Ice Cube recounts the day he decided to leave N.W.A | Juan EP is Life 

Imagine interrupting Ice Cube. Let the man speak.

Ice Cube the only person who looks happy/annoyed/pondering/bored all at the same time lol

14yrs old at the time, visiting my father in Queens for vacation and I see the Most Wanted tape in the record store, which had just come out that week. Asked him to buy it and the man actually allowed me to play it in the car on the ride home. I hope I will be as supportive of my kid's taste in music as he was. .....and what an album it is.

You know what’s interesting? While Cube was in NYC making an album, LL Cool J was in LA making “Bigger And Deffer”. CRAZY!

Cube my Top 5 Dead or Alive

I’m glad he mentioned Arabian Prince because it felt like they tried to make him seem like he wasn’t in the group.

Story’s like this why I will never stop loving this thing called hip hop!!! Salute Ice Cube!!

Ice Cube is a certified Genius and has been since a teenager. Everything he accomplished was by Design, not Luck...straight from his brain on to Wax and in to Films, Give this man his GOAT status!!

Ice Cube is intelligent, talented and super courageous. This interview is great even though there are times things went way over their heads. Cube is truly one of the greatest writers, activists and businessmen in entertainment.

Ice Cube often gets overlooked when talking about the greatest MC’s of all time , but this guy was so much better than he gets credit for .

Cube and Bomb Squad together changed the game

As a 17 year old white boy from England listening to NWA in the late 80s then my whole conception of ice cube changed when I sat down and watched boys in the hood his acting skills blew me away, I still pump Jockin for Beats ep 🙏🏼

Ice Cube is the reason I love gangsta rap I culdn't get enough of it and I still can't

Cube was my favorite rapper in the late 80s early 90s and I’m a east coast nigga I remember my homies use to be like “Why you always listening to that west coast shit?” It was hard Cube was gangsta and militant with lyrics he was the whole package for them times

“I said I was gonna go to the east coast and get my beats and folks on the west coast laughed.” “They laughed?” Bomb squad took that……personally.

When the NWA/Ice Cube feud started happening, I immediately took Ice Cube's side. I knew he was going to be big!

Ice Cube's lyrics and personality at the time attracted East coast hip-hop headz.

Back in Ice Cube early years he was untouchable! Him and Scarface ran the 90's as solo hip hop artists💪🏼

Amazing story! ICE CUBE is one of my all time favorite rap artists

His body of work is impeccable "premium lyrics" Grand finale to Drop the bomb and more ....

The opening skit of the electric chair execution was fire... and then the beat dropped with Cube screaming " I heard payback's a motherf**king ni@@a. Just dope. I jammed that cassette ( yes, cassette) hard in the 90 Corolla. Still one of my favorite albums from the legendary Ice Cube.

Cube's 'fro is fresh

No Vaseline still is 1 of the best diss records to date, hands down.

How the hell have I heard this timeline a million times and still get hype when cube adds more details 30 years later. 😎

Never knew cube wanted Sam Sewer to produce for him, that would be dope too. Love 3rd Bass Cactus album

Mad love for Ice Cube from day 1, been killing his music since my early teens right on, out of NWA, it was always Cube because of the fact that he was smart enough to see through the Jerry Hella BS and all his solo's from then on were 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The moment I heard this dude when he was with NWA, I said he should be solo because he was more talented lyrically then the other members. So it was known before his solo career that he was that dude. His first 5 releases are all classics. I don't remember not liking one song from any of them. Kill at Will (EP), America's Most Wanted, Death Certificate, The Predator and Lethal Injection.

Dope, I want to hear the rest of this interview

I love Cube & NWA but its more amazing what he was able to accomplish in Hollywood and his business ventures.

I LOVE THIS! When i was a young buck in San Diego, i loved East Coast hip Hop, and hearing Cube tell this story! Awesome.

Man, I absolutely love the Cube! Would really appreciate to see the whole thing 🤞🏽 He has been one of my favorites since I was a kid, and Amerikkkas... is still to this day very high on my list 🔥

One of the greatest interviews ever. Ice Cube LEGENDARY!!!!!

This is so interesting… so many details I’ve never heard 🤔

"Amerikkkas most wanted" was the best rap album ive heard and I still listen to it and love it...and im a white punk rocker who likes all music even if its not my favorite genre...as long as it jams...turn that shit up loud.

“You let a Jew break up my crew.” Ice 🧊 Cube to Eazy-E. Cube spoke nothing but FACTS!💯

My Number 2 rapper of all time, dead or alive….I love this dude, so talented and smart. So glad he didn’t let Jerry screw him with no Vaseline……

As a kid, Ice cube was my favorite rapper at that time, when cube stop rapper, eight ball from Memphis, TN was my next favorite and now slim thug is now one of my favorite at the age of 46 years old. These three guys are my top 3. I love these guys.

I hope there’s more from this interview with ICE-CUBE everything was just getting interesting I love to hear the rest of it and so on and so on

Krazy-Dee left first he wrote "panic zone" with Arabian Prince he was Latino, it was originally called 'Hispanic Zone" but Dre Dre told him "nobody is gonna buy a song called "Hispanic Zone" so they changed the name and soon after Arabian Prince left who brought J.J. Fad to Ruthless Records.

Amerikkka Most Wanted , Ice Cube , and The Formula , DOC, was the two most amazing introduction albums of that era

Cube's story is the most compelling, his movie should be next, based on his journey after NWA....Good piece here!!!

Beautiful to hear this from Cube''s point of view.

I remember when this came out and wishing it was longer.. true juan ep classic. The originators

Honesty...Passing off baton between artists is a gift u can't teach. It's love in the community. Musicians and producers...in allignment. It still happens. Leaders make it happen.

MC Ren to me was underrated in the group and so was Arabian Prince

Out in Queens NY and Long Island we all knew Ice Cube was the man from Straight outta Compton.

Cube got the Longshots and First Sunday afro

I remember telling ppl about Juan Ep podcast back in the day and most ppl would say what’s a podcast 😂

best interview ever. just incredible

That’s why he’s The 🐐 in my eyes no one besides 50 has crossed coast like that!!!

Who would've thought the same person who was shown that much love and became part of a historically significant collaboration would also be a part of something as divisive as the Westside Connection? Now that they're elder statesmen, I'd like to see another collaboration between Ice Cube and The Bomb Squad. The youngsters could use their guidance.

After a monetary dispute over the group's management by Eazy-E and Jerry Heller, Cube left N.W.A in late 1989, teaming with New York artists and launching a solo rap career a year later in 1990.

Cube Is A Rapper's Rapper!! 💯

No Vaseline number one diss record of all time💪🏿💪🏿🤜🏿🤛🏿🙌🏾

Cube always look da same man fountain of youth for real …GodBless da OG

Dope Story Cube ... Glad the Borough's was able to give you nd The West early flowers .. Majority of Stories about NYC , is always a Depressing one , on how Est Coast has/is always salty about other artist [from different regions] shout Out Chuck D nd Bomb Squad

Ice cube forever be looking young. Dude 53 looking 33

Cube was the writer of the group....

Juan ep is the first pod I ever got invested in. And it was because stories like this. And I remember joe budden coming on this and pete telling Joe he needs to start a pod and a few weeks later Joe and Marisa start episode 1 of I’ll name this podcast later. Juan ep is goated in my book

Because of how much ice cube and Busta rhymes and LL Cool J mean to the culture and their relative youth sometimes I forget that these niggas are super duper OG's in hip hop. These niggas were literally around next to the pioneers before some of the niggas that we hold on a pedestal in hip hop. They were before Wu-Tang Nas Tupac biggie Jay z DMX Eminem. Them niggas been around but cube LL and busta been around round. Sometimes you forget that these niggas was just 17 18 when they first albums dropped.

Man I wish Dre would have produced ice cube album when he left.

Cube had a little soul glow 🌟 in that fro

Great questions and letting the man speak.

I wanted to ask the same questions. Great interview.

Wow! This is amazing. Thanks. Full video please?

As a kid, that 1st album... "A Gansta's Fairytale" - Got the most thump!!!

All these years, but never knew the origin story of Cube and the Bomb Squad. Just knew they hooked up for that classic album, but not the details. I liked the Straight Outta Compton movie, but don't feel that big-screen format does justice to a story like Cube's. He's needs a definitive autobiography, or a Netflix-style series detailing his life and career. As GOATed as Cube is, I'm still not sure if hip hop, as a culture, really realizes how much of a pioneer this man was and still is. Ditto for Rakim.

Cube was my favorite rapper in N.W.A and then when he linked up with the East coast WOOOOOOOOOOOOO! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

nice throwback...

I thought he had problems with Eazy, but it was really Jerry. And I thought cube had a relationship with PE prior to recording amerikkkas most wanted ice cube still one of the hardest in the game to me.

🙏 Juan Ep has learned how to do this internet thing *and make a reel/short of it asap

Eazy-E was all about Eazy-E and you can see that when he appeared on arsenio Hall. Arsenio was just trying to get a little diplomacy out of easy but he wanted to just take these shots at Dr Dre so I think he was instrumental in causing the breakup of NWA...

Cube is the best. I remember being really bummed when he left the group. But then when Amerikkka's Most Wanted came out.... Sick!!

Cube all day

Really interesting stuff!

I love stories like this.

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Wow this is crazy cool

'Amerikka's Most Wanted' is in my top 5 hip hop albums of ALL time.

Lyrical genius 🔥

Amazing!

Ice Cube top 3 greatest of all time.

Ice Cube is a Icon….’

I love hearing big names in The industry give props to 3rd Bass.

The Grandrising King 👑 Ice Cube Is Keeping It Real 💯💪💪

I love this story

The way Jerry was talking to Cube was a sign for Cube to leave NWA.

Cube lookin like Higher Learning Cube again lol,,they need a reboot of that movie, RIP J singleton

Living legend his correct about public enemy run dmc was the first albums I was listning to then I started to listen to nwa and mostly was into Texas rap because nothing beat there street stories

Cube is one of the most polarizing MC of all time!

If I ain’t da 1 was a person😂😂😂😂❤

That studio was in Hempstead, NY(Long Island)

this was cool

It's a great album....classic.

Amazing

Well there you have it. Ice Cube has always been my favorite, it doesn’t surprise me that he wrote the hit songs..

Cube and Bomb Squad was a Perfect Marriage 💪🏿💪🏿💯🙏🏿

The deal was structured so that Ruthless got a little off the top, and the band split the rest equally. So they split $375,000 five ways, which is $75,000 apiece. That was an astronomical amount of money, and everybody signed their contracts except for Ice Cube. He had a good lawyer, Lee Young, Jr., who used to be the head of business affairs at Motown and a guy that I have done business with over the years and his parents were well educated. Ruthless also had lawyers that looked over everything” Cube received $32,700 in royalties in addition to the $75,000 he wanted, totaling an initial $107,700 in cash. In the years since, all group members have accrued millions in royalties from album sales, preformances and re-releases. To insure that his finances were secure, Ice Cube also enlisted various law firms to inspect the books at Ruthless Records, yet nothing suspect ever appeared in their findings. “I treat my artists real good, I give them fair deals. I start them off at 12 points, with escelation at every 500,000. In the publishing a 50-50 split. Most people take 100% of the artists’ publishing. I know a lot of people who have sold 4 million records and ain’t even seen a million dollars. That ain’t no record deal. Now, I’m not trying to give out any big advances because that’s recoupable, that’s your own money. If you take a big advance you’ll have to pay that back if you don’t sell enough units.” ~Eazy E; January 1995

The is so interesting for old school heads to hear how he got with The Bomb Squad 👌

💡It took an outsider like jerry heller to step in and find an angle to turn talented friends against each other for money.🎯 🙏🏿God blessed Cube with multiple success for believing in his God-given talent. May we all do the same.🙏🏿