European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday april 19 2007 stars and stripes Page 39 faces Many los Angeles times ice cube kneeling at left in 1989 with his new Jav cohorts Yesia or Ore my Ren and in front Mazye for Veteran rapper producer the g in gangsta now pm by Chris Lee los Angeles times los Angeles Over the past two decades he has extolled the Virtues of race baiting cop killing and Street knowledge in rap songs blazed fat blunts in the Friday film trilogy and cocked the Hammer of semiautomatic weapons in movies such As xxx state of the Union Boyz n the Hood and three Kings and now ice cube is keeping it the kids should anybody be surprised no cube says seated behind a heavy wooden desk at the Sunset strip offices of his production company cube vision entertainment you cant pigeonhole me into anything for evidence look no further than the Are we done yet a movie he also produced a sequel to 20q5s grated family comedy Are we there yet Hes a newly married Stepfather of two and hellbent on repair ing a crumbling suburban fixer Home where the earlier film subjected the character to spattering of Peewee and Barf near fatal traffic accidents and one particularly traumatic fistfight with a wild Deer the kiddie slapstick in done yet involves cubes bumbling interactions with a Zany building contractor and local wildlife a Leaky roof and a pregnant wife not quite the metaphorical Middle Finger he gave mainstream pop culture in an earlier incarnation As Amer Kikkas most wanted in the past year cube 37 has independently released a Gold Selling gangsta rap album laugh now cry later on his Lench mob records Label and Good in the Hood a new reality to show that he executive produced is in the offing for i keep the fire in me he says you gotta be Able to survive in whatever environment you find yourself in aint no guarantee that in going to have this life 3040 years from now and to hear the los Angeles native Oshea Jackson to his family Tell it his gang infested childhood stamping ground remains an abiding Muse a geographic trip Down memory Lane does much to explain his drive to expand his entertainment Empire the Hood Means everything to me he says you never know when you could wind up Back there with his gift for narrative storytelling the new Jav Confounder came to be viewed As something of a ghetto soothsayer for chronicling Black exasperation in the City in the years leading up to the 1992 los Angeles riots thanks to a Reagan Era Public school initiative ice cube along with a veritable United nations of lowering come students from across Southern and Eastern los Angeles was bused to a Middle school in the san Fernan do Valley the Green lawns of Suburbia and Middle class torpor left a Strong impression it was an environment i had Only seen on the Brady Bunch cube recalls i started seeing that people out there were living better than we were nobody seemed to have a worry in the world it might As Well have been the Moon it was among the surfers Valley girls mexican gang members and sheltered suburbanites that the rapper realized he could become an organic voice of the Ghet to he began writing rhymes at age 14 it let me know my place in the world cube continues you didst have to worry about gang banging there i didst even know How abnormal that was my next question was Why it aint gotta be like that for us with a sense of Hood fealty cube is set to go into production later this year with the hour Long reality series Good in the Hood he plans to introduce each Seg ment profiling a reformed criminal former gang members drug dealers and robbers among them who has taken on helping others turn their lives around were showcasing people who Are doing Good in bad neighbourhoods he explains people who started out on the wrong Side of the Law who were Able to change then ways cube is gently reminded that such subject matter represents an abrupt departure from his Neaera glamorize Tion of carjacking looting Home invasions and crack dealing its time to Shine Light on the dogo oders he says so does this signal the arrival of a Kinder gentler ice cube you mistake me for or Rogers by no Means ice cube says in just a person who has differ ent sides just like anybody else big Kenny left and John Rich Casino bars Young fan so duo cancels big Rich left fans disappointed after they backed out of an april 12 concert at the last minute because of a Dis Pute Over a Young guest the country music duo of big Kenny Alphin and former Lonestar Singer John Rich had been set to per form at the san Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino to accommodate the wishes of an ill 5yearold girl a local radio station had arranged for the Young fan and her family to meet big Rich and see the show but the Casino bans anyone under 21 so the girl want allowed in big Rich then cancelled the show we did have the Opportunity to spend some Quality time with the Young girl and her family on our bus that evening i am sorry for the girl the family and All our fans that did not get to see the show Rich said aussie pop Star inspires new swimwear the australian pop Singer Eylie Minogue is the newest Star to join with swedish fashion retailer Hennes Mauritz inspiring a limited swimwear line to debut in Midway the company said Minogue 38 didst design the beachwear line but contributed ideas and will appear in ads for the loves Kylie the 60sinspired collection is All about summer indulgence effortless Chic and lots of fun Minogue said on her web site the line includes Blu Green bikinis scarves and a Slinky Silver swim suit priced at s2490 Minogue was an underwear Model for in 1998 company spokeswoman Lisa Sandberg said Friday Madonna returns to Malawi orphanage Madonna returned tuesday to the orphanage where she found David Banda the Young malawian boy she Hopes to adopt the pop Star was also accompanied by her 9yearold daughter Lourdes children at the Church run Home of Hope orphanage in my hindi a Village near the zambian Border Sang and recited lessons for Madonna while Lourdes took video footage Madonna visited Malawi in october and took Cus Tody of David then 14 months old who was in the orphan age after the death of his Mother stories and photos from the associated press Minogue Madonna holding her adopted son David Banda and daughter Lourdes
