Producers for The Oprah Winfrey Show may want to pitch the idea of having September’s season premiere feature guests Ludacris, 50 Cent and Ice Cube so that the four can discuss their opposing points of view on a very topical issue – hip hop lyrics.
Cube, born O’Shea Jackson, has now joined Luda and 50 in speaking out against the TV mogul and her unwillingness to feature rappers whose lyrics are riddled with the N-word and derogatory terms for women.
"I've been involved in three projects pitched to her, but I've never been asked to participate," the rapper-actor tells FHM magazine in its July issue, on newsstands June 6. "For 'Barbershop,' she had Cedric the Entertainer and Eve on, but I wasn't invited. Maybe she's got a problem with hip-hop. …She's had damn rapists, child molesters and lying authors on her show. And if I'm not a rags-to-riches story for her, who is?"
Last month, 50 voiced his frustration with Winfrey’s anti-rap stance, stating: "I think she caters to older white women."
Ludacris, whose real name is Chris Bridges, told GQ magazine that she was "unfair" to him during a show he appeared on last October with co-stars from best picture Oscar winner "Crash."
Earlier this month, Winfrey appeared on Power 105.1 in New York to address the issue.
"I listen to some hip-hop," she told DJ Ed Lover. "You know, I've been accused of not liking hip-hop and that's just not true. I got a little 50 (Cent) on my iPod. I really do. Love 'In Da Club.' ... Love that, and you know, love Jay-Z, love Kanye (West), love Mary J. (Blige)."
Ice Cube’s article in FHM is to promote his new album Laugh Now, Cry Later, due June 6.
Cube, born O’Shea Jackson, has now joined Luda and 50 in speaking out against the TV mogul and her unwillingness to feature rappers whose lyrics are riddled with the N-word and derogatory terms for women.
"I've been involved in three projects pitched to her, but I've never been asked to participate," the rapper-actor tells FHM magazine in its July issue, on newsstands June 6. "For 'Barbershop,' she had Cedric the Entertainer and Eve on, but I wasn't invited. Maybe she's got a problem with hip-hop. …She's had damn rapists, child molesters and lying authors on her show. And if I'm not a rags-to-riches story for her, who is?"
Last month, 50 voiced his frustration with Winfrey’s anti-rap stance, stating: "I think she caters to older white women."
Ludacris, whose real name is Chris Bridges, told GQ magazine that she was "unfair" to him during a show he appeared on last October with co-stars from best picture Oscar winner "Crash."
Earlier this month, Winfrey appeared on Power 105.1 in New York to address the issue.
"I listen to some hip-hop," she told DJ Ed Lover. "You know, I've been accused of not liking hip-hop and that's just not true. I got a little 50 (Cent) on my iPod. I really do. Love 'In Da Club.' ... Love that, and you know, love Jay-Z, love Kanye (West), love Mary J. (Blige)."
Ice Cube’s article in FHM is to promote his new album Laugh Now, Cry Later, due June 6.
