Has Ice Cube ever played a cop?

​“You’re not gonna be an actor and play yourself. You have to play something different or you’re not acting. So my first acting role was [1991 gangster film] New Jack City and I played a cop. That was the most difficult, because I was also putting out an album called Original Gangster, but people loved it.

What did Jerry Heller do?

Three years after N.W.A manager Jerry Heller sued the producers of the Straight Outta Compton biopic for $110 million – and over two years after Heller died at the age of 75 – a judge has dismissed the copyright infringement suit. Heller initially sued N.W.A members and biopic producers Dr.

Did police raid N.W.A concert?

No police, no policy. No policy, no concert. So Detroit police threatened to boycott those fuck-the-police motherfuckers, N.W.A.” According to Straight Outta Compton, plainclothes police gradually made their way to the side of the stage during the performance, where they looked on menacingly.

Why did Ice Cube leave ruthless?

“Ice Cube wanted to continue with N.W.A, but he just wasn’t getting paid,” Cube’s lawyer Michael Ashburn told Spin in 1991. “Look man I’m not dealing with Jerry Heller anymore. I don’t want him in my mixture,” Dre told Eazy shortly before leaving Ruthless, alleging that his royalty rates were too low.

Where is Ice-T today?

Ice-T currently resides in North Bergen, New Jersey, with his wife, Coco Austin.

Why did Eazy E and Dre beef?

Dre was having problems with Jerry Heller, so Dr. Dre told Eazy that he had to choose between him or Jerry Heller. A couple days after, Eazy called and said he had to keep his manager. Dre threw a diss at Eazy, and it proved to anger Eazy.

What happened Doc?

In late 1989, months after the release of No One Can Do It Better, the D.O.C. suffered a serious car crash that resulted in the crushing of his larynx, permanently changing his voice. Since his accident, he has released two more albums, Helter Skelter in 1996 and Deuce in 2003….

How much did Ice Cube make with NWA?

Yet by late 1989, Cube questioned his compensation and N.W.A’s management by Jerry Heller. Cube also wrote most of Eazy-E’s debut album Eazy-Duz-It. He received a total pay of $32,000, and the contract that Heller presented in 1989 did not confirm that he was officially an N.W.A member.

What does Ice Cube say about police brutality?

Whether someone in custody is innocent, or guilty of a crime is absolutely irrelevant to how they are treated by the police. Nobody should die in police custody. There is no difference between the police killing an innocent man, and the police killing someone who committed a crime. Simply put, nobody should be dying at the hands of the police.

Why was Ice Cube in jail in 1988?

In fact, owing to traffic infractions, in early 1988 Dre was confined to jail on weekends, allowed out only during the week, to work. The truth according to Ice Cube: “He didn’t want that song out while he had to go back and forth in the county.

What did Ice Cube say in Straight Outta Compton?

In the film, Ice Cube dismisses a woman who constantly mooches off of people in the neighborhood by saying the phrase. A same type of scenario happens in Straight Outta Compton when Ice Cube pushes a naked woman out of their hotel room and says, “Bye Felicia”.

Why did Ice Cube put the guys on the ground?

They put the guys on the ground, until Jerry Heller intervenes, threatening to call the mayor. Soon afterward Cube writes some lyrics, Dre gives his approval, and they quickly begin recording Fuck tha Police.