Ice Cube is the ideal primary source for rap beef, given the fact that he put out one of the greatest diss records ever. The 55-year-old rapper recently reflected on his feud with Dr. Dre and how it may have influenced how Drake went at Metro Boomin during their beef in 2024.
The West Coast legend spoke with HipHopDX and was asked about telling Dre to “stick to producing” on “No Vaseline.” He acknowledged that it was one of the best routes he could go, saying “That was all I could do, was tell Dre to do what you do best. ‘Get off the mic and leave me alone!’ You know?” The 6 God took a similar approach with the St. Louis producer, telling him “Shut your h*e a** up and make some drums ni**a!” on “Push Ups.”
“I don’t know [if I inspired that line],” Cube added before going back to Dre and how he may approach him differently in the future. “Dre is a formidable MC. Dre put out a record and everybody better run for cover ’cause the lyrics gonna be on point, the delivery gonna be on point, the music gonna be on point. He’s a formidable MC so I would never use that line [again].”
Ice Cube recently spoke about another one of Drake’s foes: Kendrick Lamar. In one of his new records “It’s My Ego,” he rapped “I was Kendrick before Kendrick/ Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, like Jimi Hendrix.” In an interview with SiriusXM’s Rock The Bells Radio, he explained the inspiration for the line.
“Just, you know, a provocative artist,” he said in October, likening himself to K. Dot. “An artist that said what I felt, put it all out there, very critical of the system and the government and what we have to go through as Black people in this country. I think he’s the same kind of artist: a thought-provoking artist. I was that before he was.”
As for the major rap beef itself, the Friday actor believed that the feud was good for Hip-Hop and Dot was the victor. “I approve of the beef,” he said on Shaq’s The Big Podcast. “I always approve of rap battles. That’s the essence of the game… As long as it doesn’t get physical, ’cause that’s not rap. When it get physical, that’s just street crime […] I think Kendrick is up. I think he’s landed the more hard and effective punches, so to speak.”
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