*Ice Cube believes there’s something fishy going on with American record labels, their connection to prisons, and released songs that promote “bickering and division,” reports Vibe.
During an appearance on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast, the rapper said that you can also “follow the money” to discover that some owners of record labels also own prisons.
“Who benefits and profits off our bickering and division?” Cube asked. “I don’t know their names, but if you follow the money, you go high enough, you start to see… literally the same people who own the record labels own the prisons.”
The BIG3 founder said: “It seems really kind of suspicious, if you want to say that word, that the records that come out are really geared to push people towards that prison industry.”
“It’s not about making someone write the lyrics; it’s about being there as guardrails to make sure certain songs make it through, certain songs don’t, and certain flavors are exposed on the record,” he continued. “Some records are made by committee, meaning record label guys sit around, and they say, ‘This is hot, say that.’ So, you have the record label pushing these [criminal] narratives.”
Watch Cube’s full interview on Maher’s Club Random podcast below:
Cube also recently denounced the use of A.I. in the music industry. He called the recent A.I. concoction featuring Drake and The Weeknd “demonic.”
“I don’t wanna hear an A.I. Drake song,” he said. “Yeah, I don’t wanna hear that bullsh*t. He should sue whoever made it.”
He added that he would definitely sue if someone crafted an A.I. version of his music.
“I’ma sue the muthaf**ka who made it and the people and the platform who play it. It’s like a sample. Somebody can’t take your original voice and manipulate it without having to pay… I think A.I. is demonic [and] I think A.I. is going to get a backlash from organic people.”
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