Tag Archives: Ice Cube

Bon Bon Vie (Gimme the Good Life)

I’m not the biggest fan of celebrity biopics, so when Notorious, a film purporting to tell the story of the rise and fall of rap star Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace, was released earlier this year I wasn’t the first in line at the box office to buy tickets. I alluded to my disinterest […]

The Audacity of Hope

My friends and I ascribe to a little known doctrine called “The Dreadlock Theory” which states that any rapper who rose to prominence while sporting dreadlocks will, should they ever cut their locks, lose their artistic vigor. It’s far from scientific, and I won’t name any names, but an examination of the history of […]