“I didn’t rob no fuckin body,” Cube claimed. “The 1995 Friday movie cost $2.3m to make. Shot it in 20 days. Fazion worked 1 day, maybe 2. All the actors got paid scale to do the movie. They could’ve simple said “No” but they didn’t. So miss me with that shit…”
Friends Support Cube
Once the controversy widespread, many Ice Cube’s coworkers and different artists came out to support him. Michael Blackson was the first to post. On December 30th, he published a series of tweets.
“[Ice Cube] is not to blamed for us getting paid so little it’s the film industry’s pay scale,” Blackson explained. “I got paid $800 a day when I did Next Friday plus overtime I made $1200 for my one day’s work of “I can’t get giggy with this shit” Thanks to next Friday I became the biggest African comic”
Blackson also joked about “paying new actors in food and coochie.”
Later on, the artist Problem also went on multiple social media. He posted a series of tweets defending Cube and then republished them in the Instagram carousel.
“a huge rap star and his dj/producer took a chance on unknown comedians/actors and made them stars,” Problem wrote. “Not once, not twice, but three times. all this trying to devalue what Ice did for black & brown comedians is blasphemy. thank you @ice cube. n***as gon n*g,” Problem concluded.
Love Explains
Once the argument stirred up, Faizon Love also went on social media. He posted a picture with Ice Cube and DJPooh on Instagram. He also claimed that he thinks of Cube as “a comrade…brother and I’m still a fan I think he’s One of the dopest n-ggas to ever touch a mic.”
“I guess it’s a slow news week so let me say what I got paid is a moot point, it was the price of admission to a game. I have zero regrets. Actually, I want to take this time to thank Cube Dj Pooh and Felix Gary Grey for letting me be apart of such an iconic picture. I truly have nothing but love For these brothers,” Love claimed in the end.
Written by Nikita Serdiuk
