Ice Cube would love to have dinner with Barack Obama once he leaves White House

The ways of celebrities are steeped in mysteries and strange and, the latest in this list could be Ice Cube wanting to have dinner with Barack Obama. Strange because Ice Cube had, earlier, mocking rapper Eazy-E for having lunch with George Bush Sr in the 1990s!!
Ice Cube now admits he would accept a White House invite but permeably after Obama leaves – that way, the conversation would be "juicier".
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 21 August 2015.

He was speaking on the occasion of promoting his NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton, which charts the rise of gangsta rap music. The film includes references to LAPD brutality against young black men and the riots after Rodney King was beaten in 1991. Incidentally, the theme is relevant even today following the death of Michael Brown in August last year and the subsequent protests in Ferguson, Missouri.
Straight Outta Compton has a scene where Ice Cube, played by his real life son O'Shea Jackson Jr, mocks fellow rapper Eazy-E for having lunch with George Bush Sr at the White House.
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NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton raked in $56.1m in first weekend in the US

The NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton has created records of sorts by raking in $56.1m in its first weekend in the US. The film had taken just $29m (£18.5m) to produce and Universal had earlier predicted a very conservative $25-$30m opening.
This movie is Universal's sixth film to open over $50m in 2015 and broke the August record for an R-rated opening. This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 17 August 2015.

Obviously, Universal are surprised. As Universal's president of domestic distribution Nick Carpou has put it - they were "elated" with the results. The story struck a chord with audiences. It was a story that is resonating right now. The film is all about the formation and rise of the influential, but controversial rap group. NWA members Dr Dre and Ice Cube served as producers on the film in which Ice Cube's real son O'Shea Jackson Jr playing his father.
On the occasion, Dre also released the companion piece Compton – it was his first new album in 16 years.
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