Posted on 05/26/2006 1:38:11 PM PDT by Huntress
Rappers Ludacris and 50 Cent have dissed Oprah Winfrey. Now, Ice Cube has a beef with the talk show queen.
"I've been involved in three projects pitched to her, but I've never been asked to participate," the rapper-actor tells FHM magazine in its July issue, on newsstands June 6.
"For 'Barbershop,' she had Cedric the Entertainer and Eve on, but I wasn't invited," says the 36-year-old rapper, referring to his 2002 movie. "Maybe she's got a problem with hip-hop."
Cube adds: "She's had damn rapists, child molesters and lying authors on her show. And if I'm not a rags-to-riches story for her, who is?"
A call by The Associated Press to Winfrey's spokeswoman at her production company, Harpo, was not immediately returned Friday.
Last month, 50 complained that Winfrey rarely invites rappers on her talk show: "I think she caters to older white women." Ludacris, whose real name is Chris Bridges, told GQ magazine that the media mogul was "unfair" to him during a show he appeared on last October with co- stars from best-picture Oscar winner "Crash."
Earlier this month, Winfrey defended herself in a surprise appearance on New York City-based radio station Power 105.1.
"I listen to some hip-hop," she told DJ Ed Lover. "You know, I've been accused of not liking hip-hop and that's just not true. I got a little 50 (Cent) on my iPod. I really do. Love 'In Da Club.' ... Love that, and you know, love Jay-Z, love Kanye (West), love Mary J. (Blige)."
Ice Cube, whose other films include "Friday" and "Three Kings," will release his latest album, "Laugh Now, Cry Later," on June 6.
This knucklehead wonders why Oprah doesn't feature rappers, but he just answered his own question. Oprah knows her audience, and they don't listen to these guys.
And she drew the line at you, 50. Wonder why.
HAHA Love it!!
Lol! Oprah does her thing and she is so rich she could buy these Rappers with spare change and she gets respect. The Hip Hop and the Rap crowd get shot and arrested.
Oh, gosh, how do you choose a side to root for?
Maybe Ice Cube needs to write a cr@ppy novel about coming to terms with his inner demons & Oprah might flack for him on her "Book Club". If you project doesn't interest Oprah, pitch one that will.
"Oh, gosh, how do you choose a side to root for?"
Exactly, LOL!
Ice Cube knows his business too though.
Eve is a female rapper, so it isn't that she doesn't like rap, I just don't think she like Ice Cube.
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