Rapper Actor Ice Cube Way to greet.

Yea, it's your dukes up.

I mean, damn, I couldn't ask for anything more LeBron worthy of the Lakers, are you?

What are you talking about?

The president of resignation to make that Just don't play with that just ain't gonna happen, baby.

The world is watching But we back, man, and it feels good.

That's gonna be hard.

Thio ain't no way on Earth.

I'm gonna have Stephen AIDS world And don't have my brother on the show.

He's a hip hop icon.

He's an actor or writer director.

He doesn't all He's my brother.

The one and only ice cubes in the house.

What's going on?

Big time.

How are you?

Yeah.

Hey, what's up?

Yeah, baby, how you been, man?

Don't worry, you know I mean, it's going great.

It's going great, you know, just looking forward.

Toa the New Year toe to be some better than last year.

So no question before I even get into it, let me just get this out of the way first before I come back to it later on.

Are you feeling good about your Lakers?

Because K D is in Brooklyn with harder Now, Kyrie coming.

Are you getting a little bit nervous about your Lakers?

I'm just asking.

We ain't worried about nothing.

You know what I mean?

Won that championship last year.

Um, and planning on going back to back.

And if we gotta go through Brooklyn or anybody else that step up, You know what I mean?

I'm putting my money on the Lakers.

We ain't worried about nothing.

I'm gonna get back to that later.

Before I get into some other serious matters.

Let me ask you a quick question about football.

You did tell me that the Raiders was gonna be alright this year.

You did tell me that.

I remember you telling me that I was there when you said it.

What happened to your Raiders?

Well, you know, same thing always happened to us.

You know, We go six and three and then the bottom fall out.

So we gotta fix that.

Um, you know, we start off great, and then the team end up 88 So if something's gotta be done different, you know, I still think we got to show up that defense and hey, hopefully next year we could get 10 to 6 11.

I mean 11 and five and get into those playoffs.

You've been hoping a long time Cube when it comes to the Raiders, particularly when it comes to Derek Carr.

You still holding out hope on that?

Or have you been one of those people?

Or are you one of those people that has given up hope when it comes to him?

You think the Raiders might need to go in a different direction?

Where you at with that?

I mean, I like the quarterback.

I think he, you know, does a lot of things.

Well, you know, I mean, I would love for him.

Thio maybe follow through on a couple of throws, you know what I mean?

And you know, not not be so back footy with it.

You know what I mean?

To step into some of those throws.

But for the most part, it hasn't been his fault.

We haven't won, you know, is really on the other side of the ball.

We just got to show up that defense because you can't expect him to score 30 points a game every game.

So that's just acting, too much in any quarterback.

It's all on the defensive side of the ball.

Let me transition off the football field because obviously this particular week, it's sensitive in our nation's in our nation.

Right now.

We've got inauguration Week.

Joe Biden is about to be inserted as the president.

United States.

We understand Kamala Harris is gonna be obviously a vice president.

We're all looking forward to that.

You obviously made a lot of noise because you put together Contract with Black America that you was willing to offer any administration that was going to be in power.

And because of that, I saw you take hits that I'm gonna be on the record and say this on national television.

It was completely unfair.

Any ideas that's gonna empower black America is something I'm in support off.

You took some hits for.

That is you've had an opportunity to reflect on all the things that have transpired this year without getting into the weeds too much about It talked to me about what you walked away thinking when all has been said and done well, I mean, there's a lot of emotions going on both sides, you know, there's a lot of, you know, misinformation going on both sides.

You know, if anybody studied what I was doing, they understand that I wasn't, you know, you know, rooting for any president, To be honest, you know, I just want whoever's gonna help black America no president has come through for.

So, um, you know, Trump is out of their buying is in.

We're gonna go to him, and hopefully he'll be the one who break this cycle of of not doing much economically for black people in America.

And I'm looking forward to that.

And, you know, I just keep on pushing.

You know, I understood that.

You know, being in the middle of a new election, you're gonna take hits, you know, when you speak out.

But I wanted to keep, you know, black, uh, issues front of mine.

You know, they were they were falling behind.

A lot of people were moving on toe suburban women votes, and I wanted black issues to stay front of mine.

Andi and I believe it did stay front of mine.

And I could I hope to continue to keep in front of mine.

And that's the goal is toe make somebody do something, you know don't matter who's in there.

Somebody got to do something for this situation.

Because when the dire need of some economic assistance and not so much sabotage anybody that knows you knows that you ain't gonna stop pushing because you've never stopped pushing a day in your life.

Look up, ice cubes history and it speaks for itself.

Having said that, I can't even begin to imagine maybe I could because I've been I've been accused of that from time to time myself.

When I'm willing to tackle issues where people are willing to question our blackness, calling us sellouts and things of that nature.

I know how it hit me in the past.

I can't.

I never dreamed of my waters dreams.

Anybody would ever say that about you.

But they did.

How did that make you feel?

And how did that affect you?

Or how has that affected you and your thought process moving forward?

I mean, my true ones never did.

You know, And you know, to me, I've always felt like, you know, there's there's gonna be a certain amount of people that just don't like what you do, no matter what it is.

So I'm never concerned with that.

That bunch of that crowd, you know, who's not looking at the fax was quick to follow.

You know, the crowd, follow the herd, follow the headlines and not look at me as an individual and what I've done and what I'm doing.

So I'm not really worried about the suckers.

I'm just worried about the people.

That's riel that want to get something done that ain't caught up into, You know, a lot of this nonsense, you know, because you throw everybody away, you're gonna look up and you ain't gonna have nobody, uh, to throw away.

You know, you're just gonna have a pile of trash.

So at the end of the day, you know, we got to keep pushing, and everybody got to do what they think they need to do, uh, to best help the situation.

And that's all we're doing.

Everybody is doing their best to help our situation.

Nobody has the answer.

Nobody has the magic, uh, program that's gonna fix everything.

Hmm.

Could have said it better myself.

Ice Cube.

Let me go back onto the court of play, because again, I'm going to get back to your Lakers getting off the serious issue, getting back to the court of play.

I'm gonna ask you one more time with a straight face with because I asked you had your boy snoop born here?

He didn't seem concerned either, but I spoke to him before heart and arrived in Brooklyn.

You sure you're not worried at all about K D Kyrie and James Harden in Brooklyn, Possibly knocking off your Lakers?

I'm gonna ask the question again.

I'm not worried about them knocking off the Lakers, you know.

Is that a great, uh, big three?

Of course.

You know, it's a great team, but I'm not worried about I think we have a great team to I think we've had some great pieces, um, to ensure that we will go back to back.

Snoop laughed when I asked him this question.

Maybe you won't laugh in my face either.

You sure you ain't worried about the clippers Clippers with quad?

Leonard, you're not worried about the clippers?

E Nobody worried about zippers, man.

Nobody's worried about the Clippers.

Okay?

Okay, I just I did the difference, man.

I had to check.

I have to check.

Listen before I let you get on out of here.

We're approaching the one year anniversary tragically of Kobe Bryant's passing.

And I put together my list cause I know how I got how Laker fan you are.

I got my top five moments on the court for Kobe Bryant, and I want you to critique them.

Okay?

I want you to tell me once I give you my time, I will give you one by one from five to number one.

And I'm gonna I'm gonna ask you what?

Your thoughts about that right?

You ready?

You ready?

Number five on my list?

Ice Cube.

When he dropped 61 at Madison Square Garden against the Knicks.

Does that make you tough?

Five.

I mean, Kobe has done a lot of things.

You know, to me, that was a great a great game.

Can that be a top won championships?

E.

I don't know.

I got we got a top 50 e.

All right.

Number four takes over and over time, gave 4 to 2000 NBA finals against the Pacers.

Scored eight points in overtime.

Six.

Aftershock fouled out.

Remember that?

Now you talk about that one championship, you know.

I mean, just the moment you know, the moment You know how young you waas?

How ferocious that waas he wasn't worried about this works.

Okay, that works, right?

That's right.

That's top five.

I'm good with that.

All right.

Number three.

Remember when they were down 30 at the Staples Center to the Dallas Mavericks and Kobe came back?

Outscored the Mavs 21 to 15 in the fourth quarter by himself?

Remember that?

I don't remember that one.

I go back and look at that game.

When when he walked us a crazy and fill game, the high father was down 30 and he came back.

Kobe brought her back.

Took over.

Man, this boy doesn't have so many moments.

It's hard for me to pick the top five.

Okay?

I don't see how you did it, Stephen.

Alright, let's Let's go to the top to number two on the list.

81 points.

Do I need to say anymore against the Raptors?

2006?

You don't say anymore.

I was in Mexico doing that.

I missed that guy.

I did not go to that game on.

I still regret it.

Mexico is cool, but damn 81.

That's right.

And and number one his last moment on the basketball court against Utah.

Staples Center April 13th, 2000 and 16 when he dropped 16 in this finale at the Staples Center.

Yeah, I mean, that's sick.

Once again, I'm in Atlanta shooting a movie.

I missed this game.

My son is there and, uh, they just they still when they talk about it, they just light up on this moment.

And, uh, I mean, Kobe has a million a million great moments on the basketball court.

That's why we love them so much.

I got you, Ice Cube.

Love you, bro.

Appreciate you, man.

Thank you so much.

Much love, Stephen.

A man.

Don't nobody do it like you, baby.

You keep it 1000.

And I appreciate that.

I appreciate you.

Thanks a lot, man.