When it comes to burning bridges, O’Shea Jackson may be the most accomplished hip-hop artist in the history of the music. It seems as if everyone who has ever had even the slightest involvement with him on a professional level has either gone on to record a diss song about him or made a series of angry Facebook posts filled with furious anger. Is Ice Cube really the “modern day Jerry Heller” as his former musical partner Sir Jinx insisted during a now deleted series of venomous status updates which implied that Cube continued to exploit musicians and actors working in his movies all in the name of pinching pennies?
NWA
The shots that Ren, Dre and Eazy fired at Cube on the EP and album after he left were laughably weak, especially in comparison to the verbal slaughter that was ‘No Vaseline.’ Lucky for them that the beats were incredible enough to carry the show.
Kam
This dude had a hilarious song about how white gals smelt like dogs when their hair gets wet on his first album. Things went bad between these two after Kam’s album tanked, then his dude Solo got into a fight with Cube while driving around and took his ‘Westside’ chain. Then Kam dropped ‘Whoop Whoop’ with DJ Pooh, which contained gems such as:
“Like the “W” you took from me nigga stand for Watts, tryin’ to say it stand for yo group/
But like Toucan Sam, Kam can always smell a Fruit Loop”
DJ Pooh
According to some message board gossip, aka Internets Gospel:
“Cube was runnin around in interviews sayin he wrote all of the movie Friday…which of course was co-written by Pooh, which led up to Pooh co-signing [Kam’s] ‘Whoop Whoop’ track”
King Sun:
Helped Cube and his crew out when they got into a brawl with Above The Law at the NMS, sent Cube some demos and had the hook to ‘Wicked’ ripped off as a result. Cube later admitted that he took the hook and gave zero fucks.
Del tha Funkee Homosapien
Cube’s cousin Del didn’t so much beef with O’Shea as hurt the big fella’s feelings when he branched out with his Hiero crew:
“Looking back, Del, now in his late thirties, admits he could have handled the going solo thing a little better. “It came out in magazines and stuff — the interviews,” he says. “I was young, so I didn’t have no sense. When [Ice Cube] read it, and it didn’t come out of my mouth, he was hurt. He was like, ‘Man, you didn’t like what we did? I thought you liked it.’ And I did like it. It was just that I wanted to do something else.”
Sir Jinx
Ice Cube and Frank Ocean should do a song together call f****** n******
— SirJinx Producer/ DJ (@SIRJINX) September 17, 2014
Mack 10
They had a falling out over Cube’s brother-in-law talking shit to the former Mr. T-Boz, but since this is the guy that Lonnie shut down by simply referring to as ‘Wack 10’ who really gives two shits.
Maulkie
This dude was from DJ Yella‘s failed side-project, Yomo & Maulkie, and was brought in to replace J-Dee after he got sent away. Considering J-Dee was the only guy who had any business rapping on the first Lench Mob LP, this was not a good look. Once their second LP failed to match the sales of the first one, Street Knowledge Productions left them all for dead.
Shorty
According to this interview with Davey-D:
“Brother was never a street dude man,” he said. “He would never let nobody see him out of character. Hear me? He would always be in character when you see him.” “We made it comfortable for Cube to go to these states man. Because, now they seeing tattoos all over my back. They seeing J-Dee’s tattoos. They like damn. Keep in mind, everyone hear about Crips and Bloods, but damn, when you like in Oklahoma or in fucking Nebraska, they up front close talking to a Crip…It’s like damn. These Lench Mob niggaz is real.”
J-Dee
Ice Cube’s former right-hand man went on to serve 20 years in jail for murder.
JDee: The only person out of Da Lench Mob who’s been a constant support system is Shorty. Ice Cube and T-Bone
haven’t even sent a brothar a birthday card or a book of stamps. I cannot understand this shit at all. Ice Cube hasn’t answered my letters or calls in over 10 yrs. He loaned me $1,000 in 1998 and told my
mother that that was all he’d planned to do for me.
T-Bone
The third original member of Da Lench Mob also copped a murder charge for shooting a dude at a bowling alley but eventually beat the case. No doubt he got a raw deal like the rest of the crew. According to J-Dee:
“T-Bone, personally, has never liked me. He experienced the same thing in regards to being falsely accused of murder, but he was acquitted after being given $77,000 for an attorney, and $1.5 million for bail. This was provided to him in exchange for him breaking up the group. At least this is what I was told.”
Cypress Hill
Another demo rip-off, as Cube jacked the hook from an early version of ‘Throw Your Set In The Air’ for the title cut to the Friday soundtrack. This resulted in a hilarious song from Cypress claiming that Ice Cube shaved his afro off while on tour with the crew in Australia because he was jocking B-Real so hard.
Kausion
Not to be confused with teh ghey rapper Caushun. According to this Geocities page:
“They left Lench Mob Records because Ice Cube allegedly cheated them out of their royalties and ever since they haven’t made much noise in the rap game. Gonzoe became friends with Tupac before his death and was given the alias Young Ritzy Outlaw.”
Mr. Short Khop
Sounds like things didn’t pan out for this dude since he wasn’t down with whatever deal Cub put on the table for him. In Mr. Jackson’s own words:
“I don’t deal with Mr Short Khop no more, Short Khop chose to go with the co-owner of Heavyweight and I don’t deal with that dude no more. A lot of people cant keep up with me man. You gotta keep up, stay at the top of your game, be smart. You lose any of them I can’t slow down for you, I gotta leave you I’m sorry.”
Damn Cube
Excellent read and damned truthful. I guess cube and yo yo cool then.
That tweets pretty fuuny but why does Sir Jinx hate Cube?
Great read. 10 years ago I went to rehab and met a guy who claimed he went to high school with Ice Cube in a nicer part of the San Fernando Valley. He also said Danny Boy from House of Pain went there.
Apparently he’s really sharp. Went to architect school before joining NWA. I don’t care what anyone says, Amerikkkas Most Wanted is the greatest album in hiphop history. But yeah, Cube has always been sketch.
I can def co-sign that Amerikkkas Most Wanted comment. That album had way more of an affect on me than IllMatic. Def got more spins and straight up is more funky. Yep……. I said it. Let the hate begin.
You missed two:
1, Ironically enough the producers of “Wicked”, Torture Chamber (can’t remember the deliberate misspellings) over, what else, unpaid royalties.
2, Minister Khalid Abdul Muhammad of the Nation Of Islam and New Black Panther Party who appeared on “Death Certificate” and provided the intro vocals to the hugely entertaining “Cave Bitch” on the “Lethal Injection” album. After consciously rejecting political and racial controversy after “Lethal Injection” to ascend to the big leagues of the entertainment business, Khalid described our O’Shea as the “Ice Cube that melted”.
Cube has always been a “fake” but who seriously gives a shit? His first three albums are simply flawless and some of the greatest that Hip-hop ever produced.
Yes Cube and Everlast both attended Taft out in the Valley…Woodland Hills, CA. Far from the CPT.
cube=biggest phony in hip hop. however amerikkka’s most and death certificate can’t be denied their greatness, and both lp’s made before the pilfering of other artists material letting him hear early tracks. makes me wonder if dub-c is getting ready to bust down on cube too, never thought i’d see sir jinx do it.
What about Threat ?
Threat was signed to DJ Pooh’s imprint.
Cubes last classic was Death Certificate. I copped lethal injection and Preditor prolly cause i was a young buck when it dropped but he’s been puttin out garbage for the past 20 years…the Das Efx joint is still my ish though…Surprised King Sun let Red Alert and Chuck n them play the hell outta Wicked too…that shit got mad burn on the mix shows
For 2 or 3 years Ice Cube reigned supreme but The Predator was definitely the fall off point. When Will they Shoot is still crazy but a lot of it was Das Efx and B-Real biting (Now I Gotta Wet cha). Da Lench Mob was actually a much better album and dropped a couple months before.
@hotbox – “Dirty Mack” was pretty dope, too.
Although the “War Disc” wasn’t classic by any means, it definitely had a few classic songs. “Ghetto Vet” is one of the best tracks Cube has ever done.
Cube also STOLD shit from my Mans D Strong!!! Bit his whole shit!
Jay Z might be just as much as a back stabbed tho and just as phony.
as far as Ice Cube’s best work I guess I’m torn between “Are We There Yet” and the cold ass sequel “Are We Done Yet”
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.2113/title.j-dee-of-da-lench-mob-describes-becoming-an-author-during-his-20-year-prison-stint
Fuck this article. Fuck these eminent faggots and their comments. Lies. Y’all not born in that time period anyway. So shut the fuck up or cut yourselves in the tongue.
Yes, that track especially, but the whole album is pretty good.
‘Wicked’, you mean the funny joint with the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in the video?
That was in fact – his first moment of going fruity, generally speaking.
None of these people besides J-Dee and Mack 10 were even remotely close to Cube.. And most of these beefs you listed, you even admit yourself it was over somebody else’s fault. I bet Mack 10 and Cube are cool today, that didn’t sound like a real beef.
& Sir Jinx was never close with Cube, That nigga just bitter he broke.
I don’t care who Cube is/isn’t chums with. I do wanna know how/why Ice Cube suddenly forgot how to rap after penning/recording the first Da Lench Mob album. Seriously. At some point in 1992, he went from proper rapping to cat-in-a-hat rhyme-driven babble seemingly overnight. Straight outta Compton-Guerillas in tha mist all classics and then a sea of garbage ever since. How? Why?
Hoebag D says dis shit is clownin nigga
He sold out IMO…
Sir Jinx was never close with Cube, That nigga just bitter he broke.
Comment by david 05.22.17 @
Really, are you fuckin’ stupid or somethin’? They been fuckin with each other since the early 80’s.
What’s done is done. If you talented enough to get back then get back. Almost every Person named was there supporting Cube in Hollywood when he got his star. He acknowledged all of us. In any relationship you fight, make up and forgive. Learn the lesson or don’t fuck with each other no mo. Get bac like he did after NWA Dre after Deathrow. Move on!
FUCK ICE CUBE AND THE WACK ASS LYNCH MOBB. FUCKING GIMMICKS!!!!! Wack bullshit. S Curl Bitches.
Shout out to Mr.Woody for the reply. You was part of one of the greatest albums ever in Guerillas in tha Mist. Thank you.
Let’s not forget west side connection first album it was 3 different people but that was a classic for all 3 of em
https://www.facebook.com/freejdeecooper/
8.08.2017
Free J-Dee. 24 days til his parole hearing. Pray with us for his return home !!
Cube said he was jackin for beats on Kill at Will. Gotta give him cred for that.
Right & Sir Jinx is undercover gay & tried to come at cube. Cube wanted to knock him the fuck out. That’s why cube don’t fuck with Jinx no more.
Another fake miate, masputa since birth. Brown Pride all day
Cubehsd slot of ghost writing. Note the change of styles through the years.
Interesting…
Where Kay-Dee at???
And Del. Have they not spoke since he produced his 1st album?
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I’ve always wondered if Cube had a ghostwriter. His shit was SO hard for a long time and then almost overnight his albums became shit. I’ve played shit like Wicked and Down for Whatever in my car and had people be like “THIS is Ice Cube?” Minds straight blown. He made some really quality music over the years and is often overlooked as a quality MC. Cube was a beast and his contribution to hip-hop cannot be denied. I just wish he had lasted and hadn’t had such an abrupt fall off. I think he had more bangers left in him :(
Need a new Short Khop album, going to be twenty years this month
Ice Cube is the John Wayne of hip hop.