Numerous Hollywood figures responded to the unexpected passing of rapper Coolio on Wednesday afternoon by posting positive things about him online.
TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/09/28/coolio-dead-dies-los-angeles/?adid=share-tw">reported</a> that the rapper, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr., died while visiting a friend. He reportedly went to use the bathroom at his friend’s house and did not come back for a while, prompting the friend to go looking for him. The friend found him lying on the floor, at which point he called for help.
The rapper was pronounced dead at the scene.
Law enforcement sources told the publication that they opened a death investigation but no foul play was suspected and no drugs or drug paraphernalia were found at the scene.
Authorities said that an autopsy and toxicology test would be needed to determine a cause of death although initial indications pointed to possible cardiac arrest.
Numerous rappers, other musicians, and actors responded to Coolio&#8217;s passing with statements on social media.
&#8220;Coolio was the West Coast Flavor Flav,&#8221; Public Enemy co-founder Flavor Flav tweeted. &#8220;He loved telling everyone that. We was supposed to perform together this Tuesday. #RIP my friend.&#8221;
&#8220;This is sad news,&#8221; Ice Cube tweeted. &#8220;I witness first hand this man’s grind to the top of the industry. Rest In Peace @Coolio.&#8221;
Actor Rob Schneider responded: &#8220;Rest In Peace Coolio! A true legend and nice man. My heart goes out to your family and friends. So glad we got to hang and have some laughs.&#8221;
&#8220;Heartbroken to hear of the passing of the gifted artist @coolio. A life cut entirely too short,&#8221; actress Michelle Pfeiffer posted on Instagram. &#8220;As some of you may know I was lucky enough to work with him on Dangerous Minds in 1995. He won a Grammy for his brilliant song on the soundtrack &#8211; which I think was the reason our film saw so much success. I remember him being nothing but gracious. 30 years later I still get chills when I hear the song. Sending love and light to his family. Rest in Power, Artis Leon Ivey Jr.&#8221;
Rapper LL Cool J responded: &#8220;Rest in power my brother, @Coolio. Love &amp; Respect.&#8221;
&#8220;One of the nicest dudes I’ve known,&#8221; MC Hammer tweeted. &#8220;Good people. R.I.P. Coolio.&#8221;
Rapper Vanilla Ice tweeted: &#8220;I’m freaking out I just heard my good friend Coolio passed away.&#8221;
Musician Bret Michaels tweeted: &#8220;My deepest condolences go out to the family, friends &amp; fans on the loss of @Coolio . This photo from when we did @ABCNetwork #GreatestHits together. Awesome guy who will be missed. #Coolio&#8221;

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If you’re wondering why you haven’t seen Chris Tucker, star of nineties blockbusters like “Jackie Brown” and the “Rush Hour” action franchise, on the big screen lately, Ice Cube may have just offered an explanation.
The rapper said on Twitter Wednesday that he offered Tucker a huge payday to reprise the role of Smokey in a sequel to the hit 1995 comedy, “Friday,” but the comedian passed for the sake of his religious convictions. “We were ready to pay Chris Tucker $10-12m to do ‘Next Friday’ but he turned us down for religious reasons. He didn’t want to cuss or smoke weed on camera anymore,” Ice Cube said.
According to a YouTube documentary on the channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p-tnR9ARlQ&amp;app=desktop">Comedy Hype</a> and Tucker’s own <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SV1K_K4X8w">stand-up sets</a>, the one-time highest-paid actor in the world was raised in a Pentecostal household, and his parents regularly took him to church. He wandered away from the faith once his comedy career took off, but when he moved back to Atlanta in the late nineties, he became a born-again Christian. <a href="https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2016/03/where-you-at-chris-tucker">Various</a> <a href="https://screenrant.com/chris-tucker-movies-after-rush-hour-what-happened/">reports</a> hold that at that point he became much more selective about the roles he accepted. Among the films he is rumored to have turned down — “Any Given Sunday” and “Lethal Weapon 4.”
In a 2014 interview with the Canadian newspaper, <a href="https://www.straight.com/arts/90221/faith-keeps-chris-tuckers-comedy-clean">Straight</a>, he revealed that his faith led him to return to his first professional love, stand-up comedy, though his act is different now than it was in his early days.
“Being a Christian helps me in comedy. I have to talk about other stuff,” he said, adding, “Normally, most comics talk about stuff that’s easy—maybe cussing or saying something raunchy. I have to dig deeper to find something that’s still funny and not raunchy. It’s harder. I like the challenge.&#8221;
Tucker’s faith has also led him to buck the typical left-wing talking points of his industry. In 2018, he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux4EMzz7TbA">told</a> Piers Morgan on “Good Morning Britain” that he wanted then-President Donald Trump to do a “good job” and that he regularly prayed for him.
Social media users generally seemed impressed with Tucker’s decision to forgo continued stardom in order to stand by his convictions, with Forbes contributor Brian Mazique <a href="https://twitter.com/UniqueMazique/status/1476290935227092995?s=20">replying</a>, “RESPECT.” Pop-culture pundit Kinsey Schofield <a href="https://twitter.com/kinseyschofield/status/1476262813857239043?s=20">joked</a>: “I wish I had that kind of discipline. I love Jesus but I could buy a lot of lipo with that kind of money.” And sports reporter Jason Jones <a href="https://twitter.com/mr_jasonjones/status/1476289134675120129?s=20">said</a>, “Crazy thing is I thought folks knew this already.”
A few people made jokes about Tucker being named during Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial as someone who once flew on financier Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet, but it should be noted that the actor was apparently accompanying Epstein on a <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7865403/Lolita-Express-air-hostess-Epstein-accuser-speaks-Africa-flight-Bill-Clinton.html">humanitarian aid trip</a> to Africa. There have been no allegations or evidence that Tucker participated in any of the sexual activities that resulted in scandals and charges for other Epstein associates.

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After previously pledging to work with the Trump administration, rapper Ice Cube said that he will soon be meeting with Joe Biden to discuss his &#8220;Contract with Black Americans.&#8221;
Speaking with Ryan Cameron on his radio show &#8220;<a href="https://majicatl.com/2525710/in-his-first-interview-of-2021-ice-cube-talks-the-future-with-ryan-cameron/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Majic ATL</a>&#8221; on Wednesday, the rapper-turned-actor said that he and the White House are still in talks about what they will discuss during the meeting.
&#8220;Yesterday, [the White House] reached out to me,&#8221; said Ice Cube. &#8220;We gotta set the meeting. We haven&#8217;t talked yet. We just starting to figure out when we can have this meeting and how we gonna have it.&#8221;
&#8220;I would love to bring some people in,&#8221; added the rapper. &#8220;I work with some great people, some great experts, who know the root of the problem much better than me. I would love to bring in the specialists I have, and the experts I have, to see what we can do to start moving this ball down the field.&#8221;
Ice Cube believed the meeting would happen sometime this month, which would occur during &#8220;Black History Month.&#8221;
During the same interview, the &#8220;Straight Outta Compton&#8221; producer defended his decision to work with the Trump administration if the former president had succeeded at winning a second term, arguing that black Americans have been suffering in this country irrespective of the political party in power.
&#8220;Whether a Democrat or Republican is in the White House, they&#8217;re still not looking at our agenda in the right way,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So it really don’t matter. We still gotta get them to acknowledge and remedy the situation.&#8221;
&#8220;In his &#8216;<a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ice-cube-demands-politicians-sign-contract-with-black-america-before-getting-support-of-black-vote-301116710.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Contract with Black America</a>,&#8217; Ice Cube asks politicians for banking, police and prison reform, elimination of all Confederate statues, federal funding of &#8216;baby bonds&#8217; starting with $1,000 at birth, among other reforms to support the Black community in order to earn the &#8216;support of the Black vote,'&#8221; reported <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-cube-interview-trump-campaign-platinum-plan-black-americans">Fox News</a>.
Ice Cube received backlash for his pledge to work with President Trump. He, however, did not apologize.
“I put out a plan, both campaigns wanted to talk to me about it, and I was eager to talk to both campaigns. I’m done playing this politic game, joining sides,” he told Trevor Noah of &#8220;The Daily Show.&#8221; &#8220;To me, that doesn’t get the job done. You know, what gets the job done is to try to make a deal with whoever’s in power, and hopefully they see what we’re going through. Now, we don’t know who’s going to win.”
Ice Cube did not endorse Trump, and asserted that in order to get something positive done, he would work with whomever to do it.
“I wanna keep our issues top-of-mind and at the forefront of everything. So, you know, it’s politics. The Trump campaign put out those headlines, but, you know, you’ve got both sides putting out headlines. You’ve got celebrities on both sides with headlines,” he said. “You know, campaigns try to use political footballs in any way they can. At the end of the day, American people [are] smarter than that. American people are gonna look at all of the facts and go and vote for the person they believe can win and do a better job.”
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Despite the pressure, rapper Ice Cube will not recant his partnership with the Trump administration on the all-new Platinum Plan. After doubling-down several times, Ice Cube once again praised the administration&#8217;s pitch to the black community.
Speaking with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News over the weekend, the rapper said that he made a hard pitch to both presidential campaigns to see which one would take reform seriously. After the death of George Floyd, the rapper felt that too many people were focused on police reform and not enough on financial reform. As to what he appreciated about the plan, he felt it was a specific pitch to black Americans.
“I like that it’s aimed towards black Americans, you know, that’s the key. I just think whatever we do got to be aimed towards black Americans,&#8221; he said.
Ice Cube emphasized that black people have been unfairly lumped in with other groups through buzzwords like &#8220;minority&#8221; or &#8220;people of color.&#8221; Going forward, Ice Cube said he feels that black Americans should be at the front of the line in terms of getting help from any programs.
Though Ice Cube reiterated that he does not wish to be used as anyone&#8217;s political pawn or be lumped in with big-name figures like Candace Owens, he did respond to those criticizing his working with the Trump administration.
“At the end of the day, they’re mad ‘cause I’m just willing to work with anybody that’s willing to work with me to see some of these things that’s in the Contract with Black America come to pass,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been getting pushback ever since I came out with the Contract with Black America, you know, from everybody who really don’t want us to … have real demands, but people who just want us to basically shut up and vote, and I’m not gonna do that.”
“I’m a citizen of this country just like everybody else, and I can say what I want to say,” he continued. “I’m not aligned with anybody’s personal views. I only care about what they do in public as far as helping the public and, you know, empty rhetoric, empty talk, everybody’s popping off, at the end of the day, we need to get what we need in this country to survive. If we don’t get that, this country won’t survive. And that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m saying.”
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Rapper Lil Wayne praised President Trump&#8217;s Platinum Plan last week as a wonderful gift to the black community.
“Just had a great meeting with [President Donald Trump],” the rapper said in a tweet. “Besides what he’s done so far with criminal reform, the platinum plan is going to give the community real ownership. He listened to what we had to say today and assured he will and can get it done.”
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Despite being under tremendous pressure to recant his decision to work with the Trump administration on bettering lives for black Americans, rapper Ice Cube is refusing to play politics.
For the third time, the rapper has defended his working with President Trump to institute his &#8220;Contract with Black America&#8221; (CWBA). During an appearance on &#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; with Trevor Noah, the rapper said that he thinks partisan politics is corrosive to the current situation, and that he is willing to “talk to both sides” of the political aisle.
“I put out a plan, both campaigns wanted to talk to me about it, and I was eager to talk to both campaigns. I’m done playing this politic game, joining sides,” he said during Wednesday&#8217;s broadcast. “To me, that doesn’t get the job done. You know, what gets the job done is to try to make a deal with whoever’s in power, and hopefully they see what we&#8217;re going through. Now, we don&#8217;t know who&#8217;s going to win.”
That doesn&#8217;t mean, however, that Ice Cube will endorse Trump or be used as a political pawn for either side. Overall, he just wants to get something positive done and will work with whomever to do it.
“I wanna keep our issues top-of-mind and at the forefront of everything. So, you know, it’s politics. The Trump campaign put out those headlines, but, you know, you’ve got both sides putting out headlines. You’ve got celebrities on both sides with headlines,” said. “You know, campaigns try to use political footballs in any way they can. At the end of the day, American people [are] smarter than that. American people are gonna look at all of the facts and go and vote for the person they believe can win and do a better job.”
When asked if he was worried that the Trump campaign would co-opt him, Ice Cube said he will always speak the truth.
“I knew whoever did and tried to use me like that would be mistaken ‘cause I was gonna come out and tell the real,” he continued. “I’m [going to] always speak the truth, and that’s the problem. I understand the game. I don’t mind people taking shots at me because I talk to both sides of the aisle, but always believe this, you know, is a non-partisan issue. I’ve been saying ‘bipartisan,’ but it’s really a non-partisan issue. No matter what side of the fence you’re on, it’s time for both sides to come together and solve this problem.”
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The president made adjustments to his “Platinum Plan” that included some of Ice Cube’s suggestions. According to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-cube-interview-trump-campaign-platinum-plan-black-americans">Fox News</a>, the plan would &#8220;include creating 3 million new jobs in the Black community over the next four years, increasing access to capital by nearly $500 billion and strengthening Trump’s immigration policies to protect American jobs.&#8221;
When Ice Cube first announced that he was working with Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Platinum Plan,&#8221; he issued a veiled critique of Democrats for kicking him to the curb until after the election.
“Facts: I put out the CWBA (contract with black America),” the rapper said on Twitter. “Both parties contacted me. Dems said we’ll address the CWBA after the election. Trump campaign made some adjustments to their plan after talking to us about the CWBA.”
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Rapper Ice Cube has said he will set aside politics and partisanship to work with the Trump administration on improving the lives of black Americans.
In response to leftists that have criticized him for teaming with the White House to implement his &#8220;Contract with Black America,&#8221; the rapper told “<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/shows/fox-news-sunday" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fox News Sunday</a>” that he is “not playing politics with this.”
“I told everybody that, you know, I’m not playing politics with this. I’m willing to meet with anybody who could bring this to life and make it a reality,” he said, as reported by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-cube-interview-trump-campaign-platinum-plan-black-americans">Fox News</a>.
President Donald Trump&#8217;s son-in-law Jared Kushner reportedly met with the rapper for three hours to discuss the plan.
“They listened, heard what I had to say &#8230; and pumped up their plan and presented it to the people on September, I believe, 24,” he said.
Ice Cube sparked leftist ire earlier this month when he scolded the Democrats for kicking his plan aside until after the election while Republicans jumped at the opportunity.
“Facts: I put out the [Contract with Black America],” he tweeted. “Both parties contacted me. Dems said we’ll address the CWBA after the election. Trump campaign made some adjustments to their plan after talking to us about the CWBA.”
When a fan accused the &#8220;Straight Outta Compton&#8221; singer of turning to the &#8220;Darkside,&#8221; Ice Cube <a href="https://twitter.com/icecube/status/1316483389663244288" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">responded</a>, “Every side is the Darkside for us here in America. They’re all the same until something changes for us. They all lie and they all cheat but we can’t afford not to negotiate with whoever is in power or our condition in this country will never change. Our justice is bipartisan.”
The president made adjustments to his &#8220;Platinum Plan&#8221; that included some of Ice Cube&#8217;s suggestions. Fox News has more:
<blockquote>Trump&#8217;s proposed “Platinum Plan” would include creating 3 million new jobs in the Black community over the next four years, increasing access to capital by nearly $500 billion and strengthening Trump’s immigration policies to protect American jobs, according to his <a href="https://cdn.donaldjtrump.com/public-files/press_assets/president-trump-platinum-plan-final-version.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">website</a>.
In his “<a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ice-cube-demands-politicians-sign-contract-with-black-america-before-getting-support-of-black-vote-301116710.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Contract with Black America</a>,” Ice Cube asks politicians for banking, police and prison reform, elimination of all Confederate statues, federal funding of “baby bonds” starting with $1,000 at birth, among other reforms to support the Black community in order to earn the “support of the Black vote.”</blockquote>
Though Ice Cube did not endorse Trump for president, he is not the only rapper warming up to the administration. Last week, rapper 50 Cent tacitly endorsed Trump when he realized that Biden&#8217;s tax plan was too extreme.
“WHAT THE F***! (VOTE ForTRUMP),” the rapper, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, posted on Instagram. “I’M OUT. F*** NEW YORK The KNICKS never win anyway.”
“I don’t care Trump doesn’t like black people,” he added, “62% are you out of ya f***ing mind.”
Though rapper Diddy did endorse Joe Biden for president and denounced Trump, he also conceded that Democrats have done little to help black people and created his own “Our Black Party.”
“Things have got too serious. It would be irresponsible of me to have us hold our vote hostage,” Diddy said. “But it would also be irresponsible of me to let this moment go by and not make sure going forward we are doing what it takes to own our politics.”

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Rapper 50 Cent appeared to double-down in his support for President Donald Trump after severely excoriating Joe Biden&#8217;s &#8220;very bad&#8221; tax plan on Monday.
“WHAT THE F***! (VOTE ForTRUMP),” the rapper, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, posted on Instagram. “I’M OUT. F*** NEW YORK The KNICKS never win anyway.&#8221;
“I don’t care Trump doesn’t like black people,” he added, “62% are you out of ya f***ing mind.”
After a whirlwind of speculation, the rapper doubled-down on Tuesday when he agreed with Trump senior adviser Katrina Pierson that he &#8220;don&#8217;t want to be 20cent.&#8221;
“Yeah, I don’t want to be 20cent. 62% is a very, very bad idea. I don&#8217;t like it,” he tweeted.
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👀Yeah, i don’t want to be 20cent. 62% is a very, very,bad idea. 😟i don’t like it ! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/abcforlife?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#abcforlife</a> nov 18 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/starzgettheapp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#starzgettheapp</a> <a href="https://t.co/y9TsSs0o6Q">pic.twitter.com/y9TsSs0o6Q</a>
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I guess 50 cent don’t want to end up 20 cent. 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/bqAOprgOlP">https://t.co/bqAOprgOlP</a>
&mdash; Katrina Pierson (@KatrinaPierson) <a href="https://twitter.com/KatrinaPierson/status/1318304857426636800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2020</a></blockquote>
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CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/19/tax-rates-could-top-60percent-und.html">reported</a> on Monday that the Biden tax plan would give New York City and California a tax rate of 62% for earners of more than $400,000 annually
“In California, New Jersey and New York City, taxpayers earning more than $400,000 a year could face combined state and local statutory income tax rates of more than 60%,&#8221; said the report.
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“Under Biden’s plan, the effective tax rate for the top 1% would increase from 26.8% to 39.8%, according to the Tax Policy Center,” the report continued. “That means top earners in California and New York City would pay effective state and federal tax rates of around 53% — compared with the roughly 40% they pay in effective rates today. What’s more, if the Democrats win the Senate and can pass legislation removing the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions, the combined state and local tax rates for top earners could be even lower.”
While not enthusiastically gung-ho about Trump, 50 Cent is just one of many rappers to come out critical of the Democratic Party or Democrat proposals. Rapper Ice Cube, for instance, recently worked with the Trump administration on a &#8220;Platinum Plan&#8221; for black Americans that he claims the Democrats kicked to the curb until after the election.
“Facts: I put out the CWBA (contract with black America),” the rapper said on Twitter. “Both parties contacted me. Dems said we’ll address the CWBA after the election. Trump campaign made some adjustments to their plan after talking to us about the CWBA.”
Though rapper Diddy did endorse Joe Biden for president and denounced Trump, he did concede that Democrats have done little to help black people and created his own &#8220;Our Black Party.&#8221;
“Things have got too serious. It would be irresponsible of me to have us hold our vote hostage,” Diddy said. “But it would also be irresponsible of me to let this moment go by and not make sure going forward we are doing what it takes to own our politics.”
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Rapper and actor Ice Cube said Friday evening that he&#8217;s been rebooked on CNN after accusing the network of dropping him from a scheduled appearance on the heels of the rapper making it public that he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-cube-worked-with-trump-admin-on-platinum-plan-for-black-americans-trump-advisor-says-rapper-responds">worked</a> with the Trump administration on the &#8220;Platinum Plan,&#8221; which is aimed at bolstering black prosperity in America.
&#8220;Rebooked on [Cuomo Prime Time] tonight. The truth will set you free,&#8221; he announced Friday.
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Rebooked on <a href="https://twitter.com/CuomoPrimeTime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CuomoPrimeTime</a> tonight. The truth will set you free.
&mdash; Ice Cube (@icecube) <a href="https://twitter.com/icecube/status/1317237399072559104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Thank you Chris [Prime Time Cuomo], you’re a man of your word,&#8221; Ice Cube, real name O&#8217;Shea Jackson, added in a follow-up post.
The rapper then took a shot at Don Lemon, suggesting the CNN host was responsible for his apparent earlier cancelation on the network.
&#8220;[Don Lemon] that was some [punk] a** s*** you just did,&#8221; Ice Cube wrote. &#8220;If you have any b***s. I need to be on your show Monday night at 10pm. I’ll be ready.&#8221;
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Thank you Chris <a href="https://twitter.com/CuomoPrimeTime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CuomoPrimeTime</a> you’re a man of your word. <a href="https://twitter.com/donlemon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@donlemon</a> that was some punks ass shit you just did. If you have any balls. I need to be on your show Monday night at 10pm. I’ll be ready.
&mdash; Ice Cube (@icecube) <a href="https://twitter.com/icecube/status/1317293243000782849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Earlier in the day, Ice Cube said a scheduled appearance on CNN was canceled, suggesting the network &#8220;can&#8217;t handle the truth.&#8221;
“So the POWERS that be cancelled my interview on [Cuomo Prime Time] tonight. I’ve actually been ban[ned] from [CNN] for a few months so I was surprised they even asked,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/after-ice-cube-works-with-trump-cnn-cancels-cuomo-interview-rapper-says-cant-handle-the-truth">wrote</a>. “But it seems like they can’t handle the truth.&#8221;
According to the “Barbershop” actor, Team Biden told him they’d work with him post-election, whereas the Trump administration worked with the rapper right away, amending their Platinum Plan.
Racially-charged insults were quickly hurled at the rapper for working with Trump, as noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/after-ice-cube-works-with-trump-cnn-cancels-cuomo-interview-rapper-says-cant-handle-the-truth">The Daily Wire</a>.
Again rebuffing some of the backlash, the rapper questioned why there&#8217;s &#8220;zero energy&#8221; discussing the Biden/Harris ticket, with concern toward the black community.
&#8220;A lot of energy being spent on telling me to stay in my lane,&#8221; he wrote in a tweet posted Saturday. &#8220;Zero energy spent on telling Biden/Harris they need to do way more for Black people to sure [sic] up the vote. [Shaking my head].&#8221;
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A lot of energy being spent on telling me to stay in my lane. Zero energy spent on telling Biden/Harris they need to do way more for Black people to sure up the vote. Smh
&mdash; Ice Cube (@icecube) <a href="https://twitter.com/icecube/status/1317491827780452352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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After Trump adviser Katrina Pierson gave a “shoutout” to the rapper for working with the Trump administration on Wednesday, Ice Cube said on Twitter that Team Biden pushed back talks about his “CWBA” (Contract With Black America) until post-election. The Trump administration, however, “made adjustments” to their plan after speaking with the rapper.
“Facts: I put out the CWBA (contract with black America),” he wrote. “Both parties contacted me. Dems said we’ll address the CWBA after the election. Trump campaign made some adjustments to their plan after talking to us about the CWBA.”
Trump’s <a href="https://cdn.donaldjtrump.com/public-files/press_assets/president-trump-platinum-plan-final-version.pdf">Platinum Plan</a> seeks to “increase access to capital in black communities by almost $500 billion” and outlines its four “pillars” as follows:
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<blockquote>OPPORTUNITY – By achieving historic employment levels for Black Americans, as well as increasing access to capital for new businesses, President Trump has been committed to ensuring all Black Americans can achieve the American Dream
SECURITY – By signing into law the celebrated First Step Act, President Trump has brought common sense criminal justice reform to the American people for the first time in decades, while ensuring that our streets and communities are safe for families and business owners
PROSPERITY – As the first President to provide long-term funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, this Administration continues to seek immediate and generational advancement for Black Americans
FAIRNESS – As demonstrated through his actions to initiate investment into Opportunity Zones, as well as address health disparities, wage gaps and necessary education reforms, President Trump works every day to advance a fair and just America for the Black Community</blockquote>
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Ice Cube Says He’s Rebooked On CNN, Bashes Don Lemon

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Rapper and actor Ice Cube said Friday that CNN canceled his scheduled appearance on host Chris Cuomo&#8217;s &#8220;Cuomo Prime Time.&#8221;
The rapper, whose real name is O’Shea Jackson, recently made headlines for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-cube-worked-with-trump-admin-on-platinum-plan-for-black-americans-trump-advisor-says-rapper-responds">working</a> with the Trump administration on a plan intended to bolster black Americans&#8217; prosperity, dubbed the &#8220;Platinum Plan.&#8221;
According to Ice Cube, Team Biden told him they&#8217;d work with him post-election, whereas the Trump administration working with the rapper right away, amending their Platinum Plan.
&#8220;So the POWERS that be cancelled my interview on [Cuomo Prime Time] tonight,&#8221; he tweeted Friday. &#8220;I’ve actually been ban[ned] from [CNN] for a few months so I was surprised they even asked.&#8221;
&#8220;But it seems like they can’t handle the truth,&#8221; he added.
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So the POWERS that be cancelled my interview on <a href="https://twitter.com/CuomoPrimeTime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CuomoPrimeTime</a> tonight. I’ve actually been ban from <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a> for a few months so I was surprised they even asked. But it seems like they can’t handle the truth.
&mdash; Ice Cube (@icecube) <a href="https://twitter.com/icecube/status/1316773154803466241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Trump adviser Katrina Pierson gave a “shoutout” to the rapper for working with the Trump administration on Wednesday: “Shoutout to [Ice Cube] for his willingness to step up and work with [Donald Trump] Administration to help develop the [Platinum Plan],” she wrote. “Leaders gonna lead, haters gonna hate. Thank you for leading!” 
Following Pierson’s tweet, Ice Cube said via Twitter that Team Biden pushed back talks about his “CWBA,” or, contract with black America, until post-election. The Trump administration, however, “made adjustments” to their plan after speaking with him.
“Facts: I put out the CWBA (contract with black America),” he posted. “Both parties contacted me. Dems said we’ll address the CWBA after the election. Trump campaign made some adjustments to their plan after talking to us about the CWBA.”
The CWBA details “13 different areas of improvement, including bank lending, prison reform, police reform and the elimination of all confederate monuments,” Rolling Stone <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ice-cube-donald-trump-platinum-plan-1075709/">highlights</a>.
“The problems facing America are too deep and wide to simply reform one area or another,” the contract says. “Long-lasting solutions demand a comprehensive thorough ‘rethink’ of America so that each new approach in each area supports the success of the others. This Contract with Black America will provide conceptual approaches in several areas.”
Ice Cube was called racially-charged names and ripped online for working with Trump. One Twitter user, for example, told the rapper he was &#8220;working with the DARKSIDE.&#8221;
&#8220;Every side is the Darkside for us here in America,&#8221; the actor responded. &#8220;They’re all the same until something changes for us. They all lie and they all cheat but we can’t afford not to negotiate with whoever is in power or our condition in this country will never change. Our justice is bipartisan.&#8221;
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Every side is the Darkside for us here in America. They’re all the same until something changes for us. They all lie and they all cheat but we can’t afford not to negotiate with whoever is in power or our condition in this country will never change. Our justice is bipartisan. <a href="https://t.co/xFIXXpOs8B">https://t.co/xFIXXpOs8B</a>
&mdash; Ice Cube (@icecube) <a href="https://twitter.com/icecube/status/1316483389663244288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Black progress is a bipartisan issue. When we created the Contract With Black America we excepted to talk to both sides of the isle. Talking truth to power is part of the process,&#8221; he wrote in another tweet.
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Black progress is a bipartisan issue. When we created the Contract With Black America we excepted to talk to both sides of the isle. Talking truth to power is part of the process.
&mdash; Ice Cube (@icecube) <a href="https://twitter.com/icecube/status/1316719546326278144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Responding to a piece critical of Ice Cube from The Washington Post, the rapper wrote: &#8220;I will advise anybody on the planet who has the power to help Black Americans close the enormous wealth gap.&#8221;
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I will advise anybody on the planet who has the power to help Black Americans close the enormous wealth gap. <a href="https://t.co/l0HylC5JCV">https://t.co/l0HylC5JCV</a>
&mdash; Ice Cube (@icecube) <a href="https://twitter.com/icecube/status/1316744924251840512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Trump’s <a href="https://cdn.donaldjtrump.com/public-files/press_assets/president-trump-platinum-plan-final-version.pdf">Platinum Plan</a> seeks to “increase access to capital in black communities by almost $500 billion” and outlines its four “pillars” as follows:
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<blockquote>OPPORTUNITY – By achieving historic employment levels for Black Americans, as well as increasing access to capital for new businesses, President Trump has been committed to ensuring all Black Americans can achieve the American Dream
SECURITY – By signing into law the celebrated First Step Act, President Trump has brought common sense criminal justice reform to the American people for the first time in decades, while ensuring that our streets and communities are safe for families and business owners
PROSPERITY – As the first President to provide long-term funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, this Administration continues to seek immediate and generational advancement for Black Americans
FAIRNESS – As demonstrated through his actions to initiate investment into Opportunity Zones, as well as address health disparities, wage gaps and necessary education reforms, President Trump works every day to advance a fair and just America for the Black Community</blockquote>
In June, Ice Cube made headlines for posting anti-Semitic images on Twitter. The Wrap <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/ice-cube-defends-tweets-with-anti-semitic-images-conspiracy-theories-telling-my-truth/">reported</a>:
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<blockquote> … he tweeted a mural of six white men playing Monopoly on the backs of black men. In the picture, a pile of cash sits in the middle of the board and the game pieces represent different countries under the control of the men playing, including figurines of the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty. “All we have to do is stand up, and their little game is over,” the picture was captioned. The tweet was immediately ripped for its anti-semitic caricatures of the men playing Monopoly. And compounding matters, the mural was originally painted in London in 2012 — and later <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/rapper-ice-cube-tweets-mural-critics-have-called-antisemitic-630789" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">taken down</a> after complaints over its anti-Jewish stereotypes.</blockquote>
He defended the posts in a tweet saying he’s just “pro-black.” “What If I was just pro-Black? This is the truth brother,” Ice Cube <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/ice-cube-defends-tweets-with-anti-semitic-images-conspiracy-theories-telling-my-truth/">wrote</a>. “I don’t lie on anyone, I didn’t say I was anti-anybody. DONT [sic] BELIEVE THE HYPE. I’ve been telling my truth.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-cube-worked-with-trump-admin-on-platinum-plan-for-black-americans-trump-advisor-says-rapper-responds">Ice Cube Worked With Trump Admin On ‘Platinum Plan’ For Black Americans, Trump Advisor Says. Rapper Responds.</a>

After Ice Cube Works With Trump, CNN Cancels Cuomo Interview, Rapper Says: ‘Can’t Handle The Truth’

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Trump advisor Katrina Pierson gave a &#8220;shoutout&#8221; to rapper and actor Ice Cube for working with the Trump administration on their Platinum Plan, which aims to increase prosperity for black Americans.
&#8220;Shoutout to [Ice Cube] for his willingness to step up and work with [Donald Trump] Administration to help develop the [Platinum Plan],&#8221; posted Pierson on Wednesday.
&#8220;Leaders gonna lead, haters gonna hate. Thank you for leading!&#8221; she added.
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Shoutout to <a href="https://twitter.com/icecube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@icecube</a> for his willingness to step up and work with <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> Administration to help develop the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PlatinumPlan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PlatinumPlan</a> 
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Leaders gonna lead, haters gonna hate. Thank you for leading! ✊🏾
&mdash; Katrina Pierson (@KatrinaPierson) <a href="https://twitter.com/KatrinaPierson/status/1316125906444918785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Following Pierson&#8217;s tweet, Ice Cube (real name O&#8217;Shea Jackson) said on Twitter that Team Biden pushed back talks about his &#8220;CWBA,&#8221; or, contract with black America, until post-election. The Trump administration, however, &#8220;made adjustments&#8221; to their plan after speaking with him.
&#8220;Facts: I put out the CWBA (contract with black America),&#8221; the rapper posted. &#8220;Both parties contacted me. Dems said we’ll address the CWBA after the election. Trump campaign made some adjustments to their plan after talking to us about the CWBA.&#8221;
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Facts: I put out the CWBA. Both parties contacted me. Dems said we’ll address the CWBA after the election. Trump campaign made some adjustments to their plan after talking to us about the CWBA.
&mdash; Ice Cube (@icecube) <a href="https://twitter.com/icecube/status/1316473903628214272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The CWBA details &#8220;13 different areas of improvement, including bank lending, prison reform, police reform and the elimination of all confederate monuments,&#8221; Rolling Stone <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ice-cube-donald-trump-platinum-plan-1075709/">highlights</a>.
“The problems facing America are too deep and wide to simply reform one area or another,” the contract reads. “Long-lasting solutions demand a comprehensive thorough ‘rethink’ of America so that each new approach in each area supports the success of the others. This Contract with Black America will provide conceptual approaches in several areas.”
Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://cdn.donaldjtrump.com/public-files/press_assets/president-trump-platinum-plan-final-version.pdf">Platinum Plan</a> seeks to &#8220;increase access to capital in black communities by almost $500 billion&#8221; and outlines its four &#8220;pillars&#8221; as follows:
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SECURITY – By signing into law the celebrated First Step Act, President Trump has brought common sense criminal justice reform to the American people for the first time in decades, while ensuring that our streets and communities are safe for families and business owners
PROSPERITY – As the first President to provide long-term funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, this Administration continues to seek immediate and generational advancement for Black Americans
FAIRNESS – As demonstrated through his actions to initiate investment into Opportunity Zones, as well as address health disparities, wage gaps and necessary education reforms, President Trump works every day to advance a fair and just America for the Black Community</blockquote>
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In June, Ice Cube made headlines for posting anti-semitic images on Twitter.
The Wrap <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/ice-cube-defends-tweets-with-anti-semitic-images-conspiracy-theories-telling-my-truth/">reported</a>:
<blockquote> &#8230; he tweeted a mural of six white men playing Monopoly on the backs of black men. In the picture, a pile of cash sits in the middle of the board and the game pieces represent different countries under the control of the men playing, including figurines of the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty. “All we have to do is stand up, and their little game is over,” the picture was captioned. The tweet was immediately ripped for its anti-semitic caricatures of the men playing Monopoly. And compounding matters, the mural was originally painted in London in 2012 — and later <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/rapper-ice-cube-tweets-mural-critics-have-called-antisemitic-630789" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">taken down</a> after complaints over its anti-Jewish stereotypes.</blockquote>
Ice Cube defended the posts in a tweet saying he&#8217;s just &#8220;pro-black.&#8221;
“What If I was just pro-Black? This is the truth brother,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/ice-cube-defends-tweets-with-anti-semitic-images-conspiracy-theories-telling-my-truth/">wrote</a>. &#8220;I don’t lie on anyone, I didn’t say I was anti-anybody. DONT [sic] BELIEVE THE HYPE. I’ve been telling my truth.”

Ice Cube Worked With Trump Admin On ‘Platinum Plan’ For Black Americans, Trump Advisor Says. Rapper Responds.

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Rapper-turned-actor-turned-producer Ice Cube is not feeling the love after four days of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), in which politician after politician delivered one sanctimonious speech after the other. In Ice Cube&#8217;s mind, the whole parade was one big showboat with little substance and nothing for the black community.
In a video posted to Twitter, Ice Cube lamented that the DNC offered nothing to the American black community beyond the same old talking points.
&#8220;Over the last four days, the Democratic national party held a convention. A lot of people getting up there and talking and everybody really eating it up. Throwing their hands in the air like they just don&#8217;t care,&#8221; he began.
&#8220;What I didn&#8217;t hear is, what&#8217;s in it for us? What&#8217;s in it for the black community besides the same old thing we&#8217;ve been getting from these parties? What&#8217;s in it for us for real?” he continued. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t hear anybody mention a contract with black America. And I don&#8217;t know why because it&#8217;s one of the most comprehensive reform documents that’s come out in a long time that can really address the problem. The way it looks, they don&#8217;t have a plan. Everybody is, you know, talking about, &#8216;get Trump out, get Trump out, get Trump out.'&#8221;
Though Ice Cube would like to &#8220;get Trump out,&#8221; he acknowledged a Biden presidency will do little to change the current status quo. He took particular issue with the fact that black businesses have been severely affected by the lockdowns with little or no plan offered to help them survive.
&#8220;If you vote, that&#8217;s going to happen on the first day. So now what? Trump out. Now what? What do we get in the first hundred days? That&#8217;s what we [are] trying to figure out. What do we actually get that they could give us overnight?&#8221; he questioned. &#8220;They just pulled $3 trillion out they a** and gave it to their friends. That&#8217;s American taxpayer money. That&#8217;s your money that they just gave away.&#8221;
&#8220;And then there’s 42% of Black businesses closing. None of that money—where’s our f***ing bailout? Where’s the bailout, not the PPE loan that they didn&#8217;t give us? Where’s the bailout?&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I don&#8217;t wanna hear about deficit. I don&#8217;t wanna hear about what our generation is going to have to pay. Because if we don&#8217;t have s**t, they ain’t going to have s**t anyway to pay nothing. So we gotta start something right now.&#8221;
Ice Cube finally cautioned black Americans against voting mindlessly and challenged them to make Democrats (and Republicans) earn their vote.
&#8220;Democrats don&#8217;t seem like they got a plan, Republicans don&#8217;t seem like they got a plan for us,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;So how the hell are you going to vote for them? Make them earn that vote. They can start today. They ain&#8217;t got it yet. They can start today. Make their a** earn that vote, man. Stop playing with these people and they&#8217;ll stop playing with you.&#8221;
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But what&#39;s in it for us? <a href="https://t.co/GOvptKnoF1">pic.twitter.com/GOvptKnoF1</a>
&mdash; Ice Cube (@icecube) <a href="https://twitter.com/icecube/status/1297171670961192962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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WATCH: Rapper ICE Cube Blasts DNC: ‘What’s In It For The Black Community?’ ‘Make Them Earn That Vote’

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Rapper-turned-actor-turned-producer Ice Cube, real name O&#8217;Shea Jackson, has called upon Hollywood to pay out reparations to black people for its alleged legacy of racism.
Speaking on &#8220;The Breakfast Club&#8221; radio show with Charlamagne tha God, Ice Cube said &#8220;all the studios&#8221; that contributed to black pain need to pay for what they have allegedly done.
“Virtually all the studios who contributed in our narrative, in our pain, in our misrepresentation, in stealing our history and giving it to white people for over a 100 years, so I think these studios that we know and love should kick in to a studio that’s ran by black people with no outside influences, and whose movies and projects are owned by those black people,” he said on the show.
Ice Cube said that Hollywood should give more ownership to black directors and writers who put their own projects together.
“Those black artists, those black directors and writers, and people who put the projects together should own the projects – and these studios, they can license the projects, the movies, or the TV shows or whatever, or they don’t have to,” he said. “We can put them on our own streaming services. I just think it’s a form of reparations from the entertainment industry if they all had to invest a certain amount of money into the studio each year as payment for all the damage they’ve done to black people.”
Addressing reparations more broadly, Ice Cube said that black people, which make up approximately 13% of the population, should get 13% of the pie. He also denounced the idea of incremental reform, a sentiment with which Charlamagne agreed.
&#8220;We catching hell no matter who in office, and we always have. So we need to think about who’s gonna support this plan, and try to better the whole country &#8230; try to do it in a [sic] across the board, broad manner, because … stomping out little fires here and there, it just ain’t gonna cut it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We are 13% of this country — more, 13.5 — and we deserve 13.5% of the pie, straight up, across the board. …We’re not trying to get to reform. We need equality, straight up. … Why reform a system that was geared towards our demise? We need to be equal.&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, f**k reform,&#8221; Charlamagne replied. &#8220;We gotta tear the whole system down; dismantle the whole mechanism of white supremacy.&#8221;
When Charlemagne asked if Ice Cube felt free in America as an accomplished, multi-millionaire black man, the rapper replied no.
&#8220;No. [There’s] no way to feel free in America because I’m connected to our people, you know, so I actually feel the pain,&#8221; Ice Cube said.
“You feel it in your bones,” he added. “That’s how I feel when I see something happen to one of us in the street. I feel it in my bones, and so I don’t feel free. I feel like that person. I feel like that can happen to me; that can happen to one of my sons; that can happen to my daughter; that can happen to my nephews, nieces, my father. That can happen to my mother.”
“How the hell are you going to feel free in this country just ‘cause you got money? That ain’t s**t,&#8221; he concluded.
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As the protests over the tragic death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer have embroiled the nation, Ice Cube has faced criticism for his public defense of Minister Louis Farrakhan and the promotion of anti-Semitic memes.
As the Daily Wire reported:
<blockquote>On June 11, The Daily Beast noted Ice Cube’s recent and not-so-recent forays into anti-Semitism, reporting that he “offered up <a href="https://twitter.com/icecube/status/1270752897899229184">a dog-whistle</a> to his 5.3 million Twitter followers: a Star of David enveloping a black cube. He posted the image above a quadriptych of similar black cubes in four places around the world: California, New York, Denmark, and Australia … The image in question, what those with vivid imaginations have come to call the ‘Black Cube of Saturn,’ has ties to the occult—the entirely unsubstantiated idea being that it’s a sign of chaos. Further, placing it inside a Star of David heavily implies that the Jewish people are stoking the flames.”
Just prior to the Star of David post, Ice Cube posted a meme showing a mural by the graffiti artist Mear One that The Daily Beast said was “clearly intended to be anti-Semitic.”</blockquote>
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