This content was created by Lewis Howes. This content was uploaded by Lewis Howes. This is a YouTube video titled "Making Music From The Heart..." featuring a conversation with Ice Cube discussing his transition from music to acting, particularly focusing on the criticism he faced when moving from hardcore music to comedy and positive themes.
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Did you feel like you had a.
Lot of criticism when you were trying to transition, though, from NWA to Boyz n the Hood, the movies, and doing Friday? Did you get people trying to pull you back or saying, what are you doing trying to do this acting? Who do you think you are?
People did raise their eyebrow when I was doing Friday, and they were like, well, you know, you do hardcore music. You do movies that you've done have been dramas. Like, why do you think you can do a comedy? So that was weird for people, but I was used to it because I got the same flack. When I did my biggest song, which was, it was a good day, some of my guys was like, man, you do hardcore music. Why do you think you need to talk about a good day? And I was like, well, I don't do hardcore music. I do reality music. And the reality is, if I'm having a good day, I should be able to do a song about, you know, why should I talk about the heart without talking about everything? And it's my biggest song.
Talking about a positive thing.
Yeah, because it was from the heart, and then it ends up being our ticket to success.
