Ice Cube, a noted Los Angeles Dodgers fan, and famous New York Yankees supporter Fat Joe will each have a chance to rile up pregame crowds during upcoming MLB World Series games between the two teams.
According to a Major League Baseball press release on Friday (October 25), Cube will perform “special World Series editions” of “Bow Down” and “It Was a Good Day” at Dodger Stadium on Saturday (October 26) before Game 2 of the series, immediately following the National Anthem.
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Joe will bring a similar show to the Bronx’s Yankee Stadium before Game 3 on Monday (October 28), where he will rap customized-for-the-occasion versions of “New York” and “All the Way Up.”
“I’mma about to knock it out the park to start Game 2 of the World Series,” Cube wrote on Instagram.
In an effort to bring even more Hip Hop to the championship series, the MLB debuted an ad on Friday (October 25) called “Empire State of California Love” that shows highlights from each team, soundtracked by a medley of JAY-Z‘s “Empire State of Mind” and 2Pac and Dr. Dre‘s duet “California Love.” Check it out below.
In other Cube news, he recently teased new details about the next Friday movie, which he promises is on the way.
Appearing on Gillie Da Kid and Wallo‘s Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast, the rap legend said: “It’s coming back. We gonna do it. We gonna make it dope, make it funny, bring it up to date, introduce new characters, bring back old characters, create the feeling the movie gives you.”
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Cube continued: “People love Friday because everyone experienced it. People love Friday because everyone’s lived Friday. Everyone has lived a thousand Fridays.”
Ice Cube’s comments build on his recent announcement that he was finally getting the go ahead from Warner Bros. to make another sequel to the comedy franchise.
“We finally got some traction with Warner Bros.,” he said in an interview with Flavor Flav in June. “They have new leadership. My man Mike DeLuca, who used to be at New Line when I first started, when I first did the first Friday and Players Club and All About the Benjamins — Mike DeLuca was there, so now he’s running Warner Bros.”
“It was like, ‘Yo, what the fuck is going on with Friday? Man, let’s get this back online,’” he continued. “And I was a little hot ’cause they had took so long because John Witherspoon passed away. Tiny passed away. A.J. Johnson passed away.
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“Like, man, we keep losing people and y’all keep dicking around not doing the movie the way it need to be done. They want to do it, but the key is it gotta be done, or we shouldn’t fuck with it. So they finally came to their senses.”
