LA LEGENDS: Ice Cube Gets Real on "Last Friday," NWA, Escaping gangs, Dodgers fandom & Drake vs. Kendrick

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Sports, Football, Basketball

4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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SUBSCRIBE TO THE LA LEGENDS: ALL FACTS NO BRAKES FEED TO NEVER MISS AN EPISODE! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠APPLE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SPOTIFY⁠⁠ Ice Cube joins Keyshawn Johnson for an unfiltered conversation about escaping gang violence in South Central LA, the rise and fall of N.W.A., and his journey from rapper to cultural icon. Cube breaks down how he got his name, his early passion for writing, and the infamous fallout with Jerry Heller. He opens up about writing "No Vaseline," shares his thoughts on the Kendrick vs. Drake beef, and reveals why he made his own son audition to play him in Straight Outta Compton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.2	When I think of LA, it's really only one person for me, and that's you.
0:33.6	They was like, yo, do you want to bring the Dodgers out in game one?
0:40.5	That's a dream come true, yeah.
0:44.2	You're not a rapper until you've been in a battle.
0:47.5	What's your favorite lyric you ever written?
0:49.4	Just waking up in the morning, God, thank God.
0:54.6	What's up, everyone?
0:56.0	We got one of L.A.'s
0:57.6	most iconic legends in the building,
0:59.7	both in the music business,
1:01.3	the sports and entertainment business.
1:02.7	You just name it.
1:03.7	It's everything.
1:05.0	Dear and close to my heart,
1:06.5	family member,
1:07.2	many people don't know this,
1:08.3	but my cousin,
1:10.2	Ice Cube, is joining me in the building.
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