plan it out.
Ice Cube is the piece of me that I give away to the public.
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 have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I'm a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.
I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
I've done movies for certain reasons; I did 'Anaconda' because the black man lives. Simple. The black man isn't dead in the first three pages, like Jurassic Park. It's like, 'The black man kills the snake with a Latino girl? Damn! I got to do this.'
Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.