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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.

Ice Cube

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Ice Cube
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 15
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I'm just an entertainer, man. I don't like to pigeonhole myself to anything. I love to do it all.
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They thought we were just basically keeping ourselves underground on purpose. And it was just strange for people to approach music that way. And for rap, trying to get recognition, and be seen as a regular form of music like anything else. I mean, the Soul, R&B, Rock 'N Roll, they would dis the hell out of rap when it first came out.
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When you're spending your money for a nice outing, you want to go have a good time. And I always thought comedies, laughing, was something that was made for entertainment on that level. And records and maybe TV and stuff like that is really made to be heavy.
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Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.
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Anybody that really knew Tupac will tell you the same thing. That he was just a dude that was full of life, full of energy.
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The silver and black may have another home, but the Raiders will always belong to the people of Los Angeles.
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[Boycott Oscar] is like crying about not having enough icing on your cake. It's just ridiculous.
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