The Incredible Story of Ice Cube | Big Boy Off Air (Interview) 

I’ve waited 35 years for an interview like this

I bought Cube's Amerikkka's Most Wanted while on lunch break at work. I tried to zoom through it to see how many good songs was on it. I ended up listening to the whole damn CD in my car & I was getting pissed because there were no songs worth skipping & it made me late getting back to work.

Total respect for cube, love how big boy lets the artists talk without interrupting

I had to pause this interview and go listen to “No Vaseline” AGAIN!!!

Cube is definitely underrated. He’s a great rapper, writer, actor, and businessman definitely a legend

The best Ice Cube interview I ever saw, I love when a legendary superstar talks from a place of a common man

Cube is a fucking Icon, he is the culture

Crazy how them NWA songs still slap till this day 😮

Flowers and Appreciation to a legend who bought a lot to the culture 🐐💪🏿

Saw Cube and Mack 10 in Houston in late 90’s. Cube should be in more Goat convos IMO

This was one of Cubes best interviews. Great job Big.

CUBE DESERVES ALL HIS 💐💐💐 🐐

To those who have yet to see Cube live. If you get a chance you better go! Dude rocks the crowd. Pure hits from his solo career, some NwA stuff and Westside Connection stuff and of course WC is always rocking with him at the shows

Ice cube is a goat hands down he literally took down 4 dudes by himself with No Vaseline one of the realest and truest artist in the rap game

When I watch Ice Cube and listen to him speak, it brings back insurmountable joy and memories of my childhood. I remember when my cousin first introduced us to NWA, he got the tape off somebody selling tapes out the trunk ... I was heavy into rap as I had an older brother & sister that had their favs... this music helped shape us... not just gangster rap but hip hop period. Some hits still hitting ya feel me?! Ice Cube is a living legend...he is one of the greats that showed us how you can achieve so much more than sitting on your porch/car hanging out on the corner. So proud of ALL of his achievements. One Love Family ❤

Great interview, Cube deserves his flowers!

I love these self made docs from BigBoy, this is the definitive Ice Cube interview

“Rappers make bucks and I can hear it, hard to fear it, cause I know you grew up on my lyrics” BARS!!!

Dope man is the song that brought me to Hip-hop. I was a skateboard kid, Punk music, Venice beach hanging with Suicidal Tendencies crew skateboarding and Rock & Roll. Early Rap from New York was cool and we liked to watch the older kids who were “Pop-Lockers” dance to it but I was too young to understand all the references and words I guess. Then dope man came out and we discovered N.W.A. Born & raised in Long Beach was living in Compton at the time and they talked like us about stuff that we were living. My crew traded in the skateboards for the cardboard lol. Then came the head & back spins, markers and rhyme books. To this day Cube is my Favorite MC. Even back then I knew he was doing a lot of the writing him and MC Ren. Had a 15 year music career now I'm a screen writer / Producer. Cube has always inspired me.

It took me a while to truly realise how integral Cube was to the rap games evolution, I grew up mainly on Dre and Snoop and had barely heard any solo IceCube till a few years later, i kind of assumed he was "also there" but not massively relevant by comparison, Gangsta Rap did not get mainstream UK attention so not the easiest to keep up to date as a kid. But now years later so much he's been involved in is like a 5* moment in the genre that i fully understand how much of an icon he really is.

this man rep LA county and the n on the streets to the fulliest, as a compton og, i appreciate what he did and NWA

Ice Cube greatest business man in rap history 🤝🏿

Big Boy is the greatest interviewer who brings out clarity. Ice Cube is top 5. Great albums.

Cube said "I thought the group name would be ONE word like Public Enemy" 😂😭

My all time favorite Hip hop artist. Always had the fire lyrics. Wrote all his stuff. Cube is the G.O.A.T

Saw him play last Saturday in Dublin, and he was fantastic. A true master!

Fantastic interview. Salute to Cube & Big Boy ✊🏽✊🏽

Grew up on Ice Cube my fav rapper he is my 🐐🎙️

Thank you Big Boy for this amazing interview with a legend 🙏🙏. I could listen to Cube all day long man. Just absolutely incredible. Thank you guys for everything you have given us 🙏🙏

Can't wait! Cube is a legend, Big Boy is an excellent interviewer and I loved the off air he did with Snoop. 💪🏿💪🏿

Always been a stand up guy and still is, love your energy, big brother

Proud to say I've been in 2 countries and caught Shows in both. Bless up Cube and Big, appreciate the in depth conversation. We hear these quite often, but each time they show an Easter egg or 2. Yay Yay 👏

This is an excellent conversation. It is so much more than an interview.

Legendary Interview 💯

Thank you, Big Boy for sharing this interview. Madd love to Ice Cube, I'm a fan for life. He's the reason I started listening to NWA. I love the group, but Cube really did it for me. It was like a connection I felt once I heard his voice. Then down the line I found out our Birthdays were super close together. I was cutting Beats on the turntables for Gigolo Cool in Chicago during the yearly neighborhood Roots picnics live on stage. I felt like we were on our way into this thing called Hip Hop. I was Dr. Dre, Gigolo Cool was LL Cool J. N.W.A. and Boogie Down Productions changed the game for me.

That hoodie says it all much respect!!

I'm from Nova Scotia Canada. He's doing a Canada tour. Hands down the best concert I've ever seen. I'll probably never see him again in Canada but if I ever get the opportunity to see him again I'm going. The best imo!

Best Ice Cube interview to date…happy new year everyone 🎉

Kept waiting early on for BigBoy to receive a congratulations on his 30years in radio. He said it a lot. We always think we mean more to people than we really do. Artists needed all the BigBoys to play their songs and that helped them get rich. But no congrats on 30years out the gate? CONGRATS ON 30 YEARS IN RADIO BIG

Cube really a legend

Love Cube telling his story

Shout out to Big Boy!!! And shout out to The Don Mega!!!! Ice Cube!!! All respect to Cube for holding it down forever!!!!

Great interview between two icons. And yes, Big, No Vaseline is the greatest dis track ever. No question.

I remember listening to NWA in the late 80’s on a small town in Mexico something very unusual because of the type on music and the region. Im happy ice cube music reaches many parts of the globe now and he had influenced many rapers in my country, Cartel de santa, Alemán , MC Dabo among many others 😎✊🏽

Cube was the force of the beginning of NWA . People say they destroyed hip hop with the gangster stuff but if you always listen to ice cube lyrics it was raw but it was knowledge in it dope man was a perfect example. After he left it was just more rowdy but that militant energy was missing

The crazy thing is the way I was introduced to hip hop was through my dad. My dad was born in Poland in 1951 and we came to the United States in March of 1983. My dad took me to downtown Phoenix because they were having a breakdancing contest there at the Phoenix Civic Plaza and this was in 1985 when I was 8 years old. I still have pictures from this day which is RAD!!!Actually I was 7 because my birthday is November 27,1977. My dad’s favorite band is the Beatles but he loved Rappers Delight and “Rapture “ by BLONDIE which was actually the first song to feature a rap to go to number one in 1980 if I remember correctly. At this breakdancing contest it was my first real introduction to hip hop. In 1988 just before I turned 11 years old my cousins who were 15 and 17 at the time introduced me to NWA and the first Eazy E album which came out 5 days before my birthday in November of 1988 and I was hooked. I showed my friends the tapes of these amazing albums,yes the tapes. Then when Cube left the group and when Dre left I copped The Chronic when it came out and The first DOC album which was amazing along with the Fila Fresh Crew. The DOC is one of my favorite writers and he contributed a great deal to the NWA and The Chronic and helped Snoop a lot with Doggystyle. I graduated high school in 1995 and during my high school years from 1991-1995 so many unbelievable albums from so many artists,West Coast and East Coast,came out. Biggie is my favorite rapper ever followed by Cube and then PAC. During my high school years the amount of unbelievably amazing albums that came out was insane. A Tribe Called Quest had “The Low End Theory “,”Breaking Atoms” by Main Source which featured a 17 year old Nas for the first time which brought us Illmatic shortly after. “Original Gangster” by Ice T, Death Certificate by Cube,” The Rulers Back” by Slick Rick,De La Soul is Dead ,Ghetto Boys “We can’t be stopped “with the famous album cover,”Scarface is Back”by Scarface,Comptons Most Wanted,”2Pacalypse Now “by PAC which has one of my favorite PAC tracks on it called “Violent”. It’s amazing and if you have never heard it I highly recommend you do since it’s PAC’s first albums. If you have a system in your car that track hits so hard!!!”Quick is the name” by DJ Quick,Leaders of the New School “A Future without a past “. For the younger generation who doesn’t know about Leaders of the New School it’s Busta Rhymes group. Cypress Hills first self titled album,Nice and Smooth “Not a damn thing has changed”,NWA “Niggaz4life”,3rd Bass “ Derelicts of dialect”, Naughty by nature self titled album,The first Master P album called “Get away clean”,Beastie Boys,Public Enemy,EPMD, The Chronic,Ready to Die. There are just way too many albums to list but this was the golden era of hip hop. I would also say that the 90’s was a golden era for music of every genre. From Rock/Grunge/Metal we had Nirvana,Soundgarden,Pearl Jam,Alice in Chains,STP,Tool,Korn,Metallica,Megadeth, Slayer,Slipknot, and so many other amazing bands. Pop music was on fire with Backstreet Boys,NSYNC,98 degrees, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Pink,Maya,Ricky Martin, Mariah Carey, Alanis Morissette, Celine Dion, Jennifer Lopez, Spice Girls, TLC, Destiny’s Child, Aaliyah, Faith Evans, no doubt, boys to men, en vogue, counting Crows, Shania Twain, New Kids on the Block, Shakira, leanne Rimes and that list goes on and on. The 90’s was such a amazing era. It was the beginning of the age of technology.

Just saw Cube and Dub last week in Amsterdam. Fire performance. Just 2 man with a mic killing it 🔥 And then this interview drops, could not be better timing than this 👏🏽 And what an interview🔥❤💯 Following Cube since the NWA days and he is my all time favorite rapper. DOPE DOPE VERY DOPE AND REAL INTERVIEW BIGBOY! 💯🔥👏🏽

Now THIS is an interview. Cube has ALWAYS been my #1 rapper/lyricist. People today don't get to enjoy growing up with their favorites artist and having to go to record stores and get that cassette or CD in their hands, look at the cover artwork, read the credits on the inside cover and all that that made you appreciate the music.

I find it funny that Dre met Snoop because Warren G was his step brother and Snoop was Warren G's friend, and met Cube because Sir Jinx was his cousin and Cube was Sir Jinx's friend. And Dre didn't wanna hear Cube or Snoop rap until something happened to make him change his mind. Dre didn't really have to look far up until Eminem came around

If There Is A Person That Should Be Honored And Notarized WHILE STILL ACTIVE It Is ICE CUBE FOR ALL OF THE BARRIERS HE'S BROKEN ALONE IS ENOUGH Along With His Work, Creativity And Genius Is So Top Tier. I Believe Everyone Recognizes His Exceptional Body Of Work But Then Again I Don't Quite Think Everyone REALLY Does If We Just Sat Back Took A Deep Breath And Analyze What Cube Has Done Since The '80s It Puts Me In Awe And EVERYTHING Is A Hit Or A Classic THANK YOU CUBE!! 💯🖤🙏🏿👏🏿🖤

I remember Ice Cube and the Lynch Mob came to Macon, Ga back in the day . I think i was in the 10th grade, my 1st concert. 😎😎😎😎

Don mega. Always been my favorite rapper. Lyrics, delivery, performance. Cube got the whole hip hop package. Kill at will my favorite album hands down. Album cover was even dope

Cube and scarface are two of the best lyricists

One of the best interviews I've seen

SALUTE this was a dope convo, Thank U..🙏🏾

No Vaseline is STILL my favorite diss record of all time. After that would have to be 2nd Round KO by Canibus, and 2 Da Break of Dawn by LL Cool J. 🔥🔥🔥

Of course im going to watch anything that has to do with IceCube !! ❤ Thanks to his Talents i have great memories growing up ! ❤

A true Legend 👑

Dope Man was during the Crack Era, my era …One of the most influential songs in history even more than Fuck The Police- Cube has 3 songs that RE SHAPED MUSIC - Dope Man Fuck the Police No Vaseline

those fans that gave cube a ride, have a story to tell and when they hear THIS! Whoa

I'm still a huge fan of cube and always will be.

Big boy tv I love your interviews bro this one is a legend talk congrats on 30 years of hard work little does anyone of us know you where part of those legends journeys bless up bro 💯💯🔥🔥

Ice cube is truly a Rap Legend..My favorite male Rapper🎤👑🏌️⭐🔥🎧 This interview was Awesome to listen toooo⭐⭐❣️⭐⭐ GREATNESS!!!!!!

The first time I heard NWA in Vallejo California, 1989, home of E40 and Mac Dre … A Mexican from L.A who was way older than me pulled my to the side, all black Chevy Camero, played Dope Man by Ice Cube- I was in total shock. Who in the fuck said they can rap like that? Cussing and stuff. I was 9 years old. Without Dr. Dre you have no Ice Cube. Without Ice Cube you have no NWA, Trap Music, Gangster Rap, Drill NOTHING … Without Ice Cube you don’t have Hip Hop as it is today. Cube is the greatest lyrical on any coast any era. Ice T and Too Short are the Fathers …. Cube is the wicked Son

Dope Interview 🎙 Ice Cube Is a True Legend

i feel privileged to have been able to witness the birth of an entire new genre of music that is Rap. i have loved it from the beginning and all my friends always talk sh*t about me never listening to new music but always listening to the vintage Rap. i am always listening to Eric B and Rakim, NWA, EPMD, Gangstar, Run DMC, Bone , Cube, Public Enemy, Whodini, LL, etc. , it never gets old and brings back so many awesome memories. THANK YOU CUBE FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION AND ALL RAPPERS !THANK YOU ALL FOR ENRICHING MY LIFE!

The dopest interview I’ve watched in years! And I’m barely at cube talking about eazy doing boys in tha hood!

2 of da realist of our west coast legends ! Thank you for this video Big shoutout to Cube ! 😎

WOW. I remember Amerikkkas Most Wanted got me and my cousin talked to for hours. I loved East coast and West Coast music being from Kansas City so I loved Cube's first solo album ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Keep it moving it ain't over

I can't wait for this, going to be interesting. I just see Cube perform at London O2, what a sick night 💯🇬🇧

i feel like i need more of this interview!! didn’t want it to finish 😢 great interview 😊

This is that interview that a n***a like me been needing. Been there since day 1 and Cube is one of the dopest ever. Although I grew up on the east coast, I’ll never forget the influence he had on hip hop and how he changed the world! 🙌🏽👑💪🏽

I’m already here for this AGAIN for the Handsome Don Mega🖖🏾👑🖤! And That Smile🥰.. God bless You Cube and Your Family 🗣️🙌🏾🖤

So damn dope. This took me way back and brought back so many memories of the 80s in LA. Bravo!!!!

Beautiful Interview.. Much Needed 🎯💯😎

Big boi need to do more interviews like this he’s amazing at what he does .

really enjoyed this but now we need a part two documenting everything after the first two solo records!

Exceptional insight into that era of the form and the artists who laid it down Such value from this interview

Epic interview!!

💯💯 never gets old

This is def one of the best interviews I’ve watched online !! Thank you

love this, thankyou🤝🏾

Nothing but mad love and respect for each other. An absolutely incredible interview.

Damn i remember shampoo press and curls from high school. They would come dance at my school at talent shows. Man the 80's were the best time's.

Great interview I love Cube!!! && Big Boi was being a major fan-boi ☺️☺️

WC is one the most underrated rappers of all time. My opinion

Metal head here, I grew up with Ice Cube and NWA and Friday movies,love the gangsta rap! Respect to Ice Cube,my favorite rapper!🤘✌️😊

I love me some ICE Cube and I had seen him at the car show in Dallas TX back in August of 2011

Love this brother here.

Being a cali born but cincinnati resident thank u Ice cube

Fav rapper growing up. For sure watch 🐐

This was a great interview and so insightful. It was a pleasure to listen to. Thank you for telling how it all came about!

Met cube at Pot Of Gold in Phx one of the most down to earth artist I ever met

Man 88 is a crazy probably the best year in Hip Hop history so much ground being broken. So glad I got to experience it

Great sit down with a true West Coast legend✊🏽👏👏👏👏….

Big Boy digs… All the curious questions a fan would wonder about, he’s asking. 👏

Man, this is a movie I will pay to see... inspiring.

Big Boy is the perfect interviewer for Cube, because he'll fill in the convo blanks.😄

Thank you Bigg you just produced Ice Cubes Original Documentary! Love it Yea Yea!!!