Ice Cube Insists Rhymes Are Shout-Outs, Not Disses

Forthcoming album I Am the West references Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, DJ YellaBy Jayson Rodriguez





Ice Cube

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Shots fired? Well, not quite.
Ice Cube toys with some pretty popular names on his forthcoming album, I Am the West, spitting rhymes that leave Jay-Z, Dr. Dre and DJ Yella's monikers in murky waters.

But the veteran MC says that, upon closer listen, his lyrics are just referencing others for context — they aren't personal attacks.
"To me, it's styling and finesse, that'

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