Ice Cube is tired of folks thinking he’s ride or die for former President Donald Trump and the Republican agendas—and he’s finally putting his foot down about it.
In a new interview with Baller Alert, Cube made it absolutely clear where he stands with Trump, explicitly coming out and saying that he isn’t a supporter of him nor the Republicans.
“People who think I’m MAGA or a Trump supporter and all that and went out there anD voted for the Republicans—they got me fucked up. I never said that, they have no proof. I ain’t never endorsed a candidate. So I think they got me fucked up. It’s just a narrative that’s wrong,” he explained.
He then went on to share how he felt he got incorrectly mislabeled as a Trump supporter citing a meeting he had years ago with both the Republicans and Democrats to share his Contract With Black America.
While the Democrats said that they’d possibly adopt some of his ideas after they won the election, the Republicans asked to use a few of his ideas for their own “Platinum Plan” that was done “in their own think tank,” per Cube. Thanks to that, his name was unfortunately etched in connection with the party. But he alleges he was just a political pawn that they were trying to use.
“People are saying that was my plan and so they’re running with it. But they’re the ones [who are] stupid because that’s not the truth. Once you are an impactful person and you talk to politicians, they will always try to use you as a political football and that’s what happened,” Cube said. “Everybody want me on their team…it’s the game but we got to be smart enough to know it’s a game.”
He went on to say that he could understand the criticism if he was out here campaigning and at conventions rallying for Trump but since he didn’t he doesn’t get it. He also made it clear that he didn’t and won’t encourage people not to vote but rather the fact that they should be able to get something back for their vote instead.
On social media, however, it doesn’t look like his explanation did well enough to convince some folks that he wasn’t #TeamTrump.
“He def voted Trump but he don’t want the backlash that comes with it,” wrote one user in the comments section of the above post on Instagram.
“Long story long you voted for Trump, gotcha,” said another.
“Cube definitely voted for Trump, he’s just sparing the controversy,” another wrote.
Yet and still, there were still some that came to the legendary rapper’s defense.
“Anybody who thinks he’s wrong for voting for Trump has not been paying attention,” wrote one person.
“He’s allowed to vote for whoever he pleases, end of discussions,” another wrote.
“Black people can’t fathom the idea that we have Black people who really don’t trust the government. This new generation is weird!!” said another.
