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Ice Cube Answers The Web’s Most Searched Questions

Ice Cube takes WIRED's Autocomplete Interview, answering the world's most searched questions about himself.

Released on 04/11/2016

Transcript

Yo, what's up, this is Ice Cube.

You know what I'm doin'.

I'm doin' the Google audio complete interview.

(hip hop beats)

Huh, let's see.

What is Ice Cube's best song?

My best song is It Was a Good Day,

because it's my biggest song.

It's a song that if I don't do,

it'll be a riot in the stands,

so I gotta perform It Was a Good Day every day of my life

that I'm performing.

What is Ice Cube's real name?

My real name is O'Shea Jackson,

but I since I got a junior and he's famous,

I gotta call myself O'Shea Jackson Sr., which sucks.

What is Ice Cube's workout routine?

Going from the kitchen table back to the couch

and then back to the refrigerator

and back to the kitchen table

and then over to the couch again.

That's my workout routine.

What is Ice Cube's favorite movie?

My favorite movie is Jaws.

I love Jaws, because it is to me the perfect movie.

Adventure, popcorn, scary, cool,

it's everything, all that wrapped into one.

Alright, what else we got?

Is Ice Cube a nice guy in real life?

Yeah, sometime they call me Nice Cube.

It depends if you owe me money.

If you owe me money, I'm not that nice.

Alright, is Ice Cube in a video game?

Yep, I'm in Call of Duty.

I play the guy who gets killed too soon in the video game.

Is Ice Cube still, what?

Am I still alive?

No.

Is Ice Cube a good dancer?

No, I suck.

I actually only do one dance,

which is called the Gangsta Two Step,

and it only got two steps and I still need help with that.

Is Ice Cube related to Ice T?

Uh, no.

He's the homie, we both got the first, same first names,

but my surname is Cube, his is T.

We don't have the same daddy, sorry ya'll.

Alright, where did Ice Cube get his style from?

I got my style from my neighborhood.

I ain't got my Chuck Taylors on,

but they usually rock Chuck Taylors,

501s, khakis, T-shirts, etc.

I mean, I keep it simple, but I don't keep it stupid.

Where did I go to college?

Well, I didn't go to college.

I actually went to a dumbass trade school,

called Phoenix Institute of Technology.

I took Architectural Drafting.

I got my certificate.

I threw it in my closet, 'cause I ended up rappin'

and doing the shit I'm doin' right now

and the reason I'm doin' this interview.

So, no college, shoulda went, but I didn't.

Where did Ice Cube get his name from?

I got my name from my brother.

My brother, he's about nine years older than me.

He used to have all kind of women callin' the house.

I would try to get at 'em.

He got mad at that.

He said he was gonna slam me in the freezer one day,

turn me into a ice cube.

So I was like, you know what, that's a badge of honor.

When I walked out the house that day,

I told him don't call me O'Shea no more.

I found my nickname, it's gon be Cube, it's gon be Ice Cube.

So from then on, start callin' myself Ice Cube.

Where did Ice Cube learn how to rap?

Actually, learned how to rap watchin' other rappers.

But my friend, and who was a producer of mine,

named Sir Jinx, he actually helped me start rappin'

where I was right on beat.

He brought me in there and he was like,

No, you gotta hit it on this, you gotta be on this rhythm.

This, that, and the other, so thank you, Jinx!

What else I got?

Does Ice Cube have any tattoos?

Nope, I don't have no tattoos,

haven't figured out what I want

to write on myself permanently.

Does Ice Cube still tour?

Yes, I do.

All the time, got a lot of festival dates to do this year.

I'm doin' Coachella,

the biggest music festival in the world.

Yep, I'm still tourin' and when I come to your town,

I want to see you at my show.

Does Ice Cube drink alcohol?

Hell, yeah, you got some?

Matters what you talkin' about.

You know I don't drink that cheap shit!

Does Ice Cube talk to Dre?

Talked to Dre yesterday, know what we talked about?

We talked about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Dre, you goin' to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

I don't know, I wasn't gonna go, but yeah I think I'm goin'.

So Dre will be there, we will be there.

And I think we talked about Coachella too

Alright, later.

Google Autocomplete Interview, it's a wrap!

Starring: Ice Cube

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