#Throwback Episode - w/ Ice Cube | (Ep.64)
Drink Champs
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs and we're taking it back to some of the most legendary moments in Drink Champs history. Classic interviews, unforgettable stories, and iconic guests who shaped the culture.
In this classic throwback episode of Drink Champs, N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN chop it up with the legendary Ice Cube!
The Icon himself Ice Cube pulls up for one of the most powerful conversations in the show’s history. From his early days with N.W.A. to becoming a global icon in music, film, and business, Cube sits down with N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN to tell his story exactly how it happened—no filters, no industry spin.
Over drinks and laughs, Ice Cube breaks down the raw truth behind gangsta rap’s rise, the impact of Straight Outta Compton, and the battles he faced standing his ground in an industry that tried to box him in. He reflects on his transition from rap superstar to Hollywood heavyweight, sharing gems about classics like Boyz n the Hood, Friday, and building ownership beyond the booth. Cube also speaks on independence, power, and why controlling your narrative is everything.
As always, Drink Champs gives Cube the space to celebrate his wins, address the critics, and drop wisdom for the next generation of artists and entrepreneurs.This episode is more than an interview—it’s a history lesson from one of hip hop’s most fearless voices. Legends get their flowers, and Ice Cube gets a whole garden. 🍾🔥
Make some noise for Ice Cube!!! 💐💐💐🏆🏆🏆
-Originally published on February 23rd, 2017
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.7 | Yeah, what's up, y'all? |
| 0:07.0 | What's going on, brother? |
| 0:08.1 | Dreamtance radio. |
| 0:10.4 | He's a legendary Queen's rapper. |
| 0:12.8 | Hey, hang, segree, this your boy in Hawaii. |
| 0:14.7 | He's a Miami hip-hop pioneer. |
| 0:16.9 | What up is DJEFN? |
| 0:18.5 | Together they drink it up with some of the biggest players in music and sports. |
| 0:22.8 | You know what I mean? |
| 0:23.5 | The most professional, unprofessional podcast and your number one source for drunk fact. |
| 0:28.9 | This is drinks champion rated where every day is New Year's Eve. |
| 0:31.6 | Let's go! |
| 0:36.2 | What a good be hoping is where it should be. It's your boy N-O-R-E. What up is DJEFN. And this drink chest motherfucker podcast. Make some noise. And right now we had a legendary name. First off, big up to our people at Martel. You know what I'm saying? Provided the cognac. We drank a lot of the cognac. I definitely drank a lot of it Yeah yeah you went in You went in And you were the only one hot Nobody else was hot I feel like we Everybody else was hot And you're hot too All right that's that Martel God damn Let's make some noise For Martel God damn So we gotta describe To the people what they're about to hear right now |
| 1:12.9 | Both one of both very seldomly to me and you have the same favorite rapper okay |
| 1:17.9 | Ice Cube is one of them definitely one of them definitely one of them we and and we got to |
| 1:22.3 | describe that we actually flew to New York to get them yeah yeah that's how much |
| 1:26.5 | That's how much he's one of our favorites. |
| 1:28.5 | Right. |
| 1:28.9 | The snowstorm dead at us. |
| 1:31.6 | And then they said he's going to be in Atlanta and I drove. |
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