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Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.

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Ice Cube
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 15
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I knew a dude whose entire check was going to his car. He didn't care. This is back when the Mustang 5.0 came out in, like, '82. Between paying the note and insurance, I think he had like $40 left. A lot of people knew people because of their car, and not them.
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The real is always presented. That hardcore record or movie is not needed in the hood, because it's already there. You can see it with your own eyes.
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I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!
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I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's like climbing a mountain or building a building. It's a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself.
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You ask me, Did I like Arsenio? About as much as the Bicentennial.
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Nobody I know got killed in South Central LA. Today was a good day.
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I figured, when I make a movie, especially earlier in my career, one thing I was going to make sure was that the movie doesn't cost a lot and that it has potential to make a lot of money. That's how you get respect in Hollywood.
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Comedies in Hollywood is usually the path of least resistance when it comes to being black in Hollywood and putting movies together. They would rather make us laugh than cry, in some respect.
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You really have to challenge yourself to come out of those parameters that they put you in, even if that's your job.
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Our household is built on love and respect. And we don't really let negative vibes stay too long. It's worked out. I got a great family, great kids.
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You like a woman, she's got kids, it's a package. You can't just go in one-sided.
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I want to do more drama. Comedy is the path of least resistance for my company. People know we can do them. People know they get a good response. People want to make them. Who am I to push up against that?
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Keep doin' what you're doin', fall in love with what you're creating, and everything else will fall into place.
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I'm not trying to turn into Eddie Murphy, and just do kids movies the rest of my career. I'm going to still do a wide variety of movies, as well as do hardcore rap.
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Don't want to hear my favorite rapper doin' a love song. If I want to hear something soft, I'll throw on Luther Vandross.
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Run DMC brought us out of that underground-only feel. They brought rap above ground and made it respectable as an art form to mainstream music.
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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.
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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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I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game I got them all to sign it. So that ain't going nowhere. I'm going to die with that in my casket.
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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.
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