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May 30, 2006

Ice Cube Vs. Oprah

In the new issue of FHM magazine, Ice Cube complains that Oprah hasn't invited him to be on the show.

"I've been involved in three projects pitched to her, but I've never been asked to participate. For Barbershop, she had Cedric the Entertainer and Eve on, but I wasn't invited. Maybe she's got a problem with hip-hop. ... She's had damn rapists, child molesters and lying authors on her show. And if I'm not a rags-to-riches story for her, who is?"
Man, he sounds genuinely hurt. Hopefully Ludacris and 50 Cent will be cast as sweathogs and all four of them can have a group hug.

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maybe one day he'll make it to her legends ball....

and he can get on the mic....

and say...

HEY OPRAH....YOU CAN NEW JACK SWING ON MY NUTS!

FUCK AMERICAKKKA, STILL WITH THE TRIPLE K....

& HERE'S A CLIP FROM MY NEW MOVIE, A FAMILY FLICK, CALLED ARE WE THERE YET.....

ice cube is still the shit....

dough boy, forever!

ok, whatever, nevermind.

Posted by: maya lucia at 05/30/06 1:58 PM | Reply
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now he'll never go. it'll be a pity-invite.

Posted by: foster at 05/30/06 2:21 PM | Reply
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who'd have thought back in the NWA days that Ice Cube would end up moaning to some glossy magazine about not getting invited on Oprah.

If GG Allin was still with us would he be dabbing his eyes with a kleenex and telling us how much it hurt not to be invited on Hollywood Squares?

Posted by: g at 05/30/06 2:29 PM | Reply
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"Oprah Winfrey does not care about black people"

[/sarcasm]

Posted by: Leon M at 05/30/06 5:43 PM | Reply
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DON'T FUCKEN MESS WITH OPRAH

50-DY is a schmuck

Posted by: eman at 05/30/06 10:50 PM | Reply
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LUDACRIS & 50 CENT ARE UNCLE TOMS!

Oprah has given HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to the BlACK COMMUNITY. Oprah gets her audience to give TENS OF MILLIONS to the black community.

LUDA & 50 CENT just call blacks NIGGERS, create negative black stereotypes to please their masters which are white frat boys who listen to their crappy excuse for music.

Just because LUDA is too godamn stupid to come up with an intelligent reply when Oprah stated her objection to some of his lyrics, he and his gang of big bad tough rappers have to gang up on a middle aged black woman who has given a THOUSAND TIMES more money to the black community than all of them combined.

They're too cowardly to go after powerful whites and too cowardly to criticise Bill O'reilly, so they gang up on a middle aged black woman because they know she's a loving spirit who wont be tough on them.

LUDA should be thanking Oprah. It was Oprah's support and vote that helped CRASH get an Oscar. Oprah was very nice to him on the show, even complementing his performance.

If Oprah were an Uncle Tom she would put these clowns on her show everyday and let them disgrace black America for the amusement of white boys, inspiring even more black thugs in the future.

But Oprah cares about black people which is why she's constantly promoting POSITIVE black images like Toni Morrison and Maya Angelous, discussing important black issues like women in the Congo, Katrina, and constantly bringing black art and black actors to both film and broadway.

Any black person who disses Oprah is an idiot, a self-hating Uncle Tom, or just jealous that she's the world's ONLY black billionaire and the Queen of All Media.

Posted by: erison at 05/31/06 10:17 PM | Reply
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Aww Ice Cube's feeling hurt?

http://www.musictimes.com.au

Posted by: Music Times at 06/01/06 5:14 AM | Reply
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I've heard that Oprahs answer was that she has nothing against hip-hop. She actually has hip hop on her iPod. Oprah is cool.

Posted by: zarah at 06/01/06 9:24 AM | Reply
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Kanye was on her show. Is he not considered hip hop?

Posted by: M. at 06/02/06 4:45 PM | Reply
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Is not Eve hip-hop?

Posted by: whatever at 06/04/06 10:36 AM | Reply
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He he be called Ice-sphere. He is just a whining fat fuck sellout bitch.

Posted by: Loser Cube at 06/07/06 5:10 AM | Reply
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I don't think his feelings are hurt. I think that when you Executive Produce a show like Black White, Your movie studio puts out Barbershop and you star in it, and is the headliner in that movie, and everyone gets invited but you, its a slap in the face. I absolutely love Oprah, I watch her everyday, and its her show and she can do what ever she wants, but I think she should be careful not to alienate her own. Not only middle class and higher watch her show, like myself for example, and I would love to see someone like Ice Cube be interviewed. He came all the way up just like she did. He's not as rich of course, but its a similiar path, I would like to see a story about successful Black men as well

By the way, no way is Ice Cube a sell out. How many other people almost always casts their movies with unknown African-Americans and make them stars?

Posted by: EALWAYS at 06/10/06 8:07 PM | Reply
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As an outsider, non-American, white middle class and male, one cautious comment. Self righteousness won't fix things, nor will the screams of rage from hip-hoppers. The issue is simple, venting your fury is not enough - get involved, make some changes or support those who will. It may seem savvy to snarl your contempt towards "bitches and ho's" but its little more than the petulance of young men who hate , not women, but themselves. As far as I'm concerned women are everything.

Posted by: David MacSwan at 04/21/07 9:49 PM | Reply
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Life is to short to be fighting over this and that, if it doesn't fit don't force it, just relax and let it go....I love Ice Cube and Oprah as well, Can't we all just get along?

Posted by: CARL Anthony at 07/08/07 12:29 AM | Reply
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