Faizon Love tattled in the recent interview that he only received $2,500 for participation in the 1995 “Friday” movie with Ice Cube. Love also blamed Cube for underpaying him.
“If Cube said, “Faizon there’s no money, I need you to do this,” I would have to do it.”
“See, it wasn’t really about the money then,” Love said of working on the movie. “I got to say I’m working, pay my rent, I ain’t out in the street doing no bullshit. It wasn’t iconic when we did it.”
Cube’s Response To Love
Once backlash hit the fan, Cube went on Twitter to deny the allegations. He retweeted someone’s complaint to “pay them people,” while providing a straightforward explanation.
I didn’t rob no fuckin body. 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… https://t.co/2K1dUFZ489
— Ice Cube (@icecube) December 29, 2021
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”
@icecube is not to blamed for us getting paid so little it’s the film industry’s pay scale. 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
— Michael Blackson (@MichaelBlackson) December 29, 2021
Blackson also joked about “paying new actors in food and coochie.”
When I film my movie I’m paying new actors in food and coochie, that’s my minimum wage modasucka
— Michael Blackson (@MichaelBlackson) December 29, 2021
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.
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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