Rapper Ice Cube, who has recently been very politically active on social media and even in the White House, has broken his silence in a Twitter video after not posting following the Nov. 3rd election.
What We Know:
- Ice Cube was under fire back in October for working with the Trump administration prior to the election regarding Trump’s Platinum Plan for Black Americans. Earlier this year, the rapper called for systematic change in his new The Hill op-ed article and proposed his “Contract with Black America,” which aims to seek reparations for racial inequalities within the banking and finance industries, criminal justice system, policing, education, and Hollywood.
- After facing backlash for aiding the President, Ice Cube decided to take a break from posting on social media. In the recently uploaded video, he says, “About 10 days or two weeks before the election, I pushed back — all the way until pretty much now because I just felt it was a lot of noise; a lot of poison.” He added that “A lot of people that had their own agendas — personal agendas or party agendas — and they really wanted to attack me for what I was doing because it was outside of the line of what they were doing, or what they believe needs to be done.”
Where the hell has Ice Cube been? pic.twitter.com/9lORsyC1KG
— Ice Cube (@icecube) December 1, 2020
- He continues to reinforce his previous statement, that “both sides are lacking and they gotta do better,” and clarifies that his cause is one that needs to be acknowledged by both parties. On Twitter, he adds, “I think we’ve just focused on one party for way too long,” he continued. “Some of us are getting taken care of with that, and a lot of the community is not.”
- Despite working alongside the Trump administration on developing the Platinum Plan, Ice Cube made it clear that he did not endorse the President’s reelection and actually sent the Contract with Black America to both Democrats and Republicans.
Ice Cube ends his video by sharing developments in his plan, saying he’s been “working behind the scenes” to modify the contract and partner with “major companies.” He then concludes by addressing those who criticized his efforts.
