Ice Cube has had a long love affair with sports. Pick a sport. Any sport. And if that sport is representing his beloved home of Los Angeles or, at the very least, the great state of California? Even better.
But now, Cube — who together with his groundbreaking NWA rap collective made the all-black Raiders cap a hot-seller — isn’t just a fan. He’s an owner of a league. In 2017, Cube and entertainment exec Jeff Kwatinetz created the Big3, a 3-on-3 league that features former NBA ballers and international players and, much like Ice Cube himself, the game plays by a new set of rules.
Just like the Big3, Cube has marched to the beat of his own drum. And he’s landed some pretty impressive shots by doing so.
In some circles, Cube is known more for his work in Hollywood than he is for his rap career, which quite frankly helped elevate hip-hop’s already impressive lyricism. He’s been at the acting thing since 1991, when he starred as Doughboy in the late John Singleton’s game-changing film Boyz n the Hood, which earned Singleton an Oscar nomination and marked the newcomer as a brilliant, young voice in filmmaking.
Since then, Cube has starred in, written, produced and directed movies and TV series, but please don’t think any of that means he’s forgotten about his hip-hop roots.
Earlier this month, he announced that he’ll be returning to the stage in his first headlining tour in more than a decade to celebrate his 40 years as a music maker. You read that correctly — four decades. This fall, he’ll take on major arenas for his “Truth to Power: 4 Decades of Attitude” tour, and you better believe he’ll be performing all of the good stuff.
Andcape caught up with Ice Cube to chat about his love of sports, his desire to own a league and why, at 55, he’s not ready to give up making music.
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