Ice Cube speech at his handprint-footprint ceremony and makes an announcement

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https://www.maximotv.com Rap star-turned-mogul Ice Cube gives a speech at his handprint-footprint ceremony on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California, USA.   This video is available for editorial use in all media and worldwide. To ensure compliance and proper licensing of this video, please contact us at https://www.maximotv.com. ©MaximoTV #maximotv  🇺🇸

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00:00Thank you. I really appreciate that. That was a great speech. I like that. Thanks, Mike.

00:17Appreciate you, too. Of course, I want to thank my family. You know, my family's here.

00:25You know, I see my father. I see my sister, Pat, and my brother, CJ. I know my other sister,

00:35Sophie, is thinking about us. We lost our mother earlier this year, so it's good to see us

00:45together on a happy occasion. I want to thank my family, Sharif, Darrell, O'Shea Jackson,

00:56Jr., Karima, for always giving me the inspiration to be a man, you know, and do what I need to do

01:07to make them proud. And I want to thank my wife, Kimberly, who's, she's been on this whole journey

01:15with me. I started in the movie business in 1990. And John Singleton, rest in peace, he's the reason

01:29I'm standing here today. He was always my mentor. He was always my example. He was my film school.

01:39I didn't go to film school because I had John Singleton teach me everything I needed to know. And

01:47Kim was with me. She was just my girlfriend then back in 1990. And she went with me to buy my first

01:57computer once John Singleton told me, when you gonna write a movie? You think Hollywood got a lot

02:04of great movies for you? You should write your own movie. And that really inspired me. And we went

02:10that same day, bought a computer, bought Final Draft. Thank you, Final Draft. Helped me, you know,

02:22really learn what it took to write a screenplay. But I always been a fan of movies. My father would

02:30give me, well, my father, brothers and sisters would scrape up money for me to go to the movies

02:35every week. I would go to the movies every week at the Hard Thorn 68ers. I remember, if anybody

02:42remember, though. Ah, got you, baby. Hard Thorn 68ers. I was there every week. I saw movies like

02:51Saturday Night Fever 12 times because back then movies stayed in the same theater forever. So

03:01I always wanted to go to the movies. So if it was the same movie, I'm gonna see the same movie.

03:08Um, and I've been able to work with great actors, great Hollywood, uh, vets. You know,

03:15I've had a chance to work with people like Walter Hill, um, John Voight, uh, Lawrence Fishburne,

03:25you know, Samuel L. Jackson. I've had a chance to work with the great John Carpenter. Um, I even

03:33had a chance to work with Pam Greer and my sister, Pat and Clyde. They took me to the Century Theater

03:41to see two movies. I was too young to see these movies, but they was teenagers and I had to go

03:48anyway. I was happy to be there, but I saw The Mac that day and I saw Coffee. And I don't

03:59think I should have been seeing that, but I was happy to be there. And, uh, those movies

04:06were, were cherished parts of my life. Um, so to be a part of Hollywood in any way, shape

04:13or form wasn't even really a dream come true. It was just a magical thing. You know, I was

04:20basically discovered and then I fell in love. I got what's called the movie bug, got bit,

04:27bit, but I didn't just want to act. I wanted to be behind the scenes. I wanted to produce.

04:32I wanted to write. I wanted to, um, have a say in the finished product. That's the most

04:40important thing to me is to have a say in what the people get to, get to see. And so I've

04:47always given 110% to whatever I was doing in, uh, what, what, what rappers called a movie

04:58game. Um, it was never a game to me. It was always something that I was, uh, very appreciative

05:08to be a part of because there's no greater canvas for artists than a movie screen. Nothing

05:17gets bigger. There's no more way to express yourself better than on a movie screen for artists.

05:25So being able to paint on a canvas that big with so many, uh, great people, I'm really appreciative.

05:35And, uh, I want to thank the Chinese theater. I want to thank, uh, Jeff Quantinance, my management,

05:43uh, we've been in the game for a long time, doing great things together. My whole team from

05:50BR to Robert Redd to, to, to, to Kibo. And, you know, my whole team that's been with me, uh,

05:57for a very, very long time. Uh, thank my family for, for putting up with, uh, with, with my

06:06schedule. I see my man Dub C. We grew up together in the same neighborhood. Uh, Tony Draper, just

06:14people that's helped me, you know, it's, it's not just been me. So I'm a, I'm a concluding

06:20because I know the, the, the semen is, uh, getting dry. I want to make sure I can actually

06:25get my hands in there. So, um, thank you, uh, movie industry. You know, I know a lot of people

06:33are on the Walk of Fame, but the true movie stars are in front of the Chinese theaters. So I'm happy

06:39to be here. And, uh, I want to thank all the fans who, uh, been a part of this 35 year

06:46movie career. Appreciate you, uh, Matt Johnson. Um, a few other people that, that's been behind

06:54me. Uh, I see QT3. My man's done great music together. Thank you all for coming. Media. Thank

07:03you, uh, for everybody that, that showed up to hear a young dude from South Central Los Angeles,

07:10uh, get a chance to express how much, uh, I'm appreciative, um, and I'm living the dream.

07:19Thank you, Alive Nation. As you see the Truth to Power tours coming to a city near you,

07:26you know, my first major production tour in over 10 years. And, um,

07:32we got some great things coming, especially last Friday. That's coming too. Stop asking me about

07:40it. It's coming. We, we signed the paperwork. Thank you, Mike DeLuca and, uh, uh, Michael Gruber

07:47and some of the people that helped me get that, uh, made into a reality. Thank you all. Appreciate

07:53you coming. Much love, much respect from your homeboy, Ice Cube.

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