Regarded as one of the artists most responsible for popularizing gangsta rap, Ice Cube was the most poignant voice of NWA. His vivid rhymes of the street life often led to real gangbangers stepping to NWA to see if they measured up.
“We used to get that all the time man all the time that group (N.W.A.) was a magnet for every tough guy in world to come up,” Cube told AllHipHop. “But you know through the years you learn how to deflect all the negative energy. You realize who is with you and who is not and you learn how to shake them without them even getting close enough to cause you any problems or any pains.”
Over the years Cube has had many people, including his former crew Da Lynch Mob, claiming that Cube was never anything more than a studio gangsta. Regardless, Cube
