Ice Cube Talks N.W.A Reunion, Dee Barnes, David Bowie in New Interview
Ice Cube has sat down for an interview with Rolling Stone in which he talked about the N.W.A reunion, his thoughts on David Bowie, why Dee Barnes was left out of Straight Outta Compton, and more. You can read the whole piece here.
Ice Cube is intending to reunite N.W.A. at his upcoming Coachella performances, which take place April 16 and 23. Last year, he reunited with MC Ren, and DJ Yella to perform as N.W.A. for the first time in two decades at the BET Experience in Los Angeles. (Dr. Dre did not join them.)
When asked about whether or not the reunited group might tour, he said: “Well, I don’t really know the status. Making the movie was a monster, and we had to really concentrate on that. Some things are easier said than done, and I don’t know where everybody’s head is at. I hope people will see us out on that stage together soon, but it’s really up to Dre and Ren and Yella. You might see some of us; you might not see all of us.”
Last year, Dee Barnes wrote an essay discussing the 1991 incident in which Dr. Dre assaulted her—a moment in N.W.A history that didn’t make it into the film’s final cut, though an early draft of the screenplay included the scene. “I felt sorry for Dee,” Ice Cube told Rolling Stone about the incident. “And I wasn’t too friendly with Dre—I was mad at Dre at the time. I really didn’t have too much sympathy for him.”
When asked about why the scene was left out, he said: “Go make your own movie about N.W.A. Then you can put in anything you want to. It’s like a thousand different incidents that happened with us. There’s no way we could have got them all into the movie.”
Back in 1997, Ice Cube appeared on a remix of David Bowie’s “I’m Afraid of Americans.” Asked about whether that was a big deal to him, he said: “It was. He was such an innovator, and his songs were phenomenal. I remember when I first heard ‘Fame’ on the radio, I thought he was black. It was so funky!”
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