SUBJECT=ICE CUBE WHY DID HE FALL OFF
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That's a tough one...Cube did advocate their beliefs and literature (esp. the book MESSAGE TO THE BLACK MAN by Elijah Muhammad) during '91/'93, and also had members of their security (The Fruit of Islam, AKA F.O.I.) working for him as bodyguards. From what I've read and heard, Cube was introduced to the ideas of Islam by Shorty and Kam, two former gangbangers-turned rappers.
Whether he's actually a member, I'm not sure, though...Rolling Stone Magazine's NEW BOOK OF ROCK LISTS has him listed under "Followers of Islam" in their "religion" section. On the other hand, Muggs from Cypress Hill once said, "that Muslim shit was fake. Cube goes with whatever's hot." Don't know how much stock I'd put into that statement considering that it was made when Cypress was feuding with The Westside Connection! LOL!
BTW--THE GLASS SHIELD's not too bad. A little slow, but interesting here and there.
PEACE!
Whether he's actually a member, I'm not sure, though...Rolling Stone Magazine's NEW BOOK OF ROCK LISTS has him listed under "Followers of Islam" in their "religion" section. On the other hand, Muggs from Cypress Hill once said, "that Muslim shit was fake. Cube goes with whatever's hot." Don't know how much stock I'd put into that statement considering that it was made when Cypress was feuding with The Westside Connection! LOL!
BTW--THE GLASS SHIELD's not too bad. A little slow, but interesting here and there.
PEACE!
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Cube doesn't rap about anything real to the ghettos anymore. The average man in the hood ain't gonna connect with "Yeah I'm the don mega, I got dime bitches in my kitchen to cook me lobster, I fill swimming pools with wine" ...his first 3 albums were excellence because they were bangin beats laced with straight up game...his beats maybe a little better now, but his lyrics ain't sayin shit.
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And FYI - Cube was X'd out by the NOI for fuckin Kam. They took his plaques down in Mosque 54 and stopped covering for him. The brothers told me, and it may be jealousy lyingbut a good muslim usually doesn't lie, the brothers had to constantly cover for Cube's porno addiction. They said they had to pay the store clerks off and rough the store manager up to keep they mouths shut cuz Cube would buy $1000.00 in porno a week.
Wow...the N.O.I. must have stopped fuckin' w/Cube after the first FRIDAY movie, because I watched that again the other day, and if you look at the closing credits, there's a credit that says: "SECURITY: N.O.I. Security Unit" or something like that. So they must have stopped covering for him around '94/'95 (which would have been when the first FRIDAY was filmed).
LMFAO @Cube being addicted to porno, though! I'm not being disrespectful, but wasn't Kim (Mrs. Cube) satisfying him? Why did the F.O.I. have to threaten the manager, anyway? Was he threatening to go public w/ Cube's addiction? Was Cube not paying the store (don't see how he couldn't afford to)...
PEACE!
LMFAO @Cube being addicted to porno, though! I'm not being disrespectful, but wasn't Kim (Mrs. Cube) satisfying him? Why did the F.O.I. have to threaten the manager, anyway? Was he threatening to go public w/ Cube's addiction? Was Cube not paying the store (don't see how he couldn't afford to)...
PEACE!
