Thugs Bunny

Ice Cube was $100,000 short on a house. He went to his label's office with a baseball bat. The next day, he got a check for $100,000. The phone call, he says: "Cube, I don't know what you talking about. I don't remember saying I would give you that." His answer: "I'm on my way up there." Early 1990s, Los Angeles, Priority Records. His 1990 debut album had already gone platinum, and he was trying to close on a house. He says he walked in with his crew and a bat. The boss was in the bathroom. When he came out, they were waiting. Cube says he "rearranged his office for him." Downstairs, he says, the LAPD was waiting at the elevator. The other owner told police he wanted no charges. Then he asked Cube to call him the next day. Label co-founder Bryan Turner told Rolling Stone: "That did actually happen." He said he should have renegotiated. The movie Straight Outta Compton made it one scene. In the video below, Ice Cube tells how it really went, starting with what the movie got wrong. Was he wrong, if it was the only way to get what he was promised?