Ice Cube Credits 'Are We There Yet?' For Making Him Likeable

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Ice Cube Credits 'Are We There Yet?' For Making Him Likeable

Ice Cube explains how movies such as 'Are We There Yet?' changed mainstream America's perception of him through making people laugh.

Ice Cube was once a central force behind one of the most influential but controversial rap groups of all time. Yet it wasnt until making comedy movies that he felt he became likeable to mainstream America. The N.W.A great recently spoke to HipHopDX about changing peoples perception of him through humor on screen. Like Eminemrapped on JAY-ZsRenegade, Im a muthafuckin spiteful, delightful eyeful/The new Ice Cube, muthafuckas hate to like you. I think with doing the comedy movies, making people laugh, he pointed out as a key moment. From Friday to Barbershop to All About the Benjamins. When you make people laugh, they cant hate on you. They got a special part in their heart for you cause you just made them laugh. Or they enjoyed something you did, or they enjoyed over and over and over again. Whats good about my movies, you can watch them over and over and over again they kinda never really get old. So thats really where it started. In particular, Ice Cube brought up 2005s Are We There Yet?, which he produced and starred in alongside Nia Long, as a turning point in his public perception. Then doing a movie for my fans, doing a movie for their kids, he said. A movie like Are We There Yet? People were like, What kind of movie is that for Cube? But at the end of the day, my fans got little kids that watch that movie over and over again. And now they know who Ice Cube is. Its not like their parents gotta go, You know who that is? And all that kinda stupid stuff. Its like, they already know. He added, So its good to be able to grab more generations every time. Because the movie might get old, but the kids are always kids and they always wanna see a good movie. So to me, thats when it started to turn around. During a 2005 interview with Movieweb, Ice Cube talked about the seriousness to his comedy and type of characters he plays. I just think thats the best way for me to pull it off, he said at the time. Im not a comedian, so there are things that I wouldnt even try. But when I can make the situation right, and make things funnyorganically in a waythen it just comes off better. For some reason, thats usually the ton of the guys that Im playing. Im usually playing the guy thats going through all this stuff. All these crazy people are interacting with a guy who, hopefully, the audience sees as sane. Read more


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