Ice Cube under fire for working with the Trump campaign

The rapper has come under fire for working with Donald Trump's re-election campaign.

On Tuesday, senior Trump advisor Katrina Pierson praised Ice Cube for "his willingness to step up and work with" the President on the rapper's Contract With Black America campaign. Ice Cube, who once rapped 'Fuck tha police" and released a song in 2018 titled "Arrest the President," has defended the move, saying his campaign is "bipartisan". https://twitter.com/KatrinaPierson/status/1316125906444918785 Ice Cube confirmed that he had been approached by both Republicans and Democrats, and had found the Republicans more receptive. He went on to say that "Black progress is a bipartisan issue" and he was expecting to "talk to both sides of the aisle" with his campaign. https://twitter.com/icecube/status/1316473903628214272

Black progress is a bipartisan issue. When we created the Contract With Black America we excepted to talk to both sides of the isle. Talking truth to power is part of the process.

— Ice Cube (@icecube) October 15, 2020

Despite this, the willingness to work with Donald Trump's campaign has come under fire from many. https://twitter.com/WonderKing82/status/1316748690434949124 https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1316749051946307587 He responded directly to one fan who accused him of "working with the darkside" by saying that "Every side is the Darkside for us here in America."  

Every side is the Darkside for us here in America. They’re all the same until something changes for us. They all lie and they all cheat but we can’t afford not to negotiate with whoever is in power or our condition in this country will never change. Our justice is bipartisan. https://t.co/xFIXXpOs8B

— Ice Cube (@icecube) October 14, 2020

In 2018, Cube released a song titled "Arrest The President." The song includes the lyrics: "Arrest the president, you got the evidence. That n**** is Russian intelligence ." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH4lkmqFxH8 In August 2016, before he was elected, the rapper also tweeted that he would "never endorse" Donald Trump.

I will never endorse a mothafucka like Donald Trump! EVER!!!

— Ice Cube (@icecube) August 27, 2016