A letter sent from the to N.W.A about their controversial debut album made them "big as f**k", according to Ice Cube.
Mr Cube, who turns 55 on Saturday, June 15, shared on the that the authorities wanted to pull Straight Outta Compton off the shelves. The rap star-turned-Hollywood actor said that their provocative songs were a red flag to cops. He said they felt that tracks like F**k tha could stir up anti-law enforcement sentiments.
Cube, also known as O'Shea Jackson Sr, revealed that Priority Records was worried about the message, but it ended up working in their favour. Cube said: "One guy was like 'I'm part of this department of the FBI and we're very concerned with this record called Straight Outta Compton. "You guys got a song on there called F**k The Police and we think this song could encourage people to go against law enforcement.
We'd like it if you guys took it off the shelf'. "Priority Records call us up there panicking, just like ‘man you got to come here, we gotta talk to you'." Cube stated that when they arrived, the team retrieved a letter and seemed worried.
He added "We're looking like ‘A letter that's all you get? You're not gonna come in here and arrest us, cuff us, rough us up? Y'all scared over a f*****g letter, come back come back to South Central with us you know, I mean deal with the sheriffs down there do way more than give you a letter'. "Easy-E was like ‘we're gonna be big as f**k after this'. "Then we made the letter public and they kind of .