Ice Cube, Cypress Hill, D12 review – old school hip-hop heroes are still masters of the mic
The focus of the 80s and 90s stars’ High Rollers tour is on storytelling rather than flashy staging, but it is a high-intensity show of real fire and focus
August 2023
Hip-hop gave us Public Enemy, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar: after 50 years, this music demands proper respect
Nels Abbey
Why are Black rappers aligning themselves with the right?
Tayo Bero
July 2023
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem review – evergreen superheroes rise up from the drains
This new animated origin story for the reptilian fighters is unexpectedly funny, with a starry voice cast including Jackie Chan, Ice Cube and Giancarlo Esposito
June 2023
The reader interview
Ice Cube: ‘Keep your reparations. It’s about access to capital, and we’re being shut out’
The reader interview
Post your questions for Ice Cube
December 2022
Mount Westmore: Snoop, Cube, 40, $hort review – harmless nostalgia and charmless bluster
The west coast rap supergroup’s album works reasonably well at times, but there are more misses than hits
August 2022
Royal with attitude? Duchess of Kent admits to being Ice Cube fan
In Sunday Telegraph interview, 89-year-old reveals taste for rap, including Eminem, and tells of being a music teacher in Hull
February 2022
The reader interview
Cypress Hill’s B-Real: ‘I’ve been pulled over many times with a tremendous amount of cannabis on me’
The rapper answers your questions about his weed intake, the group’s appeal to 90s rock kids – and their beef with Ice Cube
April 2021
The Glass Shield: a forgotten 90s drama shows the danger of broken policing
In Charles Burnett’s ever-relevant cop movie, unfortunately buried by Harvey Weinstein, a corrupt and abusive system is put on display
October 2020
Black voting power
Ice Cube and 50 Cent highlight conservative faction among Black, male voters
What Ice Cube's collaboration with Trump – and critique of Democrats – reveals
Malaika Jabali
August 2020
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter: celebrities join campaign against human rights abuses
Stars and politicians including Ice Cube and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf have spoken out adding to pressure on President Emmerson Mnanagwa’s regime
May 2020
Lockdown watch
Ice Cube: 'I listen to my own music more than I watch my own films'
The hip-hop legend has been winding back the clock to Vietnam and Michael Jordan’s heyday while working on a lockdown beard
October 2019
John Witherspoon: memorable moments from a career in comedy – video obituary
The actor and comedian John Witherspoon has died at the age of 77 in Los Angeles
John Witherspoon, Friday actor and comedian, dies aged 77
The versatile actor and comic, who played Ice Cube’s father in the comedy franchise, has died in Los Angeles
Three Kings at 20: the war movie where anything was possible
In David O Russell’s wild 1999 caper, action-packed comedy serves as a sneaky shell for a damning critique of American foreign policy
July 2019
Worse than Cats? The biggest CGI disasters in cinema
The trailer for the live-action adaptation has shocked fans but, from Anaconda to Sonic, computer imagery in film has a patchy record
April 2019
John Singleton: maverick director with a radical edge
Boyz N the Hood director John Singleton dies aged 51
