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00:00Chris Tucker reunites with Ice Cube backstage at Atlanta show as fans hope Last Friday movie will actually happen.
00:07Chris Tucker and Ice Cube reunited backstage at Cube's High Rollers tour in Atlanta on October 15th,
00:14sparking hopes for Last Friday as fans chanted Smokey and viral VIP clips spread.
00:20In April, Ice Cube said Last Friday was in development with New Line Cinema,
00:25but fans doubted Tucker's return over creative and financial differences.
00:28Sources call Tucker's visit a test balloon and hashtag Friday4 trended as one user wrote,
00:35All Cube had to do was say Smokey and the whole crowd lost it.
00:40Eyewitnesses say Tucker arrived mid-set during Check Yo Self, slipped through VIP and a clip from Call Me The Raider captured,
00:47Chris being lit up by all the flashlights shining in the crowd and getting a little emotional about it, drawing over a million views.
00:52Friday, debuted in 1995, cost $3.5 million and grossed over $27 million, elevating Smokey into an icon.
01:02Tucker declined sequels for faith-based reasons and low pay while Next Friday, 2000, and Friday After Next, 2002,
01:09hit commercially but drew comparisons.
01:11Smokey coming back would heal the timeline.
01:14With Bad Boys 4 and Beverly Hills cop Axl F thriving, studios are chasing 90s nostalgia.
01:20Ice Cube, 56, calls last Friday his love letter to the culture that raised us.
01:26Insiders say the budget could top $50 million, New Line okayed drafts if Tucker at least cameoed,
01:32and Atlanta helps test chemistry and buzz.
01:34The ex-post from Raphouse TV7 and others exploded,
01:38with comments like,
01:39Legendary Ice Cube and Chris Tucker backstage in Atlanta last night.
01:43Fans joked with,
01:44You got knocked the heck out.
01:46While one said,
01:47Doesn't matter.
01:48Cube and Chris together again is history.
01:51Beyond rumors, Friday symbolized black working class life,
01:54making this reconnection feel restorative,
01:57as Cube and Tucker bridge heiress,
01:59and underscore hip-hop's influence from ATL to blackish.
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