Ice Dice just lately fielded some questions from Wall Road‘s Maria Bartiromo about his BIG3 basketball league. Earlier than Season 6 will get underway on June 25, the gangsta rap pioneer talked about plans to promote a few of the groups. He couldn’t get into an excessive amount of element, however he talked about the league was in negotiations.
“We’ve been speaking to homeowners of groups, some MLB, NFL,” he stated. “We would like actual homeowners, guys who know easy methods to promote the game of their cities, a man who is aware of town. Not only a man however buyers who’re accustomed to the cities and really energetic within the cities they’re in. That’s a part of our general plan.”
Ice Dice was then requested concerning the present state of the nation—which is experiencing a fentanyl epidemic and rampant homelessness in all main cities— and whether or not individuals needs to be “fearful” the nation is on the unsuitable monitor.
“I believe they need to be [worried],” he stated. “The nation may be very uneasy proper now. All people obtained to do their half. The BIG3, we’re going from metropolis to metropolis this 12 months. We’re not in our bubble like we’ve got been within the final couple of years. We’re going to be all around the nation this summer season, hopefully making cities a bit of higher than we discovered them once we go away. That’s our plan. I believe it needs to be everyone’s plan. All people’s obtained to look within the mirror and say, ‘What can I do to make issues higher?’ That’s the one manner it’s going to alter.”
Ice Dice has been a proponent of socio-political change because the early N.W.A days. A long time later, he’s nonetheless pushing for motion with songs resembling “Arrest The President” kind 2018’s Everythang’s Corrupt. Discover the complete clip right here.
