WEBVTT - Hour 3 – Ice Cube, Danielle Fishel 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:03.560 You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:04.440 Sports Radio. 0:00:04.760 --> 0:00:07.960 Oh man, Like we always say, an honor, a privilege 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:11.080 to fill in for a guy we grew up watching 0:00:11.240 --> 0:00:13.960 and listening to the great Dan Patrick and the Dan Nets. 0:00:14.640 --> 0:00:16.640 You got Kevine on Wretch. We always say that Fox 0:00:16.680 --> 0:00:18.800 Sports Radio. And maybe one day we'll fill in a 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:24.480 fill in for him in a Sandler movie or something. 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:26.960 Oh yeah, uh, but think about it, right, how many 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:28.920 times are you sitting in your bedroom as a kid 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:31.800 watching Sports Center. It's like dance Dan Patrick, We fill 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:33.839 in for this guy. So don't think we take it 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:37.159 for granted. At Covine on Rich doing it live from 0:00:37.159 --> 0:00:41.199 the Fox Sports Radio studio, and we welcome you and 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:43.840 bring some of the biggest guests to Fox Sports Radio. 0:00:43.880 --> 0:00:45.680 And right now, how about one of the most influential 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:48.839 figures in hip hop history, a rock and roll Hall 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:52.560 of Fame, an actor, a filmmaker, entrepreneur, and now the 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:56.000 guy behind the Big Three which is getting ready to 0:00:56.000 --> 0:00:57.440 crown a new champion. 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:02.600 Always great to have him on the show. What's up? 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:04.120 What's What's up? 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:04.319 Man? 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:06.360 Great to see you. Thanks for your time, man, We 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:07.160 appreciate it. 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:09.679 They made a T shirt out of it. 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:13.520 Oh, can I tell you something I wasn't Ice? Yeah, 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:16.280 clear the air, Rich listen, You'll you'll never remember this 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:18.080 because you do a million things. But can you know 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:20.080 what I've worked together over the year is at Fox 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:23.280 Sports Radio now ESPN, serious extent back in the day, 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:24.200 and these. 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:25.080 Guys bust my chops. 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:28.280 Because one of my biggest flubs ever had to be 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:29.560 over a decade ago, easily. 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:32.080 I accidentally called you Ice. 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:35.120 Tea yeah, and I remember you looked me in the 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:36.960 eyes and you said, do you know who the f 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:39.880 you're talking to? And I was like, oh, well, I'm 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:42.640 going to back them up and say, absolutely knew who 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:43.520 we were talking to. 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:47.240 But man, we never let him live that down. And 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:48.880 I don't know if I want to forgive him or not. 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:50.680 That's up to you. Do you forgive me before we 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:51.160 start this? 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:55.440 No, I don't forget you for that. But you're not 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:58.440 a bad guy, you know what I mean. Uh, it happens. 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:03.520 Uh you know my homies, Ice, that's that's that's big bro, 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:06.840 You know what I mean, that's the og. So you 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:09.480 know it happens. You know You're not the first one though, 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:13.480 but you know, you gotta know it's apart, man, Come on. 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:17.080 But when someone saw the shirt they sent it to me, 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:20.280 is uh ice cubes in an ice tea? 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:23.200 Yeah? I had to wear this, hey ice cube when 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:24.079 you see stuff like me. 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:27.200 A few times, so that that's funny that they actually 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:28.359 made a T shirt out of it. 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:30.520 Yeah, when you see that, do you wonder where's your 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:33.000 money at? Like you're not getting paid? Like what's your mindset? 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:34.799 Or do you just are you flattered when you see 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:35.359 stuff like that. 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:39.839 I used to think about like, damn, you know, I'm 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:44.400 missing out on some some cash. But then I realized, 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:48.720 you know, they wouldn't make stuff like that if if 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:51.760 it wasn't cool, you know what I'm saying. So you know, 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:56.800 obviously it's cool and and that's good enough for me 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:59.160 that you're wearing a shirt with my face on it 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:02.560 and it's cool and it's funny and ice tease my man, 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:03.520 Like I said. 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:07.080 Yeah, Well, we're here with a legend ice cube and 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:09.320 I see a lot of cool stuff behind you in 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:13.440 your office there. Earlier today, we're talking about how Columbia 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:16.880 House officially shut down. We're talking about back in the day, 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:19.680 buying cassettes and CDs and all that stuff. What is 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:23.040 your physical what's your physical music collection? Like, do you 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:26.040 still have records, cassettes, CDs? Do you still have all 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:28.200 those physical you know music? 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:32.760 Yeah, I have, man, cassette players, DA players remember that, 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:37.400 of course, of course, you know. And man, we still 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:41.000 got a VHS around here because a lot of my 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:46.880 history is on these things Super eights, things that we 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:51.400 recorded a lot of history on, and so I want 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:52.880 to have stuff to play it on, you know what 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:57.280 I'm saying. So people, you know, my wife, kids, like, 0:03:57.360 --> 0:03:59.680 when are we getting rid of this? I'm like, never, 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:03.800 we never get this because might not ever find one again. 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:08.720 So a lot of records around here, you know, I 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:13.839 got a lot of I got forty years of stuff. Yeah. 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:17.080 Yeah. We thought our CD Cluestion and our DVD Cluestion 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:20.040 that was our bragging, right, Like you got actual bragging, right, 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:22.960 So you got your actual hits behind you that we 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:26.160 were buying. Yeah, yeah, we were proud to display your CDs. 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:28.960 I'm surprised ice Cube is not shocked that Columbia House 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:31.000 was still in business. Were you one of those guys 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:34.799 buying albums for a penny and not paying Columbia House 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:37.120 like did you use Columbia House back in the day. 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:41.120 Nah, you know, it was a it's a trip because 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:43.279 you know, we would go buy our records. 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:43.800 We was. 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:47.320 We was also part of record pools, so they would 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:50.320 send us a bunch of free records. We would have 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:53.320 so many records, you know, some we didn't even want, 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:58.160 so definitely didn't go to publishing clearing house. But you know, 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:03.960 fun fact Priority Records who signed n W. A. E 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:10.599 Ze myself before before they signed us, they used to 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:14.480 do this group called the California Raisins and they they 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:19.000 went into all these compilations, so that was their their game. 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:22.000 They was like k Cow or somebody. They bunch of 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:26.920 compilations and uh and then they signed us and uh, 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:29.760 you know it was it was. We was definitely different 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:31.240 than the California Raisins. 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:33.920 No, god, I would I would say that's in the movie. Yeah, 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:37.120 straight out of Compton. So ice Cube is here on 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.360 the coveno Ur Show. And speaking of you know, your 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:42.919 CD collection and your DVD collection, you know, we would 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:46.360 obviously display our scarfaces and boys in the hoods and 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:48.560 everything like that. Which one would you be proud of 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:50.479 and bust out from back in the day. What was 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:53.200 What was the one you put out there to display 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:54.280 as far as your movies. 0:05:55.960 --> 0:06:01.719 Oh, Man, Friday, Uh, definitely Boys in the Hood. It's 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:05.839 the first one Friday because it's the one that I 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:09.320 produced and wrote and put together, you know, So it 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:14.400 was kind of my first shot at, you know, trying 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:18.040 to get behind the scenes and not just be an actor. 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:22.840 So extremely proud of that, you know, and especially over 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:25.839 the years how big it's become, you know, kind of 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:30.480 you know, they still they still quoting the lines from Friday, 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:31.240 so that's cool. 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:35.640 And you had to do all that prior to chat GPT, right, 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:37.960 So you had no help. Man, who had you back 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:39.200 in the day doing that stuff? 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:44.520 John Singleton? You know John Singleton who directed Boys in 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:47.880 the Hood. He discovered me straight up. You know, he 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:51.320 was like, Yo, I want you in my movie. I'm 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:54.640 not an actor. I'm like, dude, you know what are 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:56.960 you talking about? You know, I'm trying to be the 0:06:57.000 --> 0:07:00.080 best rapper in the world. And and then he just 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:02.880 was like, yo, man, I need you. And then he 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:05.159 asked me to write. He said, when are you going 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:09.920 to write a movie? And Uh, once again, I'm like, yo, whoa, whoa, 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:13.800 whoa buddy, you know, not just start acting. And so 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:17.160 he mentored me and helped me write and uh Friday 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.080 was one of those that he you know, was really 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:23.320 helping me on to get it all the way on. 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:26.280 Point Friday and absolute classic Boys in the Hood. Rest 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:28.560 in peace, John Singleton and again ice Cube is here 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:32.440 on the Cavino and Rich Show, Music, movies, sports. That's 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:35.440 what makes you unique, man, You've you've done it all. 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:40.000 Who's the coolest to work with in your career? The musicians, 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:43.560 the actors, the athletes, What's what's been your experience with 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:43.840 all that? 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:49.560 I mean, I love working with Mike Epps. You know, 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:53.640 he wanted the actors that we just have fun. You know, 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:58.120 we're friends. So it's like, you know, going going to 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.960 work with your homeboy. That's crazy. You know, it's like 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:04.640 I'm in a Friday movie just being with him. And so, 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.760 you know, he's great to work with. It's been great 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:15.000 to work with Clyde Drexler on the Big Three, just 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:18.880 you know, just seeing him all the way from his 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:26.160 Houston days, the Five Slam of jama days, seeing him, 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:28.880 you know, give fits to the Lakers when he was 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:33.719 at Portland and then Houston, winning a champion and then 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:35.640 working with him. You know, I've been working with him 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:41.640 now for ten years on Big Three, and he got 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:43.319 to be the happiest dude on Earth. 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:43.560 Man. 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:49.200 You know, He's always laughing, always smiling and always, you know, 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:52.120 just a great person to be to be with and 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:52.760 to work with. 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:55.120 And they get to work with you, which is an honor. 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:57.320 So I'm wondering, you know, when you got your foot 0:08:57.320 --> 0:09:00.000 in all these different circles, ice Cube, You ever see 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.800 there late at night and just bug out how crazy 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:05.800 your life is with all the people you know and 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:07.520 all the things you've done. 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:14.240 Yeah, I do, to be honest, you know, I feel 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:18.320 you know, blessed is an overused word, you know, double blessed, 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:22.400 triple bless whatever you want to put it. I've been 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:25.000 able to be in the right places at the right time, 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:29.920 doing the right thing that people like. And and you know, 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:34.920 so I don't take it for granted. I do smell 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:41.560 the roses. I do, you know, reflect, and I'm always 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:43.360 looking forward to the next episode. 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:44.720 I like that. 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:47.800 Hey, ice Cube, you talk about being at the right 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:50.680 place at the right time. What a moment when you 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:55.440 were representing the Dodgers in the World Series against his 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:59.280 against Covinos Yankees, and uh, I dude, I was there, 0:09:59.440 --> 0:10:00.920 I don't And that was a. 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:04.400 Moment that really everyone. The whole sentiment was like, Yo, 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:05.600 l A just beat New York. 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:09.240 I knew it was over. I knew it was over 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:13.760 when that happened. And the craziest part is there's a bobblehead. 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:16.000 I don't know if everyone knows, there's a bobblehead of 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:18.680 you in the Lowrider. And it's like you can find 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.400 it online. It's it's expensive as hell trying to find 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:21.840 one of those. 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:22.959 Now do you have what? 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:23.280 You have? 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:23.600 One? 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:25.320 He has in his office? 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:30.760 You know, yeah, I got one right here. Yeah. 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:33.080 I love that, man, I love that. It means a 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:36.520 lot to you. Oh yeah, and to be a part 0:10:36.559 --> 0:10:41.120 of that. How cool is that we got two male 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:41.760 one to us? 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:45.560 Yeah, so just the first one, you know, when I 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:50.040 dropped the mic, you know what I'm saying. So that's sweet. 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:54.080 But I love that those moments mean so much to you, 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:55.320 a guy that's done so much. 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:57.120 Do you ever get any nerves in those moments? 0:10:57.200 --> 0:10:59.520 Like, yeah, I'm a Dodger stadium, it's a world series, 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.160 like I'm presenting, Like do you still ever get nerves 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:02.480 or no. 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:10.080 Not nerves. You know, it's you worry about things not 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:15.280 going right, like, uh, you know, you're in the stadium, 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:19.360 so it's an echo, Yeah, ear piece in your ear 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:23.480 of the real track, and you're staying You're trying to 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:26.840 stay with the ear piece. Now that ear piece go out, 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:32.720 that music going out, you're gonna sound crazy in there. 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:35.200 You're not gonna be on beat. You're gonna be off. 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:39.520 So you just you just worry, Okay. I hope, I 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:45.920 hope they got that ship together. Excuse they got that together. 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:52.400 And and you know if they don't, I gotta be ready, 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:55.760 you know. And being a MC from back in the day, 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:59.120 you know the systems we used to have to wrap on. 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:05.959 I'm pretty prepared for, you know, a whack system. So 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:08.360 I just, you know, I kind of have to like 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:10.680 get ready. So that's the things you worry about. But 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:13.800 you know, I know my songs. I know, you know 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:16.880 how I'm gonna do it. You know, I know the lyrics. 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:20.040 I'm a flip, you know. That's what I was really 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:25.120 worried about. Am I gonna am I gonna piss the 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:27.960 Yankees off and turn them up because I'm flipping these 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:28.839 lyrics on them. 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:33.959 Look, man, I'm wearing my Yalkee jersey and I'm rocking 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:35.360 out to you and I felt defeated. 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:36.960 Yeah, I'm like, this is It's done. 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:39.920 Like you couldn't hate that moment, no matter if you 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:41.320 were the biggest Yankees fan or not. 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:44.280 Again, we're here with ice Cube. It's so cool to 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:46.480 have you here. The Big Three Championship this Saturday. We're 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:48.559 gonna talk about that. But you know, are you to 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:51.040 consider yourself more of a music or a sports guy? 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:53.520 Because I don't know. Growing coming up in this industry, 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:55.520 they always made a sort of choose who we were, 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:58.240 and so they're synonymous to that. How do you feel 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:00.800 about that? We feel like they go so handed hand man. 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:04.680 Yeah, I love them both. You know, it's like peanut 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:09.520 butter and jelly. You know, you gotta like to me, 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:13.200 sports without music is just a game. 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:14.560 It's like hand with no burger. 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:24.240 Yeah, so go together. You know, it's Friday, and so 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:29.440 you know, I've always loved loved them both the same, 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:33.200 you know, you know, but of course I get different 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:36.840 things out of it. But you know, I love to see, 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:40.080 you know, somebody play the drums just as much as 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:41.679 I love to see a dunk contest. 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:43.760 You know what I'm saying, talent talent, You just like 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:48.960 talent exactly. Speaking of sports man, how many kids in 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:53.559 the nineties were rocking Raiders starters, jackets just because of 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:56.319 you and your style and everything else. I'm one of 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:59.040 those idiots, you know, growing up New Jersey wearing the 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:02.160 Raiders colors. What are your thoughts on Fernando Mendoza. 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:06.679 Oh yeah, great. You know, he looked great in his 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:15.120 first preseason game. Poise, quick with the ball, quick decisions. 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:19.120 But I still think he should I still think Kirk 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:24.040 Cousins should start. You know, why when you gotta when 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:28.000 you gotta vet like Kirk, you got a new new 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:34.280 regime coming in, Like, why start everything like that? You know, 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:38.520 I think, let let the kid get comfortable, let the 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:42.280 kid get anxious, you know what I'm saying, ready to 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:46.680 go chopping at the bit and and and and look, 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:49.320 you know, I think that's the way to do it. 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:52.120 I'm not the coaching staff. I'm just the president of 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:56.680 the raided nation, you know what I mean? A just 0:14:56.720 --> 0:14:58.560 write most of the time, a lot of power. 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.360 Though I'm wondering, do you shoot cousins, a little text 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:03.600 or a little DM then saying, Yo, go get them. Kirk, 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.360 do you do you reach out to these dudes, because 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:08.280 that means why not? I mean that would mean so 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:09.120 much coming from you. 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:12.880 I would imagine, you know, I wouldn't want them reaching 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:18.360 out to me on on uh on things I need 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:22.560 to do. You know, they they got enough people in 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:27.240 their ear, in their face. Who know, really what's going on. 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:30.440 I'm not in one meeting, you know what I'm saying, 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:34.160 So I don't. I don't mess with athletes during the 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:38.120 season about gangs or how they play, or what they 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:40.840 should do or none of that. After the season, I 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:44.080 might talk a lot of madness, and you know, I'll 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:48.120 say anything after the season, but during the season they 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:49.120 don't need to hear from me. 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:51.920 Ice Cube is here on the Cavino and Rich Show 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:55.400 in for Dan Patrick Fox Sports Radio this Saturday, the 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:59.960 Big Three Championship, Dallas Power Boston ball Hogs. Tell us 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:03.440 about this man and dude, this is what the tenth 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:08.000 season now, So you gotta be yeah, how crazy is that? 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:08.200 Man? 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:10.560 Tell us about it? 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:12.600 It's amazing You not just want to be a part 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:16.880 of sports. I just want to bring more cool sports 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:20.720 to you know, basketball fans. You know, after the finals, 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:24.120 I used to get a hangover and I'd be like, damn, man, 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:30.000 one need more. I need more. And so I felt 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:32.560 like there's millions of people out there just like me, 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:39.520 and and why not professionalize something that's part of basketball anyway? 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:43.920 Three on three has always been this step cousin and 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:47.120 five and five, and uh, we want to give it 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:51.120 some shine, polish it up, put some real pros out 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:54.120 there that can play this game. And it's its own sport, 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:57.720 you know, like you got boxing, you got UFC, you 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:02.400 got uh, you know, rugby, you got football, cricket and baseball, 0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:06.120 you got five on five, and you got three on three. 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:10.600 You know, so guys have their own skill set. You know. 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:12.399 Just because you were good at five on five, that 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:14.760 don't mean you're gonna be great in the Big Three. 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:17.960 Are other guys that you think of that you're like, oh, 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:19.800 I know they would be good at three on three, 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:22.760 like your ultimate Big Three players that you like, I 0:17:22.800 --> 0:17:25.800 guarantee if they played their game would translate big time 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:26.600 to three on three. 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:30.960 Of course. Yeah, you know, I'm looking at you know, 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:33.520 a person like Westbrook. You know, I know you just 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:39.879 stepped away. But his game would translate, you know, d 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:44.159 Rose game would translate. You know a few people. You know, 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:46.439 if you could pass, dribbles, shoot, and defend at a 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:49.959 high level, you'll be alright in the Big Three. But 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:53.560 if you're weak at any of those, you're gonna have trouble. 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:57.200 And we got our best teams going at it this 0:17:57.240 --> 0:17:59.560 week on Saturday. 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:03.359 And you're your twenty twenty six Big Three MVP. Pargo 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.040 is playing too for the Boston team. So yeah, I 0:18:06.080 --> 0:18:09.840 got some big names there. Yup, Greg Monroe, Dallas Power, 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:13.560 Beasley's on that team. So yeah, dude, it's cool seeing 0:18:13.800 --> 0:18:16.440 the sport grow. And I'm wondering, you know, obviously you 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:18.960 got some big names involved. Now what about these social 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:21.760 media guys that go viral. Do you keep your eye 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:24.520 on like those MK type of dudes that are doing 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:27.199 all these crazy viral videos when it comes to his 0:18:27.280 --> 0:18:29.520 one on one game and things like that, or do 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:32.080 you always just have your eye on the former pros? 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:36.680 No? No, you know, we're we're open to players who 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:40.520 can play at this level. So it's twenty twoing up. 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:42.919 You know, we don't want we don't want to get 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:46.960 youngster's too young playing because it's a real you know, 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:50.240 it's a man game. It's called the three, not the 0:18:50.320 --> 0:18:56.600 little three. So twenty two one up. We've had some guys, 0:18:56.680 --> 0:19:01.680 you know, Drew League MVPs like Frank Nitty come in. 0:19:02.480 --> 0:19:05.719 We've had you know, guys who are you know, viral 0:19:05.800 --> 0:19:10.959 sensations like Nasir Corps one on one guys who you 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:14.320 know made de Mark in the one on one game. 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:17.760 I think he's like thirty six and oh, you know, 0:19:17.880 --> 0:19:21.680 one on one against some of some of some big 0:19:21.760 --> 0:19:24.920 names or a pretty good name. So and he can 0:19:24.960 --> 0:19:28.840 play our game. That's the key. Can you play Big 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:31.880 three basketball at a high level? And if you can, 0:19:32.680 --> 0:19:35.000 we want you. But if you can't, we don't. 0:19:35.640 --> 0:19:38.800 Hey, speaking of basketball too again, Big Three Championship this Saturday. 0:19:39.880 --> 0:19:44.760 Magic Johnson recently said that people shouldn't foo Lebron James 0:19:45.040 --> 0:19:47.040 in his return. I want to know your thoughts on 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:50.520 that as an LA guy. Should he get bood coming 0:19:50.560 --> 0:19:52.280 back or do you give him the respect? Like if 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:53.720 you were there, how do you handle that? 0:19:55.400 --> 0:19:59.440 You give him his respect walking through the door. There's 0:19:59.440 --> 0:20:06.040 no reason boring in the layuplind but you know, once 0:20:06.119 --> 0:20:09.440 the ball comes in and he hits his first three 0:20:09.480 --> 0:20:09.800 on you. 0:20:13.200 --> 0:20:16.119 I agree, yes, bat of competition. 0:20:16.240 --> 0:20:18.800 And then when he retires and he officially retires and 0:20:18.800 --> 0:20:20.520 then he comes back. Yeah, you give him his pomps 0:20:20.640 --> 0:20:23.480 right now, he's competing against you. I'm with you on that. 0:20:23.600 --> 0:20:25.880 Now we're gonna go to our producer, Danny G. He's 0:20:26.200 --> 0:20:28.440 he's a big, big fan. He's got a music question 0:20:28.480 --> 0:20:29.679 for you, Danny G. What's up man? 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:29.920 Yeah? 0:20:29.960 --> 0:20:32.359 Well, first of all, congrats on the success of the 0:20:32.359 --> 0:20:35.080 Big Three, because remember when you first came out with it, 0:20:35.160 --> 0:20:38.800 the naysayers, this ain't gonna last. 0:20:38.840 --> 0:20:40.960 How you like cute? Now? Really quick? 0:20:41.000 --> 0:20:42.600 I want to ask you because as a youngster, I 0:20:42.640 --> 0:20:45.880 was programming fifty thousand watt KCQ in the late nineties, 0:20:45.920 --> 0:20:49.160 back when West Side Connection came together. So I got 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:50.800 to see you guys at the House of Blues in 0:20:51.000 --> 0:20:53.440 La just tear it up. It was a crazy time 0:20:53.480 --> 0:20:56.240 for West Coast hip hop. So, looking back almost thirty 0:20:56.320 --> 0:20:58.840 years later, what stands out to you about that time? 0:21:01.480 --> 0:21:05.400 Well, you know, of course, with the West Side Connection, 0:21:05.560 --> 0:21:08.720 what was great. You know, we we had just had 0:21:09.320 --> 0:21:13.600 a ride in La. There was a gang truce in 0:21:13.720 --> 0:21:19.840 ninety two, where you know, Bloods and Crypts decided to 0:21:20.000 --> 0:21:26.040 not fight and do those things. So putting together the 0:21:26.080 --> 0:21:30.720 West Side Connection, you know, we had you know, one 0:21:30.800 --> 0:21:35.000 guy mac ten he was from a Blood neighborhood, and 0:21:35.040 --> 0:21:39.359 then we had f C from a Crypt neighborhood, which 0:21:39.400 --> 0:21:42.399 we grew up in the same neighborhood. So it was 0:21:42.520 --> 0:21:46.040 cool to be able to show the unity and music. 0:21:47.640 --> 0:21:49.960 But at the same time, there was an East Coast 0:21:50.040 --> 0:21:55.720 West coast beef going on, so it kind of got 0:21:54.480 --> 0:22:00.480