Ruthless Records repper, Kokane has spoken out against Ice Cube’s production of the biopic, paying homage to West Coast legends, N.W.A. Hit the jump for more.
Kokane, a West Coast native and Ruthless Records affiliate began his career on the notorious independent label, led by Eaxy E. Yet in light of the beginning casting and production of the N.W.A biopic, produced by Ice Cube’s CubeVision; the apprentice has become skeptical of the way his boss will be portrayed within the film. Kokane’s first steps toward actions, he states, include to push a ‘Protecting the Ruthless Legacy’ campaign:
“We put a proposal together called ‘Protecting the Ruthless Legacy’ that we want to get on The Arsenio Hall Show,” said Kokane, “We gettin’ it done right now as we speak. Everybody’s agreed. And it’s gonna be beautiful to see. We’ll have all [Eazy’-Es] kids come on, MC Ren, Big Hutch, Yella, J.J. Fad and we’re gonna tell the real story because, Ice Cube, I don’t fault you for doing this movie. You’re a genius, and you show that stereotypes can be lifted off of us, but at the same time you are doing something that’s wrong and foul. You’re purposely leaving out certain information that is vital to the story.”
Kokane went further into speaking about the key figures he alleges, Ice Cube is leaving out of the important story:
“It’s sad cause you see Cube, you see all these people doing this N.W.A movie honoring Eazy, but they’re not even getting internal,” Kokane said. “They’re lying saying that they’re getting in touch with people, but Eazy’s children didn’t even get a phone call. I didn’t get a phone call. Above The Law didn’t get a phone call and it’s like they’re doing it for profit, but they’re not doing it authentically from the heart. It’s unethical and it’s foul. it’s like you don’t care. You guys care about getting money. But you know the good thing about it: There’s always hope out there to have the real story told. It’s increments. You gotta go back and touch the people if you wanna get the truth, because there’s so much blockage as far as capital. It’s a story that if it’s told right and somebody can crack open this thing wide enough, everything else is gonna be the prototype for every other story. Trust me.”
