Saturday Ice T Interview

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00:00 I was a gangster rapper and am a gangster rapper.

00:02 So we never got invited to any red carpet events,

00:05 you know, me mobbed, they like ghetto boys, you know, no.

00:09 So when they finally now with 50 years,

00:11 they wanna really check all of us out.

00:14 So Ice Cube, myself being invited here, that's different.

00:18 And we had a good time.

00:19 - Growing up, like, who did you like listening to?

00:22 - Well, see, I was one of the first West Coast rappers

00:24 to get put on.

00:26 So I got put on by New York.

00:28 So groups like Grandmaster Flash,

00:31 groups like the Cold Crush Brothers,

00:33 those are who I looked up to

00:34 'cause there were no West Coast rappers.

00:36 So they embraced me, the Zulu Nation, all that.

00:39 And, you know, my favorite rappers, Rakim, you know, EPMD.

00:44 You know, that's my generation, EPMD,

00:47 Public Enemy, of course.

00:49 And then when West Coast hit, NWA came, you know.

00:53 But I just like it hard.

00:55 I'm a hardcore rapper.

00:56 I like soft music and hardcore rap.

00:59 So with music, I like Sade.

01:01 I like the Delphonics.

01:03 I like the Dramatics.

01:04 With rap, I like it hard.