Ice Cube 'Inspired' Kanye West's Antisemitism? Rapper Addresses Speculations

Kanye West is not the only rapper involved in antisemitism. Ice Cube was also linked to those discussions, but he strongly denied having anything to do with it and also washed his hands off of being West's "antisemitic inspiration."

During his appearance in "Hotboxin' with Mike Tyson," the rapper once again shut down speculations that he had anything to do with West's involvement in antisemitic discussions.

"I mean, you know, when somebody turn it out-when a n***a turn the party out and say, you know, he did it 'cause of you, you got to say somethin' about that," he said.

"Like, homie. Homie, homie. Nah, nah. You gotta stand on this one on your own. That's all that was about.

"You know, I didn't say nothin'. It's just, at the end of the day, I just had to let everybody know that don't blame me for sh*t.

"Talk your s**t if you want to, but don't blame me for s**t. If I ain't up there speaking for myself, don't blame me."

This is not the first time the rapper has addressed this issue. Back in October, he tweeted, refuting West's claims, "I hate that my name was dragged into this Drunk Champs bulls**t.

"I don't know what Ye meant by his statements, you're gonna have to ask him. I didn't put the batteries in his back. Please leave my name out of all the antisemitic talk. I'm not antisemitic and never have been," Ice Cube wrote.

This comes after West's appearance on the "Drink Champs" podcast, where he reportedly cited Ice Cube as the one who "really influenced" him to "get on this antisemite vibe."

While Ice Cube has been very vocal of not indulging in antisemitic discussions, people are not convinced.

'Hypocrite'?

The Daly Beast compiled all the alleged instances wherein Ice Cube was linked to antisemitism on several different occasions.

The rapper once shared a picture of the Star of David with a black cube in the middle. According to reports, the black cube references the "Black Cube of Saturn," which is linked to chaos.

The rapper also shared other antisemitic images as well as conspiracy theories, including claims that Jewish people are responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic and the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Netizens are unconvinced that ice Cube had nothing to do with antisemitism, although no one is certain of his involvement in West's antisemitic views.

"[...] You're the OG at it. That's why your name's being brought up. Maybe tone down/stop your stuff & you won't get lumped in the current mess. I had to stop following you it got so bad. [...]" A Twitter user wrote about Ice Cube and West.

"You've quite literally made the same claims of course. Wasn't this you?" Another added with lyrics of the rapper's song "True to the Game."

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Ice Cube, Kanye West, Speculation